Update prepare-for-migration.md

Removing references to end of life Linux distributions that are not supported and adding details for the end of life ones that are still supported with extra licenses from vendors such as ELS for Red Hat and ESM for Ubuntu.

Author: mabicca

articles/migrate/prepare-for-migration.md

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 # Prepare on-premises machines for migration to Azure
 
-> [!CAUTION]
-> This article references CentOS, a Linux distribution that is End Of Life (EOL) status. Please consider your use and planning accordingly. For more information, see the [CentOS End Of Life guidance](/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/centos/centos-end-of-life).
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 This article describes how to prepare on-premises machines before you migrate them to Azure using the [Migration and modernization](migrate-services-overview.md#migration-and-modernization-tool) tool.
 
 In this article, you:
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 Azure Migrate completes these actions automatically for these versions
 
-- Red Hat Enterprise Linux  8.x, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.x (Azure Linux VM agent is also installed automatically during migration)
-- CentOS Stream (Azure Linux VM agent is also installed automatically during migration)
-- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP0, 15 SP1, 12, 11 SP4, 11 SP3
-- Ubuntu 20.04, 19.04, 19.10, 18.04LTS, 16.04LTS, 14.04LTS (Azure Linux VM agent is also installed automatically during migration)
-- Debian 10, 9, 8, 7
-- Oracle Linux 8, 7.7-CI, 7.7, 6
+- Red Hat Enterprise Linux  9.x, 8.x, 7.9 with Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS)
+- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
+- Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 and these versions with Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) 20.04, 18.04 and 16.04
+- Debian LTS 12 and 11
+- Oracle Linux 9.x, 7.9
 
 For other versions, prepare machines as summarized in the table. 
 > [!Note]
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 Learn more about steps for [running a Linux VM on Azure](/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-generic), and get instructions for some of the popular Linux distributions.
 
-Review the list of [required packages](/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-linux#requirements) to install Linux VM agent. Azure Migrate installs the Linux VM agent automatically for  RHEL 8.x/7.x/6.x, Ubuntu 14.04/16.04/18.04/19.04/19.10/20.04, SUSE 15 SP0/15 SP1/12/11 SP4/11 SP3, Debian 9/8/7, and Oracle 7 when using the agentless method of VMware migration.
+Review the list of [required packages](/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-linux#requirements) to install Linux VM agent. Azure Migrate installs the Linux VM agent automatically for  RHEL 8.x, Ubuntu 20.04, SUSE 15 and Oracle 7 when using the agentless method of VMware migration.
 
 ## Check Azure VM requirements
 
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 Before migrating, review the Azure VMs requirements for [VMware](migrate-support-matrix-vmware-migration.md#azure-vm-requirements), [Hyper-V](migrate-support-matrix-hyper-v-migration.md#azure-vm-requirements), and [physical server](migrate-support-matrix-physical-migration.md#azure-vm-requirements) migration.
 
 
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 ## Prepare to connect after migration
 
 Azure VMs are created during migration to Azure. After migration, you must be able to connect to the new Azure VMs. Multiple steps are required to connect successfully.