Deploy touchups

Author: kgremban

articles/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/media/howto-deploy-iot-operations/deploy-basics.png

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ms.date: 11/06/2024
 
 # Deployment details
 
-When you deploy Azure IoT Operations, you install a suite of services on an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster. This article provides an overview of the different deployment options to consider for your scenario.
+When you deploy Azure IoT Operations, you install a suite of services on an [Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster](/azure/azure-arc/kubernetes/overview). This article provides an overview of the different deployment options to consider for your scenario.
 
 ## Supported environments
 
@@ -44,23 +44,14 @@ A deployment with only test settings:
 
 * Doesn't configure secrets or user-assigned managed identity capabilities.
 * Is meant to enable the end-to-end quickstart sample for evaluation purposes, so supports the OPC PLC simulator and connects to cloud resources using system-assigned managed identity.
-* Can be upgraded to use secure settings.
-
-The quickstart scenario, [Quickstart: Run Azure IoT Operations in GitHub Codespaces](../get-started-end-to-end-sample/quickstart-deploy.md), uses test settings.
-
-At any point, you can upgrade an Azure IoT Operations instance to use secure settings by following the steps in [Enable secure settings](howto-enable-secure-settings.md).
+* Can be upgraded to use secure settings by following the steps in [Enable secure settings](howto-enable-secure-settings.md).
 
 ### Secure settings deployment
 
 A deployment with secure settings:
 
 * Enables secrets and user-assignment managed identity, both of which are important capabilities for developing a production-ready scenario. Secrets are used whenever Azure IoT Operations components connect to a resource outside of the cluster; for example, an OPC UA server or a dataflow endpoint.
 
-To deploy Azure IoT Operations with secure settings, follow these articles:
-
-1. Start with [Prepare your Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster](./howto-prepare-cluster.md) to configure and Arc-enable your cluster.
-1. Then, [Deploy Azure IoT Operations](./howto-deploy-iot-operations.md).
-
 ## Required permissions
 
 The following table describes Azure IoT Operations deployment and management tasks that require elevated permissions. For information about assigning roles to users, see [Steps to assign an Azure role](../../role-based-access-control/role-assignments-steps.md).

articles/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/overview-deploy.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Azure IoT Operations:
 * Is built from ground up by using Kubernetes native applications.
 * Includes an industrial-grade, edge-native MQTT broker that powers event-driven architectures.
 * Is highly extensible, scalable, resilient, and secure.
-* Lets you manage edge services and resources from the cloud by using Azure Arc.
+* Lets you manage edge services and resources from the cloud by using [Azure Arc](/azure/azure-arc/overview).
 * Can integrate customer workloads into the platform to create a unified solution.
 * Supports GitOps configuration as code for deployment and updates.
 * Natively integrates with [Azure Event Hubs](../event-hubs/azure-event-hubs-kafka-overview.md), [Azure Event Grid's MQTT broker](../event-grid/mqtt-overview.md), and [Microsoft Fabric](/fabric/) in the cloud.