Merge pull request #17314 from v-sissondan/whats-new

What's New 2411.3 addition

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

azure-local/whats-new.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ms.topic: overview
 author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 04/30/2025
+ms.date: 05/08/2025
 ---
 
 # What's new in Azure Local?
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ This release has the following features and improvements:
 
 - **Quality updates** - This build contains the latest quality updates and is based off the Operating system version 25398.1425.
 - **Updated .NET version** - This build has an updated .NET version 8.0.13.
+- **New Lifecycle Manager version** - Lifecycle Manager version 30.2503.0.854 is released to deploy the 2411.3 build. This new version moves the content download from extension installation to a visible step in validation. This reduces the overall content download size from a per machine to a one-time download.
 
 For more information on improvements in this release, see the [Fixed issues in 2411.3](./known-issues.md?view=azloc-24113&preserve-view=true#fixed-issues).