Merge pull request #262113 from Farha-Bano/New_article_scvmm_Jan2

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Author: ttorble

articles/azure-arc/system-center-virtual-machine-manager/enable-virtual-hardware-scvmm.md

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+---
+title:  Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in an SCVMM machine with Arc agent installed
+description: Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in an SCVMM machine with Arc agent installed
+ms.topic: how-to 
+ms.date: 01/05/2024
+ms.service: azure-arc
+ms.subservice: azure-arc-scvmm
+author: Farha-Bano
+ms.author: v-farhabano
+manager: jsuri
+ms.custom: 
+---
+
+# Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in an SCVMM machine with Arc agent installed
+
+In this article, you learn how to enable virtual hardware management and VM CRUD operational ability on an SCVMM VM that has Arc agents installed via the Arc-enabled Servers route.
+
+>[!IMPORTANT]
+> This article is applicable only if you've installed Arc agents directly in SCVMM machines before onboarding to Azure Arc-enabled SCVMM by deploying Arc resource bridge. 
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- An Azure subscription and resource group where you have *Arc ScVmm VM Administrator* role. 
+- Your SCVMM management server instance must be [onboarded](quickstart-connect-system-center-virtual-machine-manager-to-arc.md) to Azure Arc.
+
+## Enable virtual hardware management and self-service access to SCVMM VMs with Arc agent installed
+
+1. From your browser, go to [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
+
+1. Navigate to the Virtual machines inventory page of your SCVMM management servers. The virtual machines that have Arc agent installed via the Arc-enabled Servers route will have **Link to SCVMM management server** status under virtual hardware management.
+
+1. Select **Link to SCVMM management server** to view the pane with the list of all the machines under SCVMM management server with Arc agent installed but not linked to the SCVMM management server in Azure Arc.
+
+1. Choose all the machines that need to be enabled in Azure, and select **Link** to link the machines to SCVMM management server.
+
+1. After you link to SCVMM management server, the virtual hardware status will reflect as **Enabled** for all the VMs, and you can perform virtual hardware operations. 
+
+## Next steps
+
+[Set up and manage self-service access to SCVMM resources](set-up-and-manage-self-service-access-scvmm.md).
+

articles/azure-arc/system-center-virtual-machine-manager/toc.yml

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     items:
     - name: Enable SCVMM inventory resources in Azure
       href: enable-scvmm-inventory-resources.md
+    - name: Enable virtual hardware and VM CRUD capabilities in an SCVMM machine with Arc agent installed
+      href: enable-virtual-hardware-scvmm.md
   - name: Use VM lifecycle and self-serve capabilities
     items:
     - name: Set up and manage self-service access to SCVMM resources