MicrosoftDocs · ManikaDhiman · Dec 4, 2025 · Dec 4, 2025 · Dec 9, 2025 · Dec 9, 2025
diff --git a/azure-local/TOC.yml b/azure-local/TOC.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ items:
         href: concepts/security-features.md
       - name: Azure Local security book
         href: security-book/overview.md
+      - name: Assurance
+        items:
+        - name: Azure Local and security standards
+          href: assurance/azure-stack-security-standards.md
+        - name: ISO/IEC 27001 guidance
+          href: assurance/azure-stack-iso27001-guidance.md
+        - name: PCI DSS guidance
+          href: assurance/azure-stack-pci-dss-guidance.md
+        - name: HIPAA guidance
+          href: assurance/azure-stack-hipaa-guidance.md
+        - name: FedRAMP guidance
+          href: assurance/azure-stack-fedramp-guidance.md 
     - name: Assess environment readiness
       href: manage/use-environment-checker.md
     - name: Configure advanced Active Directory settings
@@ -713,18 +725,8 @@ items:
       href: /system-center/
   - name: Resources
     items:
-    - name: Assurance
-      items:
-      - name: Azure Local and security standards
-        href: assurance/azure-stack-security-standards.md
-      - name: ISO/IEC 27001 guidance
-        href: assurance/azure-stack-iso27001-guidance.md
-      - name: PCI DSS guidance
-        href: assurance/azure-stack-pci-dss-guidance.md
-      - name: HIPAA guidance
-        href: assurance/azure-stack-hipaa-guidance.md
-      - name: FedRAMP guidance
-        href: assurance/azure-stack-fedramp-guidance.md
+    - name: Renaming to Azure Local
+      href: rename-to-azure-local.md
     - name: Azure Local product page
       href: https://azure.com/hci
     - name: Pricing

diff --git a/azure-local/concepts/monitoring-overview.md b/azure-local/concepts/monitoring-overview.md
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ description: This article provides an overview of the Azure Local monitoring sol
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: concept-article
 author: alkohli
-ms.date: 10/10/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # What is Azure Local monitoring?
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-This article provides an overview of Azure Local monitoring.
+This article provides an overview of monitoring in hyperconvered deployments of Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*).
 
 Monitoring Azure Local involves the regular collection and analysis of data from all components of your system to promptly identify and address any potential issues. Routine monitoring is crucial for maintaining the health and functionality of your Azure Local system.
 

diff --git a/azure-local/concepts/security-features.md b/azure-local/concepts/security-features.md
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: article
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 03/24/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # Security features for Azure Local
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-Azure Local is a secure-by-default product that has more than 300 security settings enabled right from the start. Default security settings provide a consistent security baseline to ensure that devices start in a known good state.
+Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*) is a secure-by-default product that has more than 300 security settings enabled right from the start. Default security settings provide a consistent security baseline to ensure that devices start in a known good state.
 
 This article provides a brief conceptual overview of the various security features associated with your Azure Local instance. Features include security defaults, Application Control, volume encryption via BitLocker, secret rotation, local built-in user accounts, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and more.
 

diff --git a/azure-local/concepts/system-requirements-23h2.md b/azure-local/concepts/system-requirements-23h2.md
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-local
 ms.custom: references_regions
-ms.date: 11/26/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # System requirements for Azure Local
 
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-
-This article discusses Azure, machine and storage, networking, and other requirements for Azure Local. If you purchase Integrated System solution hardware from the [Azure Local Catalog](https://aka.ms/AzureStackHCICatalog), you can skip to the [Networking requirements](#networking-requirements) since the hardware already adheres to machine and storage requirements.
+This article discusses Azure, machine and storage, networking, and other requirements for hyperconvered deployments of Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*). If you purchased Integrated System solution hardware from the [Azure Local Catalog](https://aka.ms/AzureStackHCICatalog), you can skip to the [Networking requirements](#networking-requirements) since the hardware already adheres to machine and storage requirements.
 
 ## Azure requirements
 

diff --git a/azure-local/deploy/deployment-virtual.md b/azure-local/deploy/deployment-virtual.md
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.reviewer: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 04/08/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # Deploy a virtual Azure Local system
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-This article describes how to deploy a virtualized Azure Local instance on a host system with Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, or later operating system (OS). The host should also have Hyper-V enabled for the deployment.
+This article describes how to deploy a virtualized Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*) instance on a host system running Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, or later operating system (OS). The host must have Hyper-V enabled for the deployment.
 
 You need administrator privileges for the Azure Local virtual deployment and should be familiar with the existing Azure Local solution. The deployment can take around 2.5 hours to complete.
 

diff --git a/azure-local/includes/azure-local-banner-22h2.md b/azure-local/includes/azure-local-banner-22h2.md
diff --git a/azure-local/includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md b/azure-local/includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md
diff --git a/azure-local/manage/azure-arc-vm-management-overview.md b/azure-local/manage/azure-arc-vm-management-overview.md
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-local
 ms.custom: linux-related-content
-ms.date: 04/28/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # What is Azure Local VM management?
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-This article provides a brief overview of the Azure Local virtual machine (VM) management feature on Azure Local, including benefits, components, and a high-level workflow.
+This article provides an overview of the virtual machine (VM) management feature in hyperconverged deployments of Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*), including its benefits, components, and a high-level workflow.
 
 Azure Local VM management enables IT admins to provision and manage Windows and Linux VMs hosted in an on-premises Azure Local environment. IT admins can use the feature to create, modify, delete, and assign permissions and roles to app owners, thereby enabling self-service VM management.
 

diff --git a/azure-local/migrate/migrate-whats-new.md b/azure-local/migrate/migrate-whats-new.md
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ ms.service: azure-local
 
 # What's new in Azure Migrate for Azure Local
 
-This article lists the various features and improvements that are available in virtual machine (VM) migration to Azure Local. This article applies to both Hyper-V (Preview) and VMware VM migrations.
+This article lists the various features and improvements that are available in virtual machine (VM) migration to Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*). This article applies to both Hyper-V (Preview) and VMware VM migrations.
 
 [!INCLUDE [hci-applies-to-2503](../includes/hci-applies-to-2503.md)]
 
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-
 ## November 2025
 
 This release includes these features and improvements:

diff --git a/azure-local/migrate/migration-options-overview.md b/azure-local/migrate/migration-options-overview.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Options for migrating virtual machines to Azure Local
 description: Learn about the available migration options for migrating VM workloads to your Azure Local.
 author: alkohli
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 10/15/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.reviewer: alkohli
 ---
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ ms.reviewer: alkohli
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-This article provides an overview of the options available for migrating virtual machine (VM) workloads to your Azure Local instance.
+This article provides an overview of the options available for migrating virtual machine (VM) workloads to your Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*) instance.
 
 ## Migration options
 

diff --git a/azure-local/plan/network-patterns-overview.md b/azure-local/plan/network-patterns-overview.md
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ author: alkohli
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.reviewer: alkohli
 ms.service: azure-local
-ms.date: 02/14/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # Network reference patterns overview for Azure Local
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-In this article, gain an overview understanding for deploying network reference patterns on Azure Local.
+This article provides an overview of deploying network reference patterns in hyperconverged deployments of Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*).
 
 A deployment consists of single-node or multiple node systems (up to 16 machines per system) that connect to one or two Top of Rack (TOR) switches. Those environments have the following characteristics:
 

diff --git a/azure-local/update/about-updates-23h2.md b/azure-local/update/about-updates-23h2.md
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ author: ronmiab
 ms.author: robess
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.reviewer: thoroet
-ms.date: 08/13/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # About updates for Azure Local
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-This article describes the new update feature for this release of Azure Local, the benefits of the feature, and how to keep various components of your solution up to date.
+This article describes the new update feature for this release of Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*), the benefits of the feature, and how to keep various components of your solution up to date.
 
 ## About the updates
 

diff --git a/azure-local/update/import-discover-updates-offline-23h2.md b/azure-local/update/import-discover-updates-offline-23h2.md
@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@ author: ronmiab
 ms.author: robess
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.reviewer: arduppal
-ms.date: 11/18/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ---
 
 # Import and discover update packages with limited connectivity
 
 ::: moniker range=">=azloc-24113"
 
-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
+This article explains how to discover and import solution update packages for Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*) deployed in sites with limited bandwidth connections to Azure. You can download Azure Local solution update as a static payload, then copy or transfer it to multiple instances, and import it using PowerShell. Do these actions before you start an update to reduce the amount of data downloaded during the update.
 
-This article explains how to discover and import solution update packages for Azure Local deployed in sites with limited bandwidth connections to Azure. Starting with version 2503, you can download Azure Local solution updates as static payloads. Download the payload once, copy or transfer it to multiple instances, and import it using PowerShell. Do these actions before you start an update to reduce the amount of data downloaded during the update.
-
-The static payload for a solution update includes the OS security update, extensions, and core agents, which install during the update process. The update process automatically downloads updated container images required for the Azure Resource Bridge component and Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local. These images aren't included in the static payload.
+The static payload for a solution update includes the OS security update, extensions, and core agents, which install during the update process. The update process automatically downloads updated container images required for the Azure Arc resource bridge component and Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local. These images aren't included in the static payload.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 

diff --git a/azure-local/upgrade/about-upgrades-23h2.md b/azure-local/upgrade/about-upgrades-23h2.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: About Azure Local upgrades
 description: This article provides an overview of upgrading your cluster to Azure Local.
 author: alkohli
 ms.topic: upgrade-and-migration-article
-ms.date: 10/08/2025
+ms.date: 12/09/2025
 ms.author: alkohli
 ms.reviewer: alkohli
 ms.service: azure-local
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ ms.service: azure-local
 
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-[!INCLUDE [azure-local-banner-23h2](../includes/azure-local-banner-23h2.md)]
-
-This article provides an overview of upgrading your version 22H2 cluster to Azure Local.
+This article provides an overview of upgrading your version 22H2 cluster to Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*).
 
 [!INCLUDE [end-of-service-22H2](../includes/end-of-service-22h2.md)]
 

diff --git a/azure-local/whats-new.md b/azure-local/whats-new.md
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ ms.date: 12/11/2025
 
 # What's new in hyperconverged deployments of Azure Local?
 
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-
-This article lists the various features and improvements that are available in hyperconvered deployments of Azure Local. The latest version of Azure Local solution focuses on cloud-based deployment and updates, cloud-based monitoring, new and simplified experience for Azure Local virtual machine (VM) management, security, and more.
+This article lists the various features and improvements that are available in hyperconvered deployments of Azure Local (*formerly Azure Stack HCI*). The latest version of Azure Local solution focuses on cloud-based deployment and updates, cloud-based monitoring, new and simplified experience for Azure Local virtual machine (VM) management, security, and more.
 
 ::: moniker range="=azloc-2511"