Merge pull request #295672 from davidsmatlak/ds-freshness-update-20250304

AnnaMHuff · web-flow · commit 9965449dca6c · 2025-03-03T20:55:33.000-07:00
[BULK EDIT] Azure Policy docs freshness update ms.date
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-azurecli.md b/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-azurecli.md
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 title: "Quickstart: Create policy assignment using Azure CLI"
 description: In this quickstart, you create an Azure Policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using Azure CLI.
-ms.date: 02/26/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-bicep.md b/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-bicep.md
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 title: "Quickstart: Create policy assignment using Bicep file"
 description: In this quickstart, you create an Azure Policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using a Bicep file.
-ms.date: 02/26/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.custom: subject-bicepqs, devx-track-bicep, devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-azurepowershell
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-portal.md b/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-portal.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: "Quickstart: Create policy assignment using Azure portal"
 description: In this quickstart, you create an Azure Policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using Azure portal.
-ms.date: 07/03/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-powershell.md b/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-powershell.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: "Quickstart: Create policy assignment using Azure PowerShell"
 description: In this quickstart, you create an Azure Policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using Azure PowerShell.
-ms.date: 08/28/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-rest-api.md b/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-rest-api.md
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 title: "Quickstart: Create policy assignment with REST API"
 description: In this quickstart, you use REST API to create an Azure Policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources.
-ms.date: 03/26/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-template.md b/articles/governance/policy/assign-policy-template.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: "Quickstart: Create policy assignment using ARM template"
 description: In this quickstart, you create an Azure Policy assignment to identify non-compliant resources using an Azure Resource Manager template (ARM template).
-ms.date: 03/19/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.custom: subject-armqs, mode-arm, devx-track-arm-template, devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-azurepowershell
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/assignment-structure.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/assignment-structure.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the policy assignment structure
 description: Describes the policy assignment definition used by Azure Policy to relate policy definitions and parameters to resources for evaluation.
-ms.date: 09/05/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/attestation-structure.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/attestation-structure.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the Azure Policy attestation structure
 description: Describes the components of the Azure Policy attestation JSON object.
-ms.date: 07/01/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/compliance-states.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/compliance-states.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy compliance states
 description: This article describes the concept of compliance states in Azure Policy.
-ms.date: 09/05/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-alias.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-alias.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the policy definition structure aliases
 description: Describes how policy definition aliases are used to establish conventions for Azure resources in your organization.
-ms.date: 04/01/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-basics.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-basics.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of Azure Policy definition structure basics
 description: Describes how Azure Policy definition basics are used to establish conventions for Azure resources in your organization.
-ms.date: 07/10/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-parameters.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-parameters.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the policy definition structure parameters
 description: Describes how policy definition parameters are used to establish conventions for Azure resources in your organization.
-ms.date: 04/01/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-policy-rule.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-policy-rule.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the policy definition structure policy rules
 description: Describes how policy definition policy rules are used to establish conventions for Azure resources in your organization.
-ms.date: 04/25/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-add-to-network-group.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-add-to-network-group.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions addToNetworkGroup effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions addToNetworkGroup effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-append.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-append.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions append effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions append effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-audit-if-not-exists.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-audit-if-not-exists.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions auditIfNotExists effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions auditIfNotExists effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-audit.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-audit.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions audit effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions audit effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-basics.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-basics.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions effect basics
 description: Azure Policy definitions effect basics determine how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/25/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-deny-action.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-deny-action.md
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 title: Azure Policy definitions denyAction effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions denyAction effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/17/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-deny.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-deny.md
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 title: Azure Policy definitions deny effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions deny effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-deploy-if-not-exists.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-deploy-if-not-exists.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions deployIfNotExists effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions deployIfNotExists effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-disabled.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-disabled.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions disabled effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions disabled effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-manual.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-manual.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions manual effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions manual effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-modify.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-modify.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions modify effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions modify effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-mutate.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/effect-mutate.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy definitions mutate (preview) effect
 description: Azure Policy definitions mutate (preview) effect determines how compliance is managed and reported.
-ms.date: 04/08/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/evaluate-impact.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/evaluate-impact.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Evaluate the impact of a new Azure Policy definition
 description: Understand the process to follow when introducing a new policy definition into your Azure environment.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/event-overview.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/event-overview.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Reacting to Azure Policy state change events
 description: Use Azure Event Grid to subscribe to Azure Policy events, which allow applications to react to state changes without the need for complicated code.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/exemption-structure.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/exemption-structure.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the policy exemption structure
 description: Describes the policy exemption definition used by Azure Policy to exempt resources from evaluation of initiatives or definitions.
-ms.date: 09/05/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/initiative-definition-structure.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/initiative-definition-structure.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the initiative definition structure
 description: Describes how policy initiative definitions are used to group policy definitions for deployment to Azure resources in your organization.
-ms.date: 07/02/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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 # Azure Policy initiative definition structure
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/policy-applicability.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/policy-applicability.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy applicability logic
 description: Describes the rules Azure Policy uses to determine whether the policy is applied to its assigned resources.
-ms.date: 07/01/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/policy-as-code.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/policy-as-code.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Design Azure Policy as Code workflows
 description: Learn to design workflows to deploy your Azure Policy definitions as code and automatically validate resources.
-ms.date: 08/17/2021
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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 # Design Azure Policy as Code workflows
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/policy-for-kubernetes.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/policy-for-kubernetes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Learn Azure Policy for Kubernetes
 description: Learn how Azure Policy uses Rego and Open Policy Agent to manage clusters running Kubernetes in Azure or on-premises.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli
 ---
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/recommended-policies.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/recommended-policies.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Recommended policies for Azure virtual machines
 description: Describes recommended policies for Azure virtual machines.
-ms.date: 04/15/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/regulatory-compliance.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/regulatory-compliance.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Regulatory Compliance in initiative definitions
 description: Describes how to use an initiative definition to group policies by regulatory domain such as Access Control, Configuration Management, and others.
-ms.date: 03/21/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/remediation-structure.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/remediation-structure.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Details of the policy remediation task structure
 description: Describes the policy remediation task definition used by Azure Policy to bring resources into compliance.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.author: kenieva
 author: kenieva
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/scope.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/scope.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Understand scope in Azure Policy
 description: Describes the concept of scope in Azure Resource Manager and how it applies to Azure Policy to control which resources Azure Policy evaluates.
-ms.date: 09/05/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: devx-track-arm-template
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/author-policies-for-arrays.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/author-policies-for-arrays.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Author policies for array properties on resources
 description: Learn to work with array parameters and array language expressions, evaluate the [*] alias, and to append elements with Azure Policy definition rules.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/determine-non-compliance.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/determine-non-compliance.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Determine causes of non-compliance
 description: When a resource is non-compliant, there are many possible reasons. Discover what caused the non-compliance with the policy.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/export-resources.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/export-resources.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Export Azure Policy resources
 description: Learn to export Azure Policy resources to GitHub, such as policy definitions and policy assignments.
-ms.date: 10/03/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, devx-track-azurecli
 ms.devlang: azurecli
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/extension-for-vscode.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/extension-for-vscode.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Policy extension for Visual Studio Code
 description: Learn how to use the Azure Policy extension for Visual Studio Code to look up Azure Resource Manager aliases.
-ms.date: 04/12/2022
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: devx-track-arm-template
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/migrate-from-automanage-best-practices.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/migrate-from-automanage-best-practices.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Azure Automanage Best Practices to Azure Policy migration planning
 description: This article provides process and technical guidance for customers interested in moving from Azure Automanage Best Practices to Azure Policy.
-ms.date: 08/21/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 author: MutemwaRMasheke
 ms.author: mmasheke
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/policy-safe-deployment-practices.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/policy-safe-deployment-practices.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Safe deployment of Azure Policy assignments
 description: Learn how to apply the safe deployment practices (SDP) framework to your Azure Policy assignments.
-ms.date: 04/21/2023
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ---
 
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/programmatically-create.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/programmatically-create.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Programmatically create policies
 description: This article walks you through programmatically creating and managing policies for Azure Policy with Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and REST API.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-azurepowershell
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/how-to/remediate-resources.md b/articles/governance/policy/how-to/remediate-resources.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 title: Remediate non-compliant resources
 description: This guide walks you through the remediation of resources that are non-compliant to policies in Azure Policy.
-ms.date: 09/30/2024
+ms.date: 03/04/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-azurepowershell
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diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/troubleshoot/general.md b/articles/governance/policy/troubleshoot/general.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/create-and-manage.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/create-and-manage.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/create-custom-policy-definition.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/create-custom-policy-definition.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/disallowed-resources.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/disallowed-resources.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/govern-tags.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/govern-tags.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/modify-virtual-machine-identity.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/modify-virtual-machine-identity.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/policy-devops-pipelines.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/policy-devops-pipelines.md
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/route-state-change-events.md b/articles/governance/policy/tutorials/route-state-change-events.md
