Merge pull request #297792 from habibaum/08Apr-pre-plr-updates

Pre PLR Updates

Author: PMEds28

articles/migrate/assessment-properties.md

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ monikerRange: migrate
 
 # General assessment properties 
 
-This article explains how to understand and use the assessment properties on the **General** tab when creating an assessment. These general properties apply to all workloads in an application or for cross-workload assessments. They also apply specifically to individual workload assessments. 
+This article explains the assessment properties on the **General** tab that you can use when creating an assessment. These general properties apply to all workloads in an application or for cross-workload assessments. They also apply to individual workload assessments. 
 
-| **Setting Category**  | **Setting** | **Details** |                
+| **Setting Category**  | **Deafult Setting** | **Details** |                
 |-------------------|---------|--------  |                                                     
 | **Target settings**   | **Target location**         | The Azure region to which you want to migrate. Azure target configuration and cost recommendations are based on the location that you specify. |
 | **Target settings**   | **Default Environment**      | The environment for the target deployments to apply pricing applicable to Production or Dev/Test. |

articles/migrate/centralized-issue-tracking.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Describes how to track issues and provide resolutions from one tab.
 author: ankitsurkar06
 ms.author: ankitsurkar
 ms.service: azure-migrate
-ms.topic: how-to
+ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.date: 03/20/2025
 monikerRange: migrate
 ---
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Azure Migrate offers a comprehensive platform for migrating, modernizing, and op
 
 The new **Action Center** feature in Azure Migrate addresses this challenge by offering a **centralized hub** where users can view and manage all migration-related issues, pending actions, and jobs across their projects. This includes issues related to **discovery**, **dependency visualization**, and **assessments**, streamlining the troubleshooting process by bringing together different types of issues in a single interface. This unified view helps users stay organized and prioritize their actions effectively, enabling faster issue resolution and a smoother migration experience.
 
-## How to access Action Center
+## Access Action Center
 
 The Action Center can be accessed directly from the Azure Migrate dashboard, providing an integrated and accessible solution for managing migration issues and actions.
 

articles/migrate/cost-estimation.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ monikerRange: migrate
 
 Azure Migrate assessments provide you with an estimated cost of hosting the recommended targets on Azure. These costs are identified for each right-sized target on Azure. The cost estimates are dependent on the rates in the specified region, any applicable offers, and the licensing program selected by you. 
 
-This article describes Azure Migrate assessments estimate hosting costs for recommended targets on Azure, based on region rates, applicable offers, and selected licensing programs.
+This article describes Azure Migrate assessments, which estimate hosting costs for recommended targets on Azure, based on region rates, applicable offers, and selected licensing programs.
 
 ## Pricing settings 
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The following assessment attributes affect your cost estimates:
 | **Setting** | **Details** |
 | --- | ---  |
 | **Savings options (compute)** | Specify the savings option that you want the assessment to consider to help optimize your Azure compute cost. </br> [Azure reservations](../cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations.md) (One year or three years reserved) are a good option for the most consistently running resources. </br> [Azure Savings Plan](../cost-management-billing/savings-plan/savings-plan-compute-overview.md) (One year or three years savings plan) provide additional flexibility and automated cost optimization. </br>When you select **None**, the Azure compute cost is based on the Pay as you go rate considering 730 hours as VM uptime, unless specified otherwise in VM uptime attribute. |
-|**Offer/Licensing program**| The [Azure offer](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/offer-details/) in which you're enrolled. The assessment estimates the cost for that offer. Select one of the pay-as-you-go, Enterprise Agreement support, or pay-as-you-go Dev/Test. </br>You need to select pay-as-you-go in offer/licensing program to be able to use Reserved Instances or Azure Savings Plan. When you select any savings option other than **None**, the *Discount (%)* and *VM uptime* properties aren't applicable. The monthly cost estimates are calculated by multiplying 744 hours in the VM uptime field with the hourly price of the recommended subscription. |
+|**Offer/Licensing program**| The [Azure offer](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/offer-details/) in which you're enrolled. The assessment estimates the cost for that offer. Select one of the pay-as-you-go, Enterprise Agreement support, or pay-as-you-go Development/Testing. </br>You need to select pay-as-you-go in offer/licensing program to be able to use Reserved Instances or Azure Savings Plan. When you select any savings option other than **None**, the *Discount (%)* and *VM uptime* properties aren't applicable. The monthly cost estimates are calculated by multiplying 744 hours in the VM uptime field with the hourly price of the recommended subscription. |
 |**Currency** | The billing currency for your account.| 
 |**Discount (%)** | Any subscription-specific discounts you receive on top of the Azure offer. The default setting is 0%. | 
 | **VM uptime** | The duration in days per month and hours per day for Azure VMs that won't run continuously. Cost estimates are based on that duration. The default values are 31 days per month and 24 hours per day. | 

articles/migrate/how-to-create-sql-assessment.md

@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 
 This article to create SQL assessments for migration to Azure, targeting different Azure PaaS and laaS options using Azure Migrate. By creating as assessment for your SQL instances, you'll receive recommended target environments and key insights, such as **readiness**, **target right-sizing**, and monthly **costs** for hosting and running these applications.
 
-In this article, you'll learn how to:
-
-* Set up your Azure Migrate environment to assess web applications.
-* Select a set of related applications discovered using Azure Migrate appliance.
-* Provide assessment configuration, including preferred Azure targets, target regions, and Azure reserved instances.
-* Create a web assessment with a recommended modernization path.
-
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * Deploy and configure the Azure Migrate appliance in your [VMware](vmware/tutorial-discover-vmware.md), [Hyper-V](tutorial-discover-hyper-v.md), or physical environment.
@@ -29,23 +22,23 @@ In this article, you'll learn how to:
 
 ## Create a workload assessment for webapps
 
-1. On the **Azure Migrate** project overview page, under **Decide and plan**, select **Assessments**
+1. On the **Azure Migrate** project overview page, under **Decide and plan**, select **Assessments**.
 
     :::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-create-sql-assessment/assessment.png" alt-text=" Screenshot of assessment page on how to sql create an assessment.":::
 
-1. In **Assessments** page, select **Create assessment**
+1. In **Assessments** page, select **Create assessment**.
 
     :::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-create-sql-assessment/create-assessment.png" alt-text="Screenshot of assessment page on how to create an assessment.":::
 
-1. Provide a suitable name for the assessment, then select **Add workloads**
+1. Provide a suitable name for the assessment, then select **Add workloads**.
 
     :::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-create-sql-assessment/add-workloads.png" alt-text="Screenshot of sql assessment page on how to add the workloads.":::
 
-1. Use the appropriate filters, select the webapp and then select **Add**
+1. Use the appropriate filters, select the webapp and then select **Add**.
 
     :::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-create-sql-assessment/select-add.png" alt-text="Screenshot of sql assessment page on how to select webapp and add.":::
 
-1. **Review the selected workloads** and then select **Next**.
+1. Select **Review the selected workloads** and then select **Next**.
 
     :::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-create-sql-assessment/review-selected-workloads.png" alt-text="Screenshot of sql assessment page on how to review the selected workloads.":::
 

articles/migrate/how-to-review-sql-assessment.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The assessment aggregates all the configuration and performance data to identify
 
 **As on-premises sizing calculation**
 
-The instances to SQL Server on Azure VM assessment report outline the ideal approach for migrating SQL Server instances to SQL Server on Azure VM, adhering to the best practices. [Learn more](/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/performance-guidelines-best-practices-checklist?preserve-view=true&view=azuresql#vm-size)
+The instances to SQL Server on Azure VM assessment report outline the ideal approach for migrating SQL Server instances to SQL Server on Azure VM, adhering to the best practices. [Learn more](/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/performance-guidelines-best-practices-checklist?preserve-view=true&view=azuresql#vm-size).
 
 **Storage sizing**
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ After identifying storage disks, the assessment considers CPU and memory require
 
 ## Performance-based sizing calculation
 
-If the source is a SQL Server Always On Failover Cluster Instance (FCI), the assessment report outlines the approach for migrating to a two-node SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance. This approach preserves high availability and disaster recovery objectives while adhering to the best practices. [Learn more](/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/hadr-cluster-best-practices?view=azuresql&preserve-view=true&tabs=windows2012)
+If the source is a SQL Server Always On Failover Cluster Instance (FCI), the assessment report outlines the approach for migrating to a two-node SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance. This approach preserves high availability and disaster recovery objectives while adhering to the best practices. [Learn more](/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/hadr-cluster-best-practices?view=azuresql&preserve-view=true&tabs=windows2012).
 
 **Storage sizing**
 

articles/migrate/quickstart-create-project.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ms.date: 03/19/2025
 ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 ---
 
-# Quickstart: Create project using Portal
+# Quickstart: Create an Azure Migrate project using portal
 
 This article describes how to create, manage, and delete [projects](migrate-services-overview.md). 
 
@@ -83,13 +83,11 @@ If you already have a project and you want to create an additional project, do t
 
 1. In the [Azure public portal](https://portal.azure.com) or [Azure Government](https://portal.azure.us), search for **Azure Migrate**.
 
-2. On the Azure Migrate dashboard, select **Servers, databases and web apps** > **Create project** on the top left.
+1. On the Azure Migrate dashboard, elect **All Projects** on the upper left.
+1. Select a **Create Project**. 
 
     :::image type="content" source="./media/quickstart-create-project/switch-project.png" alt-text="Screenshot containing Create Project button." lightbox="./media/quickstart-create-project/switch-project.png"::::::
 
-3. To create a new project, select **Click here**.
-
-
 ## Find a project
 
 Find a project as follows:

articles/migrate/resource-tagging.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ To view tags, select the workload for which you wish to view the tags assigned.
 
 To filter using tags, follow these steps:
 
-1.	Select **Add filter** button beside the search bar.
+1.	Select **Add filter** beside the search bar.
 
 2.	Select the tag key that you want to filter with.
 

articles/migrate/review-assessment.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This article describes the various components of an Azure VM assessment and how
 
 Once you create the Azure VM assessment, you can review it at **Decide and plan** > **Assessments** > **Workloads**.  
 
-If it's a performance-based assessment with servers discovered using appliance, you can review the confidence rating of the assessment before you look at the report. The confidence rating is an indicator of the quality of the data that was available for creating assessments. [Learn more](confidence-ratings.md)
+If it's a performance-based assessment with servers discovered using appliance, you can review the confidence rating of the assessment before you look at the report. The confidence rating is an indicator of the quality of the data that was available for creating assessments. [Learn more](confidence-ratings.md).
 
 On the **Overview** page, you can review the overall readiness and estimated monthly cost of hosting the VMs on Azure after migration using the lift and shift method. 
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ For each source server, you can review the Azure readiness. Azure readiness is d
 
 - **Ready for Azure**: The workloads can be migrated as-is to Azure without any changes. It will start in Azure with full Azure support. 
 
-- **Conditionally ready for Azure**: The workloads might start in Azure but might not have full Azure support. For example, Azure doesn't support a server that's running an old version of Windows Server. You must be careful before you migrate these servers to Azure. To fix any readiness issue, follow the remediation guidance the assessment suggests. 
+- **Conditionally ready for Azure**: The workloads might start in Azure but might not have full Azure support. For example, Azure doesn't support a server that's running an old version of Windows Server. You must be careful before you migrate these servers to Azure. To fix any readiness issues, follow the remediation guidance the assessment suggests. 
 
-- **Not ready for Azure**: The server won't start in Azure. For example, if an on-premises server's disk stores more than 64 TB, Azure can't host the server. Follow the remediation guidance to fix the issue before migration. 
+- **Not ready for Azure**: The server won't start in Azure. For example, if an on-premises server's disk stores more than 64 TB, Azure can't host the server. Follow the remediation guidance to fix the issues before migration. 
 
 - **Readiness unknown**: Azure Migrate can't determine the readiness of the server because of insufficient metadata. 
 
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ The cost for Standard or Premium disks is calculated based on the selected/recom
 
 ### Ultra disk 
 
-The cost for Ultra disk is calculated based on the provisioned size, provisioned IOPS, and provisioned throughput. [Learn more](/pricing/details/managed-disks/)
+The cost for Ultra disk is calculated based on the provisioned size, provisioned IOPS, and provisioned throughput. [Learn more](/pricing/details/managed-disks/).
 
 The cost is calculated using the following logic: 
 
 - Cost of disk size is calculated by multiplying provisioned disk size by hourly price of disk capacity.
 - Cost of provisioned IOPS is calculated by multiplying provisioned IOPS by hourly provisioned IOPS price.
 - Cost of provisioned throughput is calculated by multiplying provisioned throughput by hourly provisioned throughput price.
 
-The Ultra disk VM reservation fee isn't added in the total cost. [Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/managed-disks/) 
+The Ultra disk VM reservation fee isn't added in the total cost. [Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/managed-disks/). 
 
 The assessment calculates the total monthly storage costs by aggregating the storage costs of all servers. Currently, the calculation doesn't consider offers specified in the assessment settings. 
 

articles/migrate/review-azure-vmware-solution-assessment.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ms.custom: engagement-fy24
 monikerRange: migrate
 ---
 
-# Review an Azure VMware Solution (AVS) assessment
+# Tutorial: Review an Azure VMware Solution (AVS) assessment
 
 An Azure VMware Solution (AVS) assessment describes:
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ You can select  **Sizing assumptions** to understand the assumptions that went i
 
 2. Review the server status:
     - **Ready for AVS**: The server can be migrated as-is to Azure (AVS) without any changes. It will start in AVS with full AVS support.
-    - **Ready with conditions**: There might be some compatibility issues, for example, internet protocol or deprecated OS in VMware, and need to be remediated before migrating to Azure VMware Solution. To fix any readiness issuesc, follow the remediation guidance the assessment suggests.
+    - **Ready with conditions**: There might be some compatibility issues, for example, internet protocol or deprecated OS in VMware, and need to be remediated before migrating to Azure VMware Solution. To fix any readiness issues, follow the remediation guidance the assessment suggests.
     - **Not ready for AVS**: The VM will not start in AVS. For example, if the on-premises VMware VM has an external device attached such as a cd-rom the VMware vMotion operation will fail (if using VMware vMotion).
     - **Readiness unknown**: Azure Migrate couldn't determine the readiness of the server because of insufficient metadata collected from the on-premises environment.
 

articles/migrate/review-sql-assessment.md

@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ This indicates the number of SQL servers, instances, and databases that were ass
 
 This indicates the different migration strategies that you can consider for your SQL deployments. You can review the readiness for target deployment types and the cost estimates for SQL Servers/Instances/Databases that are marked ready or ready with conditions: 
 
-- **Recommended deployment**: This is a strategy where an Azure SQL deployment type is the most compatible with your SQL instance. It is the most cost-effective and is recommended. Migrating to a Microsoft-recommended target reduces your overall migration effort. If your instance is ready for SQL Server on Azure VM, Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database, the target deployment type, which has the least migration readiness issues and is the most cost-effective is recommended.
+- **Recommended deployment**This strategy involves selecting an Azure SQL deployment type that is both highly compatible with your SQL instance and cost-effective. By migrating to a Microsoft-recommended target, you can significantly reduce your overall migration effort. If your instance is prepared for SQL Server on Azure VM, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure SQL Database, it is advisable to choose the deployment type that presents the fewest migration readiness issues and offers the best cost-efficiency.
+
 You can see the SQL Server instance readiness for different recommended deployment targets and monthly cost estimates for SQL instances marked *Ready* and *Ready with conditions*.
 
-    - You can go to the Readiness report to:
-        - Review the recommended Azure SQL configurations for migrating to SQL Server on Azure VM and/or Azure SQL databases and/or Azure SQL Managed Instances.
-        - Understand details around migration issues/warnings that you can remediate before migration to the different Azure SQL targets. [Learn More](concepts-azure-sql-assessment-calculation.md).
+- You can go to the Readiness report to:
+    - Review the recommended Azure SQL configurations for migrating to SQL Server on Azure VM and/or Azure SQL databases and/or Azure SQL Managed Instances.
+    - Understand details around migration issues/warnings that you can remediate before migration to the different Azure SQL targets. [Learn More](concepts-azure-sql-assessment-calculation.md).
     - You can go to the cost estimates report to review cost of each of the SQL instance after migrating to the recommended deployment target.
 
    > [!NOTE]
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ The assessment summary shows the estimated monthly compute and storage costs for
 1. You can also drill down to the database list to review the Azure SQL configuration and cost estimates per database when an Azure SQL Database configuration is recommended.
 
 ### Review confidence rating
+
 Azure Migrate assigns a confidence rating to all Azure SQL assessments based on the availability of the performance/utilization data points needed to compute the assessment for all the assessed SQL instances and databases. The rating is from one star (lowest) to five stars (highest).
 The confidence rating helps you estimate the reliability of size recommendations in the assessment. Confidence ratings are as follows: