Merge pull request #17468 from LouisBerner/v-loberner-ado-407927-local-vm-mgmt-rebranding-2

Updated with rebranding changes.

Author: Stacyrch140

azure-local/manage/connect-arc-vm-using-ssh.md

@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 ---
-title: Connect to an Arc VM on Azure Local using SSH
-description: Learn how to use SSH to connect to an Arc VM on Azure Local.
+title: Connect to an Azure Local virtual machine (VM) using SSH
+description: Learn how to use SSH to connect to an Azure Local VM enabled by Azure Arc.
 author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 02/18/2025
+ms.date: 04/04/2025
 
 #customer intent: As a Senior Content Developer, I want to provide customers with the highest level of content for using disconneced operations to deploy and manage their Azure Local instances.
 ---
 
-# Connect to an Arc VM on Azure Local using SSH and RDP over SSH
+# Connect to an Azure Local VM using SSH and RDP over SSH
 
 [!INCLUDE [hci-applies-to-23h2](../includes/hci-applies-to-23h2.md)]
 
-This article provides an example to connect to an Azure Arc VM on Azure Local using Secure Shell (SSH) and Remote Desktop (RDP) over SSH. The example demonstrates enabling the OpenSSH Server via the Arc Extension using Azure portal and Azure CLI.
+This article provides an example to connect to an Azure Local VM using Secure Shell (SSH) and Remote Desktop (RDP) over SSH. The example demonstrates enabling the OpenSSH Server via the Arc extension using Azure portal and Azure CLI.
 
-## More about the SSH Server Extension
+## About SSH Server extension
 
 You can open an RDP connection to every Windows Server from the Azure CLI without a VPN or another open port through your firewall. For more information, see [SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers](/azure/azure-arc/servers/ssh-arc-overview?tabs=azure-cli).
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Before you begin, ensure that you:
 
       :::image type="content" source="./media/connect-arc-vm-using-ssh/azure-portal-extensions-list-view-3.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Azure portal Extensions list view." lightbox="./media/connect-arc-vm-using-ssh/azure-portal-extensions-list-view-3.png":::
 
-## Use SSH to connect to an Arc VM on Azure Local
+## Use SSH to connect to an Azure Local VM
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > You may be asked to allow Arc SSH to set up port 22 for SSH.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Use the following steps to connect to Azure Local.
 
    :::image type="content" source="./media/connect-arc-vm-using-ssh/server-connection-6.png" alt-text="Screenshot of server connection over SSH." lightbox="./media/connect-arc-vm-using-ssh/server-connection-6.png":::
 
-## Use RDP over SSH to connect an Arc VM on Azure Local
+## Use RDP over SSH to connect an Azure Local VM
 
 1. To sign into Azure Local using RDP over SSH, run the following command with the RDP parameter:
 
@@ -148,4 +148,4 @@ Use the following steps to connect to Azure Local.
 
 ## Next steps
 
-- [What is Azure Arc VM management?](azure-arc-vm-management-overview.md)
+- [What is Azure Local VM management?](azure-arc-vm-management-overview.md)

azure-local/manage/gpu-manage-via-partitioning.md

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 02/04/2024
+ms.date: 03/26/2025
 ---
 
 # Manage GPUs using partitioning (preview)
 
 [!INCLUDE [hci-applies-to-23h2](../includes/hci-applies-to-23h2.md)]
 
-This article describes how to manage GPU-P with Arc virtual machines (VMs) for Azure Local. GPU Partitioning (GPU-P) allows you to share a graphical processing unit (GPU) with multiple workloads by splitting the GPU into dedicated fractional partitions.
+This article describes how to manage GPU-P with Azure Local virtual machines (VMs) enabled by Azure Arc. GPU Partitioning (GPU-P) allows you to share a graphical processing unit (GPU) with multiple workloads by splitting the GPU into dedicated fractional partitions.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > This feature is currently in PREVIEW. See the [Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/) for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ Consider the following limitations when using the GPU-P feature:
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- See [Prepare GPUs for Azure Local](./gpu-manage-via-partitioning.md) for requirements and to prepare your Azure Local and Arc VMs, and to ensure that your GPUs are prepared and partitioned.
+- See [Prepare GPUs for Azure Local](./gpu-manage-via-partitioning.md) for requirements and to prepare your Azure Local VMs, and to ensure that your GPUs are prepared and partitioned.
 
-## Attach a GPU during Arc VM creation
+## Attach a GPU during Azure Local VM creation
 
-Follow the steps outlined in [Create Arc virtual machines on Azure Local](create-arc-virtual-machines.md?tabs=azurecli) and utilize the additional hardware profile details to add GPU to your create process. Run the following:
+Follow the steps outlined in [Create Azure Local virtual machines](create-arc-virtual-machines.md?tabs=azurecli) and utilize the additional hardware profile details to add GPU to your create process. Run the following:
 
 ```azurecli
 az stack-hci-vm create --name $vmName --resource-group $resource_group --admin-username $userName --admin-password $password --computer-name $computerName --image $imageName --location $location --authentication-type all --nics $nicName --custom-location $customLocationID --hardware-profile memory-mb="8192" processors="4" --storage-path-id $storagePathId --gpus GpuP
 ```
 
 For more information, see [az stack-hci-vm create](/cli/azure/stack-hci-vm).
 
-## Attach a GPU after Arc VM creation
+## Attach a GPU after Azure Local VM creation
 
 Use the following CLI command to attach the GPU:
 
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ For more information on the GPU attach command, see [az stack-hci-vm gpu](/cli/a
 
 ## Next steps
 
-- [Manage GPUs using Discrete Device Assignment](./gpu-manage-via-device.md)
+- [Manage GPUs using Discrete Device Assignment](./gpu-manage-via-device.md).

azure-local/manage/media/connect-arc-vm-using-ssh/azure-portal-extensions-list-view-3.png

@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@ ms.topic: how-to
 author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 02/27/2025
+ms.date: 04/04/2025
 ---
 
-# Automatic transfer of virtual TPM state for Trusted launch VMs on Azure Local
+# Automatic transfer of virtual TPM state for Trusted launch for Azure Local VMs
 
 [!INCLUDE [applies-to](../includes/hci-applies-to-23h2.md)]
 
-This article uses an example to illustrate the automatic transfer of virtual TPM (vTPM) state in the case of Trusted launch Arc VMs on Azure Local, even as the VM migrates or fails over to another machine in the system. This operation allows the applications that use the vTPM to function normally during VM migration or fail over.
-
+This article uses an example to illustrate the automatic transfer of virtual TPM (vTPM) state for Trusted launch for Azure Local VM, even as the VM migrates or fails over to another machine in the system. This operation allows the applications that use the vTPM to function normally during VM migration or failover.
 
 ## Example
 
-This example shows a Trusted launch Arc VM running Windows 11 guest with BitLocker encryption enabled. Here are the steps to run this example:
+This example shows a Trusted launch for Azure Local VM running Windows 11 guest with BitLocker encryption enabled. Here are the steps to run this example:
 
-1. Create a Trusted launch Arc VM running a supported Windows 11 guest operating system (OS).
+1. Create an Azure Local Trusted launch VM running a supported Windows 11 guest operating system (OS).
 
 1. Enable BitLocker encryption for the OS volume on the Win 11 guest. Sign on to the Windows 11 guest and enable BitLocker encryption for the OS volume:
 
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ This example shows a Trusted launch Arc VM running Windows 11 guest with BitLock
     > [!NOTE]
     > If vTPM state wasn't preserved during VM migration, VM startup would result in BitLocker recovery during guest boot up. You would be prompted for the BitLocker recovery password when you attempted to sign on to the Windows 11 guest. This situation occurs because the boot measurement (stored in the vTPM) of the migrated VM on the destination node is different from that of the original VM.
 
-
 ## Next steps
 
-- [Manage Trusted launch Arc VM guest state protection key](trusted-launch-vm-import-key.md).
+- [Manage Trusted launch for Azure Local VM guest state protection key](trusted-launch-vm-import-key.md).

azure-local/manage/trusted-launch-automatic-state-transfer.md

@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@ ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-local
 ms.custom:
   - devx-track-azurecli
-ms.date: 11/21/2024
+ms.date: 03/25/2025
 ---
 
 # Create Azure Local VM image using images in a local share
 
 [!INCLUDE [hci-applies-to-23h2](../includes/hci-applies-to-23h2.md)]
 
-This article describes how to create virtual machine (VM) images for Azure Local using source images from a local share. You can create VM images using the Azure portal or Azure CLI and then use these VM images to create Arc VMs on Azure Local.
-
+This article describes how to create virtual machine (VM) images for Azure Local using source images from a local share. You can create VM images using the Azure portal or Azure CLI and then use these VM images to create Azure Local VMs.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ Follow these steps to create a VM image using the Azure CLI.
     
     ```
 
-    A deployment job starts for the VM image. 
+    A deployment job starts for the VM image.
 
     In this example, the storage path was specified using the `--storage-path-id` flag and that ensured that the workload data (including the VM, VM image, non-OS data disk) is placed in the specified storage path.
 
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@ You might want to view the properties of VM images before you use the image to c
 
 ---
 
-
 ## Delete VM image
 
 You might want to delete a VM image if the download fails for some reason or if the image is no longer needed. Follow these steps to delete the VM images.

azure-local/manage/virtual-machine-image-local-share.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Manage VMs using Windows PowerShell on Azure Local
 description: How to manage virtual machines on Azure Local using Windows PowerShell
 author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to 
-ms.date: 01/16/2025
+ms.date: 03/26/2025
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.reviewer: stevenek
 ms.service: azure-local
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Start-VM -Name VM1 -ComputerName Server1
 The following example shows how to shut down a VM named TestVM:
 
 ```powershell
-Stop-VM -Name VM1 -ComputerName Server1
+Stop-VM -Name TestVM -ComputerName Server1
 ```
 
 ## Move a VM
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ The `Import-VM` and `Export-VM` cmdlets import and export a VM. The following sh
 The following example shows how to import a VM from its configuration file. The VM is registered in-place, so its files aren't copied:
 
 ```powershell
-Import-VM -ComputerName Server1 -Name VM1 -Path 'C:\<vm export path>\2B91FEB3-F1E0-4FFF-B8BE-29CED892A95A.vmcx'
+Import-VM -ComputerName Server1 -Name VM1 -Path 'C:\<vm export path>\2B91FEB3-F6F0-4FFF-B8BE-29CED892A95A.vmcx'
 ```
 
 The following example exports a VM to the root of the D drive:
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ Rename-VM -ComputerName Server1 -Name VM1 -NewName VM2
 
 The `Checkpoint-VM` cmdlet is used to create a checkpoint for a VM. For detailed information, see the [Checkpoint-VM](/powershell/module/hyper-v/checkpoint-vm) reference documentation.
 
-The following example creates a checkpoint named BeforeInstallingUpdates for the VM named Test.
+The following example creates a checkpoint named BeforeInstallingUpdates for the VM named Test1.
 
 ```powershell
-Checkpoint-VM -ComputerName Server1 -Name VM1 -SnapshotName BeforeInstallingUpdates
+Checkpoint-VM -ComputerName Server1 -Name Test1 -SnapshotName BeforeInstallingUpdates
 ```
 
 ## Create a VHD for a VM
@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ Remove-ClusterGroup -RemoveResources -Name VM1
 
 ## Next steps
 
-You can also create and manage VMs using Windows Admin Center. For more information, see [Windows Admin Center](vm.md).
+You can also create and manage VMs using Windows Admin Center. For more information, see [Windows Admin Center](vm.md).