Sync release-hotfixes with main

Sync release-hotfixes with main

Author: sethmanheim

azure-local/TOC.yml

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ items:
     - name: About security features
       href: concepts/security-features.md
     - name: Download Azure Local security book
-      href: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/AzureLocal/blob/main/SecurityBook/Azure%20Local%20Security%20Book_01172025.pdf
+      href: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/AzureLocal/blob/main/SecurityBook/Azure%20Local%20Security%20Book_04302025.pdf
   - name: Assess environment readiness
     href: manage/use-environment-checker.md
   - name: Configure advanced Active Directory settings
@@ -568,181 +568,6 @@ items:
     - name: SDN Multisite overview
       href: concepts/sdn-multisite-overview.md
 
-- name: Version 22H2
-  items:
-  - name: Release information for version 22H2
-    href: release-information.md
-  - name: Azure Benefits (22H2 and earlier)
-    href: ./manage/azure-benefits.md
-  - name: Review requirements for 22H2
-    href: concepts/system-requirements.md
-  - name: Deploy version 22H2
-    items:
-    - name: 0. Download the software
-      href: deploy/download-software.md
-    - name: 1. Deploy the OS
-      href: deploy/operating-system.md
-    - name: 2. Create a system
-      href: deploy/create-cluster.md
-    - name: 3. Set up a witness
-      href: manage/witness.md    
-    - name: 4. Register with Azure
-      href: deploy/register-with-azure.md
-    - name: 5. Validate the system
-      href: deploy/validate.md
-    - name: Deploy with PowerShell
-      items:
-      - name: Deploy on a single server
-        href: deploy/single-server.md
-      - name: Single server scale-out
-        href: manage/single-node-scale-out.md
-      - name: Create a system with PowerShell
-        href: deploy/create-cluster-powershell.md
-      - name: Host networking with Network ATC
-        href: deploy/network-atc.md?pivots=azure-local
-    - name: Deploy SDN 
-      items:
-      - name: Deploy using Windows Admin Center
-        href: deploy/sdn-wizard.md
-      - name: Deploy using SDN Express
-        href: manage/sdn-express.md
-      - name: Deploy at system creation
-        href: deploy/create-cluster.md#step-5-sdn-optional
-    - name: Deploy and manage in VMM
-      href: /system-center/vmm/deploy-manage-azure-stack-hci?toc=/azure/azure-local/toc.json&bc=/azure/azure-local/breadcrumb/toc.json  
-    - name: Deploy workloads
-      items: 
-      - name: Branch office and edge
-        href: deploy/branch-office-edge.md
-      - name: Virtual desktop infrastructure
-        href: deploy/virtual-desktop-infrastructure.md
-      - name: SQL Server
-        href: deploy/sql-server.md
-      - name: Trusted enterprise virtualization
-        href: deploy/trusted-enterprise-virtualization.md
-  - name: Manage
-    items:
-    - name: Manage VMs
-      items:
-      - name: Deploy Windows Server Azure Edition VMs
-        href: manage/windows-server-azure-edition.md
-      - name: Upgrade VMs to Windows Server Azure Edition
-        href: manage/upgrade-vm-windows-server-azure-edition.md
-      - name: Use GPUs with clustered VMs
-        href: /windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/deploy/use-gpu-with-clustered-vm?pivots=azure-local&context=/azure/azure-local/context/context
-    - name: Manage storage
-      items:
-      - name: Create stretched volumes
-        href: manage/create-stretched-volumes.md
-      - name: Storage thin provisioning
-        href: manage/thin-provisioning.md
-      - name: Thin provisioning conversion
-        href: manage/thin-provisioning-conversion.md
-    - name: Monitor systems
-      items:
-      - name: Monitor single system with Insights
-        href: manage/monitor-hci-single.md
-      - name: Monitor multiple systems with Insights
-        href: manage/monitor-hci-multi.md
-      - name: Monitor systems from Windows Admin Center
-        href: manage/monitor-cluster.md
-      - name: Use DISKSPD to test workloads
-        href: manage/diskspd-overview.md
-    - name: Manage systems
-      items:
-      - name: (Optional) Configure proxy settings
-        href: manage/configure-proxy-settings.md
-      - name: Manage system registration
-        href: manage/manage-cluster-registration.md
-      - name: Manage systems with Windows Admin Center
-        href: manage/cluster.md
-      - name: Manage systems with PowerShell
-        href: manage/cluster-powershell.md
-      - name: Manage Network ATC
-        href: manage/manage-network-atc.md?pivots=azure-local
-      - name: Update the system
-        href: manage/update-cluster.md
-      - name: Manage quick restarts
-        href: manage/kernel-soft-reboot.md
-    - name: Manage nodes
-      items:
-      - name: Add or remove nodes
-        href: manage/add-cluster.md
-      - name: Convert to stretched cluster
-        href: manage/convert-to-stretched-cluster.md
-      - name: Take a node offline for maintenance
-        href: manage/maintain-servers.md
-      - name: Change languages
-        href: manage/languages.md
-      - name: Change privacy settings
-        href: manage/change-privacy-settings.md
-      - name: Use BitLocker with Cluster Shared Volumes
-        href: /windows-server/failover-clustering/bitlocker-on-csv-in-ws-2022?context=/azure/azure-local/context/context
-    - name: Manage Azure services
-      items:
-      - name: Hybrid capabilities with Azure services
-        href: hybrid-capabilities-with-azure-services.md
-      - name: Register Windows Admin Center with Azure
-        href: manage/register-windows-admin-center.md
-      - name: Use Windows Admin Center in Azure
-        href: /windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/azure/manage-hci-clusters?context=/azure/azure-local/context/context
-      - name: Use Azure portal
-        href: manage/azure-portal.md
-    - name: Manage SDN 
-      items:
-      - name: Manage default network access policies
-        href: manage/manage-default-network-access-policies-virtual-machines.md   
-  - name: Troubleshooting
-    items:
-    - name: Troubleshoot system registration
-      href: deploy/troubleshoot-hci-registration.md
-    - name: Troubleshoot system validation reporting
-      href: manage/validate-qos.md
-    - name: Troubleshoot CredSSP
-      href: manage/troubleshoot-credssp.md
-    - name: Troubleshoot live migration
-      href: /troubleshoot/windows-server/virtualization/troubleshoot-live-migration-issues?context=/azure/azure-local/context/context
-    - name: Troubleshoot Storage Spaces Direct
-      href: /windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/troubleshooting-storage-spaces?context=/azure/azure-local/context/context
-    - name: Troubleshoot storage health
-      href: /windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-states?context=/azure/azure-local/context/context
-    - name: Collect diagnostic data
-      href: manage/collect-diagnostic-data.md
-  - name: Migrate using SCVMM
-    items:
-    - name: For Hyper-V VMs
-      href: /system-center/vmm/deploy-manage-azure-stack-hci#step-8-migrate-vms-from-windows-server-to-azure-local-instance
-    - name: For VMware VMs
-      href: /system-center/vmm/deploy-manage-azure-stack-hci#step-9-migrate-vmware-workloads-to-azure-local-instance-using-scvmm
-  - name: Concepts
-    items:
-    - name: Storage and systems
-      items:
-      - name: Single-node systems
-        href: concepts/single-server-clusters.md
-      - name: Stretched clusters
-        href: concepts/stretched-clusters.md
-      - name: Nested virtualization
-        href: concepts/nested-virtualization.md
-    - name: Software Defined Networking (SDN)
-      items:
-      - name: SDN overview
-        href: concepts/software-defined-networking.md
-      - name: Plan an SDN infrastructure
-        href: concepts/plan-software-defined-networking-infrastructure.md
-      - name: Plan Network Controller
-        href: concepts/network-controller.md
-    - name: Maintenance and security
-      items:
-      - name: Updates and upgrades
-        href: concepts/updates.md
-      - name: Security considerations
-        href: concepts/security.md
-      - name: Utility applications
-        href: concepts/utility-applications.md
-      - name: Data collection
-        href: concepts/data-collection.md
-
 - name: Reference
   items:
   - name: For Azure Local VM management

azure-local/concepts/system-requirements.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-local
 ms.custom: references_regions
-ms.date: 05/06/2025
+ms.date: 05/09/2025
 ---
 
 # System requirements for Azure Stack HCI, version 22H2
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ If you use Windows Admin Center to [create](../deploy/create-cluster.md) or [man
 
 - If you're running Windows Admin Center on a server (instead of a local PC), use an account that's a member of the Gateway Administrators group, or the local Administrators group on the Windows Admin Center server.
 
-- Verify that your Windows Admin Center management computer is joined to the same Active Directory domain in which you create the cluster, or joined to a fully trusted domain. The servers that you'll cluster don't need to belong to the domain yet; they can be added to the domain during cluster creation.
+- Verify that your Windows Admin Center management computer is joined to the same Active Directory domain in which you create the cluster, or joined to a fully trusted domain. The servers that you cluster aren't required to belong to the domain yet; they can be added to the domain during cluster creation.
 
 ## Maximum supported hardware specifications