Merge pull request #33588 from MikeRayMSFT/250325-update-tls-support

Update Supportability for Windows Server 2012 R2 Telemetry endpoints

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

docs/includes/winserver2012-md.md

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ ms.date: 01/29/2024
 ms.service: sql
 ms.topic: include
 ---
- Windows Server 2012 R2
+ Windows Server 2012

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/includes/unsupported-configurations.md

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
 author: MikeRayMSFT
 ms.author: mikeray
-ms.date: 01/24/2024
+ms.date: 03/25/2025
 ms.topic: include
 ms.custom: ignite-2023
 ---
 
 Azure Arc-enabled [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] doesn't currently support the following configurations:
 
-- Windows Server 2012 or older versions of Windows Server. They do not have the minimum required versions of TLS to securely authenticate to Azure.  Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported because it supports TLS 1.2.
+- Windows Server 2012 or older versions of Windows Server. They do not have the minimum required versions of TLS to securely authenticate to Azure.
+- Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported for DPS because it supports TLS 1.2. Windows Server 2012 R2 does not support the telemetry endpoint. Therefore features such as performance dashboard, migration assessment, and others are not supported.
 - [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] running in containers.
 - [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] editions: Business Intelligence.
 - Private Link connections to the Azure Arc data processing service at the `<region>.arcdataservices.com` endpoint used for inventory and usage upload.

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/overview.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Feature overview. Explains how you can manage instances of SQL Serv
 author: anosov1960
 ms.author: sashan
 ms.reviewer: mikeray, randolphwest
-ms.date: 02/16/2024
+ms.date: 03/25/2025
 ms.topic: concept-article
 ms.custom: references_regions
 ---

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/prerequisites.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Describes prerequisites required for SQL Server enabled by Azure Ar
 author: anosov1960
 ms.author: sashan
 ms.reviewer: mikeray, randolphwest
-ms.date: 09/23/2024
+ms.date: 03/25/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: references_regions
 ---

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/sql-monitoring.md

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ To collect monitoring data for [!INCLUDE [ssazurearc](../../includes/ssazurearc.
 
 - The version of Azure Extension for SQL Server (`WindowsAgent.SqlServer`) is v1.1.2504.99 or later.
 - [!INCLUDE [ssazurearc](../../includes/ssazurearc.md)] is running on the Windows operating system.
-  - [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] running on [!INCLUDE [winserver2012-md](../../includes/winserver2012-md.md)] and older versions aren't supported.
-    
+  - [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] running on [!INCLUDE [winserver2012r2-md](../../includes/winserver2012r2-md.md)] and older versions aren't supported.
+
 - [!INCLUDE [ssazurearc](../../includes/ssazurearc.md)] is a Standard or Enterprise edition.
 - The SQL Server version is 2016 SP1 or later.
 

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/troubleshoot-telemetry-endpoint.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Describes how to troubleshoot connectivity to the data processing
 author: twright-msft
 ms.author: twright
 ms.reviewer: mikeray
-ms.date: 09/23/2024
+ms.date: 03/25/2025
 ms.topic: troubleshooting
 ---
 
@@ -123,15 +123,13 @@ You can probe connectivity to all regions with the [test-connectivity.ps1](https
 
 ## Check TLS version compatibility
 
-The telemetry and data processing service endpoints support the following TLS versions: TLS 1.2 and 1.3.  Supported TLS versions by operating system for Windows Server 2012/R2 are listed below.
+The data processing service endpoint supports the following TLS versions: TLS 1.2 and 1.3. Windows Server 2012 and older versions aren't supported.
 
-|Cipher Suite|WS 2012|WS 2012 R2|
-| -------- | -------- | -------- |
-|`TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 (0xCCA8)`| Not Supported| Not Supported|
-|`TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (0xC02F)`| Not Supported| Supported|
-|`TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (0xC030)`| Not Supported| Supported|
 
-If an unsupported TLS version is being used, you may see an error in the log 
+For telemetry endpoints, Windows Server 2012 R2 and older are not supported.
+
+If an unsupported TLS version is being used, you may see an error in the log
+
 ```output
 <date time>|ERROR|SqlServerExtension.Service|Request failed with exception 'System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.