Added improvements to what's new

Author: Manika Dhiman

azure-local/known-issues.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The following table lists the fixed issues in this release:
 | SBE <!--31630939--> | Improved reliability of copying SBE content locally to each machine. | |
 | SBE <!--31632765--> | Added specification of plug-in name in the SBE. | |
 | SBE <!--32105125--> | Fixed issue where system was unable to get available SBE updates. | |
+| Update <!--26952715--> | Simplified the Azure portal experience for viewing the progress and history of update runs. | |
 
 ## Known issues in this release
 

azure-local/whats-new.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ms.topic: overview
 author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 04/21/2025
+ms.date: 04/22/2025
 ---
 
 # What's new in Azure Local?
@@ -47,10 +47,18 @@ This release has the following features and improvements:
     - **Data disk expansion**: With this release, you can expand the size of a data disk attached to an Azure Local VM. For more information, see [Expand the size of a data disk attached to an Azure Local VM](./manage/manage-arc-virtual-machine-resources.md).
     - Documentation describing a [Comparison of the management capabilities of VMs on Azure](./concepts/compare-vm-management-capabilities.md) was released recently.
 
-- **Update improvements**: This release includes multiple bug fixes to improve the quality of the product.
+- **Update improvements**: This release includes multiple fixes to improve the quality of the product.
+
+    - Improved reliability when downloading updates.
+    - Added a health check to ensure failover cluster nodes are healthy before starting the update.
 
 <!--- **OEM license changes**: Azure Stack HCI OEM license is now known as OEM license for Azure Local. For more information, see [OEM license overview](./oem-license.md) and [OEM license and billing FAQ](./license-billing.yml).-->
 
+- **Solution Builder Extension (SBE) improvements**: This release includes the following SBE improvements:
+    - Improved error message to fix firewall blocking access to SBE manifest endpoints.
+    - Improved reliability of copying SBE content locally to each machine.
+    - Added specification of plug-in name in the SBE.
+
 ::: moniker-end
 
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