Update extended-security-updates-windows-sql-server.md

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Author: MikeWeiner-Microsoft

articles/azure-vmware/extended-security-updates-windows-sql-server.md

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-title: Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows Server and SQL Server
-description: Customers get free Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for older Windows Server and SQL Server versions. This article is to raise awareness of ESU support in Azure and AVS and tells them how they can configure it for this software running in Azure VMware Solution virtual machines.
+title: Extended Security Updates (ESU) for SQL Server and Windows Server 
+description: Customers get free Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for older SQL Server and Windows Server versions. This article is to raise awareness of ESU support in Azure and AVS and tells them how they can configure it for this software running in Azure VMware Solution virtual machines.
 author: MikeWeiner-Microsoft
 ms.author: michwe
 ms.service: azure-vmware
 ms.topic: how-to  
 ms.date: 03/18/2024
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-# ESUs for Windows Server and SQL Server in Azure VMware Solution VMs
+# ESUs for SQL Server and Windows Server in Azure VMware Solution VMs
 
 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) provide a way for customers to continue to run software that has reached its end-of-support lifecycle. ESUs are the mechanism, which allows these older versions of software to continue to be run in a supported manner and still receive security updates and critical patches. 
 
 Only in Azure, which includes Azure VMware Solution, are ESUs free of charge for additional years past their end-of-support. For more information on timelines, see [Extended Security updates for SQL Server and Windows Server]. 
 
-How to configure Windows Server and SQL Server virtual machines for no-cost ESUs in Azure VMware Solution is provided in the following sections. The process is distinct to the Azure VMware Solution private cloud architecture.  
+How to configure SQL Server and Windows Server virtual machines for no-cost ESUs in Azure VMware Solution is provided in the following sections. The process is distinct to the Azure VMware Solution private cloud architecture.  
 
-For more information about ESUs for Window Server and SQL Server, see the following articles:
+For more information about ESUs for SQL Server and Window Server, see the following articles:
 
 - [What are Extended Security Updates - SQL Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-extended-security-updates)
 - [Extend Security Updates for Windows Server overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/extended-security-updates-overview)
 
-## Configure Windows Server and SQL Server for ESUs in Azure VMware Solution
+## Configure SQL Server and Windows Server for ESUs in Azure VMware Solution
 In this section, we show how to configure the virtual machines running Windows Server and SQL Server for ESUs at no-cost in Azure VMware Solution.
 
-### Windows Server 
-For Windows Server environments running in VMs in Azure VMware Solution, the process to enable ESUs requires contacting [Microsoft Support] for help in configuration. 
-
-When you contact support, the ticket should be raised under the category of Azure VMware Solution and requires the following information:
--	Customer Name and Tenant ID
--	Number of virtual machines you want to register
--	OS versions 
--	ESU Year(s) coverage (for example, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, etc.)
-
-> [!WARNING] 
-> If you create Extended Security Update licenses for Windows through Azure Arc, this will result in billing charges for the ESUs. 
-
 ### SQL Server
 For SQL Server environments running in a VM in Azure VMware Solution, you can use Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc to configure ESUs and automate patching. The configuration steps are 
 1.	Follow the steps outlined in [Deploy Arc-enabled VMware vSphere for Azure VMware Solution private cloud](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-vmware/deploy-arc-for-azure-vmware-solution?tabs=windows) to enable the Azure VMware Solution environment. You will need to enable guest management for the VMs running SQL Server and make sure the Azure Extension for SQL Server is installed.
 
-2.	You should then follow the steps discussed here: [Subscribe to Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-extended-security-updates?#subscribe-instances-for-esus) to subscribe to Extended Security Updates through the SQL Server Configuration experience. 
+2.	You should then follow the steps discussed here: [Subscribe to Extended Security Updates enabled by Azure Arc](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-extended-security-updates?#subscribe-instances-for-esus) to subscribe to Extended Security Updates through the SQL Server Configuration experience.  
 
 > [!WARNING]
 > If you register SQL Server instances in a different manner than documented in this step it will not be integrated into Azure VMware Solution and result in you being billed for ESUs.
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 -	Through Azure Resource Graph (ARG) queries
     - You can use the following query [VM ESU subscription status](https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-extended-security-updates?#view-esu-subscriptions)  as an example to show you can view eligible SQL Server ESU instances and their ESU subscription status. 
 
+### Windows Server 
+For Windows Server environments running in VMs in Azure VMware Solution, the process to enable ESUs requires contacting [Microsoft Support] for help in configuration. 
+
+When you contact support, the ticket should be raised under the category of Azure VMware Solution and requires the following information:
+-	Customer Name and Tenant ID
+-	Number of virtual machines you want to register
+-	OS versions 
+-	ESU Year(s) coverage (for example, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, etc.)
+
+> [!WARNING] 
+> If you create Extended Security Update licenses for Windows through Azure Arc, this will result in billing charges for the ESUs.
 
 ## Related content
 - [How to get Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/extended-security-updates-deploy#extended-security-updates-on-azure)