Merge pull request #17589 from v-sissondan/azl-rebrand-overview

Azure Local VM rebrand - Overview

Author: Stacyrch140

azure-local/concepts/compare-windows-server.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ms.topic: conceptual
 author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 03/28/2025
+ms.date: 04/08/2025
 ---
 
 # Compare Azure Local to Windows Server
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ When replacing a datacenter primarily running VMware, Azure Local is typically n
 
 ## When to use Azure Local
 
-Azure Local is Microsoft's premier hyperconverged infrastructure platform for running VMs or virtual desktops on-premises with connections to Azure hybrid services. Azure Local can help to modernize and secure your datacenters and branch offices, and achieve industry-best performance with low latency and data sovereignty.
+Azure Local is Microsoft's premier hyperconverged infrastructure platform for running virtual machines (VMs) or virtual desktops on-premises with connections to Azure hybrid services. Azure Local can help to modernize and secure your datacenters and branch offices, and achieve industry-best performance with low latency and data sovereignty.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/compare-windows-server/hci-scenarios.png" alt-text="When to use Azure Local over Windows Server 2019" border="false" lightbox="media/compare-windows-server/hci-scenarios.png":::
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Windows Server is a highly versatile, multi-purpose operating system with dozens
 
 Use Windows Server for:
 
-- A guest operating system inside of virtual machines (VMs) or containers
+- A guest operating system inside of VMs or containers
 - As the runtime server for a Windows application
 - To use one or more of the built-in server roles such as Active Directory, file services, DNS, DHCP, or Internet Information Services (IIS)
 - As a traditional server, such as a bare-metal domain controller or SQL Server installation
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The following table compares the management options for Azure Local and Windows
 | Azure portal > Windows Admin Center integration (preview) | Yes | Azure VMs only <sup>1</sup>|
 | Azure portal > Multi-cluster monitoring for Azure Local | Yes | No |
 | Azure portal > Azure Resource Manager integration for clusters | Yes | No |
-| Azure portal > Arc VM management | Yes | No |
+| Azure portal > Management of Azure Local VMs enabled by Arc | Yes | No |
 | Desktop experience | No | Yes |
 
 <sup>1</sup> Requires manually installing the Arc-git statusConnected Machine agent on every machine.

azure-local/faq.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   author: cosmosdarwin
   ms.author: cosdar
   ms.service: azure-local
-  ms.date: 02/03/2025
+  ms.date: 04/08/2025
 title: Azure Local FAQ
 summary: The Azure Local FAQ provides information about Azure Local connectivity with the cloud, and how Azure Local relates to Windows Server.
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sections:
         answer: |
           While your connection is down, all host infrastructure and VMs continue to run normally, and you can use edge-local tools for management. However, you wouldn't be able to use features that directly rely on cloud services. Information in the Azure portal may also become out-of-date until Azure Local is able to sync again.
           
-          Configuration changes made to Arc VMs using edge-local tools won't automatically sync with Azure.
+          Configuration changes made to Azure Local VMs enabled by Arc using edge-local tools won't automatically sync with Azure.
 
       - question: How long can Azure Local run with the connection down?
         answer: |