Updated H3 for supported regions, cross-references in all the supporting docs, and ms.date

Author: jasminemehndir

articles/backup/azure-file-share-backup-overview.md

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The following diagram explains the lifecycle of the lease acquired by Azure Back
 
 Cross Subscription Backup (CSB) for Azure Files enables you to back up File Shares across subscriptions. This feature is useful when you want to centralize backup management for File Shares across different subscriptions. You can back up File Shares from a source subscription to a Recovery Services vault in a target subscription.
 
-Learn about the [additional prerequisites](backup-azure-files.md#prerequisites) and [steps to configure Cross Subscription Backup for Azure Files](backup-azure-files.md#configure-the-backup). For information on the Cross Subscription Backup, see the [Azure Files backup support matrix](azure-file-share-support-matrix.md#supported-regions-for-cross-subscription-backup-preview).
+Learn about the [additional prerequisites](backup-azure-files.md#prerequisites) and [steps to configure Cross Subscription Backup for Azure Files](backup-azure-files.md#configure-the-backup). For information on the Cross Subscription Backup, see the [Azure Files backup support matrix](azure-file-share-support-matrix.md#supported-regions-for-azure-files-backup-preview)
 
 ## Next steps
 

articles/backup/azure-file-share-support-matrix.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Support Matrix for Azure files backup by using Azure Backup
 description: Provides a summary of support settings and limitations when backing up Azure files.
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 03/06/2025
+ms.date: 03/10/2025
 ms.custom: references_regions, engagement-fy24
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: jyothisuri
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Migration of  File Shares protected with snapshot backup to vaulted backup is su
 
 ---
 
-### Supported regions (preview)
+### Supported regions for Azure files backup (preview)
 
 Azure files backup (preview) is currently available in the following regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, UK South, UK West, Central India.
 

articles/backup/backup-azure-files.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Back up Azure Files in the Azure portal
 description: Learn how to use the Azure portal to back up Azure Files in the Recovery Services vault
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 02/27/2025
+ms.date: 03/10/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 author: jyothisuri
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Azure Files backup is a native cloud solution that protects your data and elimin
 * If the storage account access has restrictions, check the firewall settings of the account to ensure the exception **Allow Azure services on the trusted services list to access this storage account** is in grant state. You can refer to [this](../storage/common/storage-network-security.md?tabs=azure-portal#manage-exceptions) link for the steps to grant an exception.
 * Ensure that you allow the **Storage account key access** in the required storage account.
 
->[!Important]
->To perform [Cross Subscription Backup (CSB)  for protecting Azure Files (preview)](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-preview-works) in another subscription, ensure you register `Microsoft.RecoveryServices` in the **subscription of the file share** in addition to the given prerequisites. Learn about the [supported regions for Cross Subscription Backup (preview)](azure-file-share-support-matrix.md#supported-regions-for-cross-subscription-backup-preview).
+>[!IMPORTANT]
+>To perform [Cross Subscription Backup (CSB) for protecting Azure Files (preview)](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-works) in another subscription, ensure you register `Microsoft.RecoveryServices` in the **subscription of the file share** in addition to the given prerequisites. Learn about the [supported regions for Cross Subscription Backup (preview)](azure-file-share-support-matrix.md#supported-regions-for-azure-files-backup-preview).
 
 
 ## Configure the backup
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ To configure backup for multiple file shares from the Recovery Services vault, f
 
 1. On the **Select storage account** pane, by default it list the storage accounts from the current subscription. Select an account, and select **OK**.
 
-   If you want to configure the backup operation with a storage account in a different subscription ([Cross Subscription Backup - preview](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-preview-works)), choose the other subscription from the **Subscription** filter. The storage accounts from the selected subscription appear.
+   If you want to configure the backup operation with a storage account in a different subscription ([Cross Subscription Backup - preview](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-works)), choose the other subscription from the **Subscription** filter. The storage accounts from the selected subscription appear.
 
    :::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-files/azure-file-share-confirm-storage-account.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing to select one of the discovered storage accounts." lightbox="./media/backup-azure-files/azure-file-share-confirm-storage-account.png":::
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ To configure backup for multiple file shares from the Recovery Services vault, f
 
    1. Configure the *Snapshot retention* and *Vault retention* duration to determine the expiry date of the recovery points.
 
-      >[!Note]
+      >[!NOTE]
       >The *vault tier* provides longer retention than the *snapshot tier*. 
    1. Select **OK** to create the backup policy.
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The following steps explain how you can configure backup for individual file sha
 
    1. Configure the *Snapshot retention* and *Vault retention* duration to determine the expiry date of the recovery points.
 
-      >[!Note]
+      >[!NOTE]
       >The *vault tier* provides longer retention than the *snapshot tier*. 
    1. Select **OK** to create the backup policy.
 
@@ -182,7 +182,5 @@ Once the backup configuration is complete, you can [run an on-demand backup](tut
 
 ## Next steps
 
-Learn how to:
-
 * [Restore Azure Files using Azure portal](restore-afs.md).
 * [Manage Azure Files backups using Azure portal](manage-afs-backup.md).

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: 03/05/2025
+ms.date: 03/10/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.custom:
   - ignite-2023
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ For more information, see [About Immutable vault for Azure Backup](backup-azure-
 
 Azure Backup now supports Cross Subscription Backup (CSB) for Azure File Shares (preview), allowing you to back up data across different subscriptions within the same tenant or Microsoft Entra ID. This capability offers greater flexibility and control, essentially for enterprises managing multiple subscriptions with varying purposes and security policies.
 
-For more information, see [About Azure File share backup](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-preview-works).
+For more information, see [About Azure File share backup](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-works).
 
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