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Update simplified-experience-for-azure-migrate.md

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articles/migrate/simplified-experience-for-azure-migrate.md

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 title: Simplified experience for Azure Migrate
 description: Describes the simplified experience an upgraded agent-based migration stack for physical and VMware environments
-author: rashi-ms
+author: dhananjayanr98
 ms.author: v-uhabiba
-ms.manager: pallavi
+ms.manager: dhananjayanr
 ms.service: azure-migrate
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.date: 04/24/2025
 # Customer intent: As a system administrator managing physical and VMware environments, I want to utilize an upgraded agent-based migration stack so that I can efficiently migrate newer Linux distributions and ensure a seamless migration process to Azure.
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-# Overview of simplified experience for Azure Migrate
+# Overview of simplified experience for Azure Migrate (agent-based VMware or physical servers)
 
-The enhanced agent-based migration stack designed for physical and VMware environments. The upgraded stack offers several significant benefits, such as:
+The simplified experience leverages an enhanced agent-based migration stack tailored for physical and VMware environments, offering several key advantages:
+- **Broader OS support**: It enables migration of newer Linux distributions to Azure, expanding compatibility and allowing customers to benefit from the latest innovations in Linux technology.
+- **Modern replication appliance**: It utilizes Windows Server 2019 (WS2019) and Windows Server 2022 (WS2022) for the replication appliance, ensuring robust and up-to-date infrastructure.
+- **Unified OS support matrix**: This provides a consistent and streamlined approach to operating system support across migration workflows, simplifying planning and execution.
+  
+Overall, the upgraded stack equips customers with powerful tools to efficiently migrate newer Linux distributions, leverage modern Windows Server platforms for replication, and benefit from a unified OS support framework—enhancing the entire migration journey to Azure.
 
-- It enables the migration of newer Linux distributions to Azure, expanding the range of supported operating systems and ensuring that customers can leverage the latest advancements in Linux technology. 
-- It utilizes Windows Server 2019 (WS2019) for the replication appliance.
-- It offers a unified OS support matrix and implies that customers can benefit from a consistent and streamlined approach to operating system support across their migration processes.
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-The upgraded agent-based migration stack provides customers with the tools and capabilities to efficiently migrate newer Linux distributions. It also allows them to utilize WS2019 for replication and benefit from a unified OS support matrix. These features enhance the overall migration process to Azure. [Learn more](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr/blob/caf87f24c172f2bdf388d5d6334f76f154114f34/articles/migrate/tutorial-migrate-physical-virtual-machines.md#simplified-experience-recommended)
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-## Key differences
+## Key differences between classic and simplified experience
 
 The key differences between the Classic and Simplified experience:
 
 | **Aspect** | **Classic experience** | **Simplified experience** |
 | --- | --- | --- | 
-| Upgrade and replacement | Existing version with traditional interface | Upgraded version offering a more streamlined and user-friendly interface.
-| Enhanced compatibility | Limited support for newer Linux distributions | Supports newer Linux distributions and uses Windows Server 2019 as the replication appliance. |
+| Upgrade and replacement | Old version with traditional interface | Upgraded version offering a more streamlined and user-friendly interface.
+| Enhanced compatibility | Limited support for newer Linux distributions | Supports newer Linux distributions and uses Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 as the replication appliance. |
 | Improved performance and reliability | Standard performance and reliability | Leveraging latest technologies for better performance and reliability in physical and VMware agent-based migrations. |
 |Streamlined migration process| Traditional migration process	 | Provides a more seamless and efficient migration process, addressing multiple customer concerns. |
-| Deprecation of classic experience | Active until March 2026, support ends the following quarter | NA |
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+| Deprecation of classic experience | Support for ongoing replications will remain active until March 2026, while support for initiating new replications will end on October 30, 2025 | NA |
+
+## Action required
+- We recommend using the **simplified experience** for initiating replication of any new agent-based VMware or physical servers.
+  >[!NOTE]
+  >Classic experience will not support starting replications on new servers after **October 30, 2025**.
+- Servers currently replicating using the classic experience will be supported until **March 30, 2026**. We recommend completing your migrations before this date.
+- If you have servers discovered through the replication appliance under the classic experience, ensure replication is initiated before **October 30, 2025**, and plan your subsequent migrations before the retirement date **(March 30, 2026)**.
+  
 ## Next steps
 
-- Learn about the [Classic experience](tutorial-migrate-physical-virtual-machines.md).
-- Learn about the [Simplified experience](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr/blob/caf87f24c172f2bdf388d5d6334f76f154114f34/articles/migrate/tutorial-migrate-physical-virtual-machines.md#simplified-experience-recommended).
+- Learn more about the [Simplified experience](tutorial-migrate-physical-virtual-machines.md#simplified-experience-recommended).
+- Learn more about the [deprecation of classic experience](../site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-classic-deprecation.md).