Merge pull request #290958 from b-ahibbard/windowsserver2025

Windowsserver2025

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-create-volumes-smb.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services: azure-netapp-files
 author: b-hchen
 ms.service: azure-netapp-files
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 09/17/2024
+ms.date: 11/22/2024
 ms.author: anfdocs
 ---
 # Create an SMB volume for Azure NetApp Files
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Azure NetApp Files supports creating volumes using NFS (NFSv3 or NFSv4.1), SMB3,
 
 This article shows you how to create an SMB3 volume. For NFS volumes, see [Create an NFS volume](azure-netapp-files-create-volumes.md). For dual-protocol volumes, see [Create a dual-protocol volume](create-volumes-dual-protocol.md).
 
+>[!IMPORTANT]
+>Windows Server 2025 does **not** work with Azure NetApp Files CIFS. 
+
 ## Before you begin 
 
 [!INCLUDE [Delegated subnet permission](includes/create-volume-permission.md)]

articles/azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-smb-performance.md

@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ To see if your Azure VM NICs support RSS, run the command
 
 ![Screenshot that shows RSS output for Azure VM.](./media/azure-netapp-files-smb-performance/azure-netapp-files-formance-rss-support.png)
 
-
 ## Multiple NICs on SMB clients
 
 You shouldn't configure multiple NICs on your client for SMB. The SMB client doesn't match the NIC count returned by the SMB server. Each storage volume is accessible from one and only one storage endpoint, meaning only one NIC is used for any given SMB relationship. 

articles/azure-netapp-files/create-volumes-dual-protocol.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services: azure-netapp-files
 author: b-hchen
 ms.service: azure-netapp-files
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 09/17/2024
+ms.date: 11/22/2024
 ms.author: anfdocs
 ---
 # Create a dual-protocol volume for Azure NetApp Files
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ To create NFS volumes, see [Create an NFS volume](azure-netapp-files-create-volu
 
 [!INCLUDE [Delegated subnet permission](includes/create-volume-permission.md)]
 
+>[!IMPORTANT]
+>Windows Server 2025 does **not** work with Azure NetApp Files CIFS. 
+
 * You must have already created a capacity pool.  
     See [Create a capacity pool](azure-netapp-files-set-up-capacity-pool.md).   
 * A subnet must be delegated to Azure NetApp Files.  

articles/azure-netapp-files/faq-smb.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ms.service: azure-netapp-files
 ms.topic: conceptual
 author: b-hchen
 ms.author: anfdocs
-ms.date: 10/21/2024
+ms.date: 11/22/2024
 ---
 # SMB FAQs for Azure NetApp Files
 
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ This article answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the SMB protocol of
 
 Azure NetApp Files supports SMB 2.1 and SMB 3.1 (which includes support for SMB 3.0). 
 
+## Can I use Windows Server 2025? 
+
+Windows Server 2025 doesn't work with the Azure NetApp Files common internet file system (CIFS) protocol. 
+
 ## Does Azure NetApp Files support access to ‘offline files’ on SMB volumes?
 
 Azure NetApp Files supports 'manual' offline files, allowing users on Windows clients to manually select files to be cached locally.