Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr into patricka-dataflow-cli

Author: Pat Altimore

articles/api-management/api-management-region-availability.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: dlepow
 
 ms.service: azure-api-management
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 05/28/2025
+ms.date: 06/17/2025
 ms.author: danlep
 ms.custom:
   - references_regions
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Information in the following table is updated regularly. Capacity availability i
 | Central India  | ✅ | ✅ | |  |
 | East Asia | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ |
 | East US  | ✅ | ✅ |  |  |
-| East US 2 | ✅ | ✅ |  | ✅ |
+| East US 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | France Central  | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ |
 | Germany West Central  | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | Japan East | ✅ | ✅ | | ✅ |

articles/api-management/self-hosted-gateway-enable-dapr.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Dapr integration in API Management enables operations teams to directly expose D
 
 ## About Dapr
 
-Dapr is a portable runtime for building stateless and stateful microservices-based applications with any language or framework. It codifies the common microservice patterns, like service discovery and invocation with build-in retry logic, publish-and-subscribe with at-least-once delivery semantics, or pluggable binding resources to ease composition using external services. Go to [dapr.io](https://dapr.io) for detailed information and instruction on how to get started with Dapr.
+Dapr is a portable runtime for building stateless and stateful microservices-based applications with any language or framework. It codifies the common microservice patterns, like service discovery and invocation with built-in retry logic, publish-and-subscribe with at-least-once delivery semantics, or pluggable binding resources to ease composition using external services. Go to [dapr.io](https://dapr.io) for detailed information and instruction on how to get started with Dapr.
 
 ## Enable Dapr support
 

articles/azure-signalr/signalr-howto-use-management-sdk.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ms.author: lianwei
 
 # Use Azure SignalR Management SDK
 
-Azure SignalR Management SDK helps you to manage SignalR clients through Azure SignalR Service directly such as broadcast messages. Therefore, this SDK could be but not limited to be used in [serverless](https://azure.microsoft.com/solutions/serverless/) environments. You could use this SDK to manage SignalR clients connected to your Azure SignalR Service in any environment, such as in a console app, in an Azure function or in a web server.
+Azure SignalR Management SDK helps you to manage SignalR clients through Azure SignalR Service directly such as broadcast messages. Therefore, this SDK can be used in [serverless](https://azure.microsoft.com/solutions/serverless/) environments, but it is not limited to them. You could use this SDK to manage SignalR clients connected to your Azure SignalR Service in any environment, such as in a console app, in an Azure function or in a web server.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > 

articles/backup/azure-kubernetes-service-backup-troubleshoot.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Troubleshoot Azure Kubernetes Service backup
 description: Symptoms, causes, and resolutions of the Azure Kubernetes Service backup and restore operations.
 ms.topic: troubleshooting
-ms.date: 04/30/2025
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.custom:
   - ignite-2023
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ The extension pods aren't exempt, and require the Microsoft Entra pod identity t
 
 3. To assign the *Storage Blob Data Contributor* role to the extension identity, run the following command:
 
+   >[!Note]
+   >Ensure that you use the latest Terraform script version. [Learn more](quick-kubernetes-backup-terraform.md#prerequisites).
+
    ```azurecli-interactive
    az role assignment create --assignee-object-id $(az k8s-extension show --name azure-aks-backup --cluster-name aksclustername --resource-group aksclusterresourcegroup --cluster-type managedClusters --query aksAssignedIdentity.principalId --output tsv) --role 'Storage Blob Data Contributor' --scope /subscriptions/subscriptionid/resourceGroups/storageaccountresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/storageaccountname
    ```

articles/backup/azure-kubernetes-service-cluster-manage-backups.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.custom:
   - devx-track-azurecli
   - ignite-2023
   - ignite-2024
-ms.date: 01/16/2025
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
 ---
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ In addition, it helps to describe how to manage backup for the Azure Kubernetes
 
 ## Resource provider registrations
 
-- You must register these resource providers on the subscription before initiating any backup and restore operation.
-- Once the registration is complete, you can perform backup and restore operations on all the cluster under the subscription.
+Resource Provider registration is required for installing the Backup Extension, and initiating any backup and restore operation. You can  do this registration as a Subscription Owner. Generally, the Resource Provider is already registered in an Azure subscription. If not, register the `Microsoft.KubernetesConfiguration` resource provider.
+
+After the registration is complete, you can perform backup and restore operations on all the cluster under the subscription.
 
 ### Register the Backup Extension
 

articles/backup/backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Restore VMs by using the Azure portal using Azure Backup
 description: Restore an Azure virtual machine from a recovery point by using the Azure portal, including the Cross Region Restore feature.
 ms.reviewer: nikhilsarode
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 06/12/2025
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ As one of the [restore options](#restore-options), you can create a VM quickly w
 1. Select **Restore** to trigger the restore operation.
 
 >[!Note]
->Before you modify any NSG settings, ensure the VM restore operation is complete. Learn about [tracking the restore operation](#track-the-restore-operation).
+>- Before you modify any NSG settings, ensure the VM restore operation is complete. Learn about [tracking the restore operation](#track-the-restore-operation).
+>- During an Alternate Location Restore (Create new VM), the restored VM retains the same SKU as the original VM at the time of the recovery point creation. Any SKU changes made after the backup date don't reflect in the restored VM.
 
 ## Restore disks
 

articles/backup/backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-tutorial.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Tutorial - Recover soft deleted data and recovery points using enhanced soft delete in Azure Backup
 description: Learn how to enable enhanced soft delete and recover your data and recover backups, if they're deleted.
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 09/11/2023
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ This tutorial describes how to enable enhanced soft delete and recover your data
 >[!Note]
 >Once you enable the *always-on* state for soft delete, you can't disable it for that vault.
 
-## Before you start
+## Considerations
 
+Before you start using the Enhanced soft delete feature, review the following considetations:
+
 - Enhanced soft delete is supported for Recovery Services vaults and Backup vaults.
 - Enhanced soft delete applies to all vaulted workloads alike in Recovery Services vaults and Backup vaults. However, it currently doesn't support operational tier workloads, such as Azure Files backup, Operational backup for Blobs, and Disk and VM snapshot backups.
 - For hybrid backups (using MARS, DPM, or MABS), enabling always-on soft delete will disallow server deregistration and  deletion of backups via the Azure portal. If you don't want to retain the backed-up data, we recommend you not to enable the *always-on soft-delete* for the vault or perform *stop protection with delete data* before the server is decommissioned.
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ Soft delete is enabled by default for all new vaults you create. To make enabled
 
 # [Recovery Services vault](#tab/recovery-services-vault)
 
-Follow these steps:
+To enable soft delete with always-on state on a Recovery Services vault, follow these steps:
 
 1. Go to **Recovery Services vault** > **Properties**.
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ Follow these steps:
 
 # [Backup vault](#tab/backup-vault)
 
-Follow these steps:
+To enable soft delete with always-on state on a Backup vault, follow these steps:
 
 1. Go to **Backup vault** > **Properties**.
 
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ You can delete backup items/instances even if the soft delete settings are enabl
 
 # [Recovery Services vault](#tab/recovery-services-vault)
 
-Follow these steps:
+To delete a backup item from a Recovery Services vault, follow these steps:
 
 1. Go to the *backup item* that you want to delete.
 1. Select **Stop backup**.
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ Follow these steps:
 
 # [Backup vault](#tab/backup-vault)
 
-Follow these steps:
+To delete a backup item from a Backup vault, follow these steps:
 
 1. In the **Backup center**, go to the *backup instance* that you want to delete.
 
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ If a backup item/ instance is soft deleted, you can recover it before it's perma
 
 # [Recovery Services vault](#tab/recovery-services-vault)
 
-Follow these steps:
+To recover a soft-deleted backup item to a Recovery Services vault, follow these steps:
 
 1. Go to the *backup item* that you want to retrieve from the *soft deleted* state.
 
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ Follow these steps:
 
 # [Backup vault](#tab/backup-vault)
 
-Follow these steps:
+To recover a soft-deleted backup item to a Backup vault, follow these steps:
 
 1. Go to the *deleted backup instance* that you want to recover.
 
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ Follow these steps:
 
 >- MUA for soft delete is currently supported for Recovery Services vaults only.
 
-## Next steps
+## Related content
 
-- Learn more about [enhanced soft delete for Azure Backup](backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-about.md).
-- Learn more about [soft delete of recovery points](backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-about.md#soft-delete-of-recovery-points).
+- [About enhanced soft delete for Azure Backup](backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-about.md).
+- [About soft delete of recovery points](backup-azure-enhanced-soft-delete-about.md#soft-delete-of-recovery-points).

articles/backup/backup-azure-manage-mars.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Manage and monitor MARS Agent backups
 description: Learn how to manage and monitor Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) Agent backups by using the Azure Backup service.
 ms.reviewer: srinathv
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/27/2024
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 author: jyothisuri
@@ -332,5 +332,5 @@ To list recovery points for a data source, follow these steps:
 ## Next steps
 
 - For information about supported scenarios and limitations, refer to the [Support Matrix for the MARS Agent](./backup-support-matrix-mars-agent.md).
-- Learn more about [On demand backup policy retention behavior](backup-windows-with-mars-agent.md#set-up-on-demand-backup-policy-retention-behavior).
+- Learn more about [On demand backup policy retention behavior](backup-windows-with-mars-agent.md#on-demand-backup-policy-retention-behavior).
 - For more frequently asked questions, see the [MARS agent FAQ](backup-azure-file-folder-backup-faq.yml).

articles/backup/backup-azure-restore-files-from-vm.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Recover files and folders from Azure VM backup
 description: In this article, learn how to recover files and folders from an Azure virtual machine recovery point.
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 10/16/2024
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 ms.custom: references_regions
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: jyothisuri
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ If you run the script on a computer with restricted access, ensure there's acces
   - `https://pod01-rec2.GEO-NAME.backup.windowsazure.us` (For Azure US Government) or `AzureBackup` service tag in NSG
   - `https://pod01-rec2.GEO-NAME.backup.windowsazure.de` (For Azure Germany) or `AzureBackup` service tag in NSG
 - Public DNS resolution on port 53 (outbound)
+- The access requirement of the Microsoft Entra ID are `*.microsoft.com`, `*.windowsazure.com`, and `*.windows.net` on port 443 (outbound).
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Proxies may not support iSCSI protocol or give access to port 3260. Hence it is strongly recommended to run this script on machines which have direct access as required above and not on the machines which will redirect to proxy.

articles/backup/backup-windows-with-mars-agent.md

@@ -2,23 +2,25 @@
 title: Back up Windows machines by using the MARS agent
 description: Use the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent to back up Windows machines.
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 08/18/2023
+ms.date: 06/18/2025
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
 ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 ---
 
 # Back up Windows Server files and folders to Azure
 
-This article describes how to back up Windows machines by using the [Azure Backup](backup-overview.md) service and the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent. MARS is also known as the Azure Backup agent.
+This article describes how to back up Windows machines by using the [Azure Backup](backup-overview.md) service and the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent or Azure Backup agent. 
 
-## Before you start
+## Prerequisites
 
-* Learn how [Azure Backup uses the MARS agent to back up Windows machines](backup-architecture.md#architecture-direct-backup-of-on-premises-windows-server-machines-or-azure-vm-files-or-folders).
-* Learn about the [backup architecture](backup-architecture.md#architecture-back-up-to-dpmmabs) that runs the MARS agent on a secondary MABS or Data Protection Manager server.
-* Review [what's supported and what you can back up](backup-support-matrix-mars-agent.md) by the MARS agent.
+Before you back up Windows Server files and folders to Azure, review the following prerequisites:
+
+* Understand how [Azure Backup uses the MARS agent to back up Windows machines](backup-architecture.md#architecture-direct-backup-of-on-premises-windows-server-machines-or-azure-vm-files-or-folders).
+* Review the [backup architecture](backup-architecture.md#architecture-back-up-to-dpmmabs) that runs the MARS agent on a secondary MABS or Data Protection Manager server.
+* Check the [supported backup scenarios](backup-support-matrix-mars-agent.md) by the MARS agent.
 * [Verify internet access](install-mars-agent.md#verify-internet-access) on the machines that you want to back up.
-* If the MARS agent isn't installed, learn how to install it [here](install-mars-agent.md).
+* [Install the MARS agent](install-mars-agent.md), if not done.
 
 ## Create a backup policy
 
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ To run an on-demand backup, follow these steps:
 
 After the initial backup finishes, the **Job completed** status appears in the Backup console.
 
-## Set up on-demand backup policy retention behavior
+## On-demand backup policy retention behavior
 
 The following table shows the data retention duration for various backup schedules: