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articles/backup/backup-azure-sql-restore-cli.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Restore SQL server databases in Azure VMs using Azure Backup via CLI
 description: Learn how to use CLI to restore SQL server databases in Azure VMs in the Recovery Services vault.
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 06/03/2025
+ms.date: 07/28/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, engagement-fy24
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ The list above contains three recovery points: each for full, differential, and
 
 Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before restoring a database:
 
-* You can restore the database only to an SQL instance in the same region.
-* The target instance must be registered with the same vault as the source.
+* You can restore the database only to an SQL instance in the same region or to a different region if Cross Region Restore is enabled on the vault.
+* The target instance must be registered with the same vault as the source, except during Cross Region Restore and Cross Subscription Restore. .
 
 ## Restore a database
 

articles/backup/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent-overview.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: About agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backup for Azure Virtual Machines by using Azure Backup
 description: Learn about agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backup for Azure VMs by using Azure Backup via Azure portal.
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 07/30/2025
+ms.date: 07/25/2025
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
 ms.author: v-mallicka
 # Customer intent: As an IT administrator managing Azure VMs, I want to implement agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backups, so that I can optimize backup performance without the need for additional agents or scripts when my virtual machine can tolerate crash-consistent recovery.

articles/backup/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Back up Azure VM with agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backup by using Azure Backup
 description: Learn how to configure backup for Azure VMs with agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backup via Azure portal.
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 07/30/2025
+ms.date: 07/25/2025
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
 ms.author: v-mallicka
 # Customer intent: As an IT administrator managing Azure VMs, I want to configure agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backups, so that I can ensure robust data protection with minimal impact on performance.

articles/backup/backup-azure-vms-introduction.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: About Azure VM backup
 description: In this article, learn how the Azure Backup service backs up Azure Virtual machines, and how to follow best practices.
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 07/30/2025
+ms.date: 07/25/2025
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
 ms.author: v-mallicka
 # Customer intent: "As an IT admin managing Azure VMs, I want to implement effective backup strategies using Azure Backup, so that I can ensure data protection and quick recovery for my virtual machines while minimizing downtime and costs."

articles/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Support matrix for Azure VM backups
 description: Get a summary of support settings and limitations for backing up Azure VMs by using the Azure Backup service.
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 07/30/2025
+ms.date: 07/25/2025
 ms.custom:
   - references_regions
   - linux-related-content

articles/backup/sql-support-matrix.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Azure Backup support matrix for SQL Server Backup in Azure VMs 
 description: Provides a summary of support settings and limitations when backing up SQL Server in Azure VMs with the Azure Backup service.
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 07/24/2025
+ms.date: 07/28/2025
 ms.custom: references_regions 
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ You can use Azure Backup to back up SQL Server databases in Azure VMs hosted on
 |Number of full backups supported per day    |    One scheduled backup. <br><br> Three on-demand backups. <br><br> We recommend not to trigger more than three backups per day. However, to allow user retries in case of failed attempts, hard limit for on-demand backups is set to nine attempts. |
 | Log shipping | When you enable [log shipping](/sql/database-engine/log-shipping/about-log-shipping-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15&preserve-view=true) on the SQL server database that you are backing up, we recommend you to disable log backups in the backup policy. This is because, the log shipping (which automatically sends transaction logs from the primary to secondary database) will interfere with the log backups enabled through Azure Backup. <br><br>    Therefore, if you enable log shipping, ensure that your policy only has full and/or differential backups enabled. |
 | Retention period for on-demand backups  | For Full/ Differential/ Incremental backups, the out-of-box retention is 45 days. <br><br>  For Copy-only full backup, you can define a custom retention period.  |
+| Restore limit for SQL in Azure VM | 20 |
 
 _*The database size limit depends on the data transfer rate that we support and the backup time limit configuration. It’s not the hard limit. [Learn more](#backup-throughput-performance) on backup throughput performance._
 

articles/backup/whats-new.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: What's new in the Azure Backup service
 description: Learn about the new features in the Azure Backup service.
 ms.topic: release-notes
-ms.date: 07/30/2025
+ms.date: 07/25/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.custom:
   - ignite-2023

articles/migrate/toc.yml

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ items:
         - name: Migrate to Azure Cloud
           href: tutorial-migrate-vmware.md
         - name: Migrate to Azure Local 
-          href: /azure/azure-local/migrate/migration-azure-migrate-vmware-overview?toc=/azure/migrate/toc.json&bc=/azure/migrate/breadcrumb/toc.json
+          href: /azure/azure-local/migrate/migration-azure-migrate-vmware-overview?toc=/azure/migrate/toc.json
     - name: Migrate Hyper-V servers 
       items:
 #       - name: Create Business case and assessment
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ items:
         - name: Migrate to Azure Cloud
           href: tutorial-migrate-hyper-v.md
         - name: Migrate to Azure Local
-          href: /azure/azure-local/migrate/migration-azure-migrate-overview?view=azloc-2507&preserve-view=true&toc=/azure/migrate/toc.json&bc=/azure/migrate/breadcrumb/toc.json
+          href: /azure/azure-local/migrate/migration-azure-migrate-overview?toc=/azure/migrate/toc.json&bc=/azure/migrate/breadcrumb/toc.json      
+
     - name: Migrate physical servers
       items:
         - name: Assess Physical servers

articles/operator-nexus/includes/kubernetes-cluster/supported-versions.md

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 ---
 author: dramasamy
 ms.author: dramasamy
-ms.date: 08/24/2024
+ms.date: 07/27/2025
 ms.topic: include
 ms.service: azure-operator-nexus
 ---
 
-|  K8s version | Nexus GA  | End of life                    | Extended Availability |
-|--------------|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
-| 1.27†        | Sep 2023  | Jul 2024                       | Until end of Dec 2025 |
-| 1.28         | Nov 2023  | Oct 2024                       | Until end of Oct 2025 |
-| 1.29         | Aug 2024  | Feb 2025                       | Until end of Feb 2026 |
-| 1.30†        | Oct 2024  | Jul 2025                       | Until end of Jul 2026 |
-| 1.31†        | Mar 2025  | Nov 2025                       | Until end of Nov 2026 |
-| 1.32†        | Apr 2025  | Mar 2026                       | Until end of Mar 2027 |
-| 1.33†        | Jul 2025  | Jul 2026                       | Until end of Nov 2027 |
+|  K8s version | Nexus GA  | End of life     | LTS End of life | Extended Availability |
+|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
+| 1.27         | Sep 2023  | Jul 2024        | Jul 2025        | NA                    |
+| 1.28         | Nov 2023  | Jan 2025        | NA              | Until end of Oct 2025 |
+| 1.29         | Aug 2024  | Mar 2025        | NA              | Until end of Feb 2026 |
+| 1.30         | Oct 2024  | Jul 2025        | Jul 2026        | NA                    |
+| 1.31         | Mar 2025  | Nov 2025        | Nov 2026        | NA                    |
+| 1.32         | Apr 2025  | Mar 2026        | Mar 2027        | NA                    |
+| 1.33         | Jul 2025  | Jun 2026        | Jun 2027        | NA                    |
 
-† These versions are designated for Long Term Support by the [Nexus AKS](../../concepts-nexus-kubernetes-cluster.md) team to meet customer demand.
+> [!NOTE]
+> Starting from Kubernetes version 1.30, all Nexus Kubernetes versions will be LTS-compatible.

articles/site-recovery/azure-to-azure-common-questions.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Common questions about Azure virtual machine disaster recovery with Azure
 description: This article answers common questions about Azure virtual machine disaster recovery when you use Azure Site Recovery.
 ms.author: jsuri
 author: jyothisuri
-ms.date: 05/30/2025
+ms.date: 07/25/2025
 ms.topic: faq
 ms.service: azure-site-recovery
 
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ Azure Site Recovery uses this new Automation Account to manage the site recovery
 
 ### Premium SSD v2 disks (preview)
 
+#### If the source disk IOPS is changed after enable replication, will it reflect during failover?
+
+The IOPS of the source Premium SSD v2 disk at the time of enable replication are copied and reflected in the failover disk. Any changes made to the IOPS of the Premium SSD v2 disk after protection aren't reflected in the failover disk. You can change the IOPS of the failed over disk in the target region after completion of failover process.
+
 #### What disk sector size is supported when I protect VMs with Premium SSD v2 disks?
 
 Azure Site Recovery supports both 512 and 4096 sector size disks in public preview.