PNP Edit: [AAC] Maintenance - Hybrid-ARB | Update Azure Hybrid Options + Getting Started articles (#16585)
* Azure hybrid options - Complete article rewrite
* Address hybrid options review feedback
* Address hybrid architecture review comments
* add spacing for clarity when reading
* Reduce bullet spacing
* updated spacing
* Clarify disconnected operations eligibility
* Refresh hybrid getting started guide
Convert the hybrid Getting Started article to the YAML-plus-content pattern, move conceptual guidance and its diagram from Azure hybrid options, add browse metadata and a thumbnail, update navigation and inbound references, and keep detailed selection criteria in the options article.
* Improve hybrid options workload flow
Frame specialized service evaluation as the next step after selecting workload placement, infrastructure, and connectivity, and broaden the heading to reflect the services covered.
* Fix hybrid getting started title
Use singular architecture consistently in the YAML metadata and remove the duplicate H1 from the included Markdown body.
* Address hybrid options review comments
Add Azure Local operating limits and preview status, include Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes in the decision-tree description, and preserve the intentional contributor attribution.
* Update hybrid technology choices overview
* Update technology choices review date
* Clarify hybrid control plane options
* Restore technology choices review date
* Restore hybrid guide Markdown format
Keep the Getting Started Architecture Guide as a standalone Markdown article, remove the YAML wrapper and its browse thumbnail, and update inbound links.
* Clarify Azure IoT Operations offline limit
Update the hybrid services diagram and accessible description to distinguish Azure Local disconnected operations from Azure IoT Operations' 72-hour offline window. Remove the redundant diagram footer.
* Refine hybrid services diagram
Replace the hybrid services diagram to keep Azure IoT Operations in the Edge and IoT category, clarify the Azure Local service list, and synchronize the accessible description.
* Correct hybrid decision tree label
Change the connected Azure Local path from "control plan" to "control plane" in the SVG and matching browse thumbnail.
* Clarify Azure Local outage impact
Document immediate cloud-dependent feature limitations, the 30-day reduced-functionality threshold, and AKS certificate-expiration risk during Azure connectivity loss.
* Scope Azure Local sync guidance
Qualify the documented 30-day synchronization and reduced-functionality behavior as applying to hyperconverged Azure Local deployments.
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Chad Kittel <chad.kittel@gmail.com>
* Update images
* Address hybrid architecture review feedback
Incorporate reviewer guidance on portability, edge AI, workload placement, recovery objectives, service wording, preview usage, and contributors.
* Refine Azure Local reliability link text
* Update hybrid options article date
* improvements for Resiliency and recovery
* Clarify hybrid deployment and connectivity guidance
Correct Azure Local deployment taxonomy, distinguish ExpressRoute from VPN Gateway connectivity, and restore the overview article freshness date.
* Update hybrid connectivity diagram label
Rename the decision-tree branch to “Connectivity to Azure services” and refresh the matching browse thumbnail.
* Clarify failover testing cadence
Base Azure Local test-failover frequency on workload criticality, recovery objectives, business and compliance requirements, and material changes instead of a universal monthly interval.
* Apply suggestion from @ckittel
* Reference Sovereign Private Cloud in hybrid guidance
* update ms.date
* Reorder hybrid candidate approaches
* Restore technology choices review date
* Add private access selection guidance
* Clarify Azure Arc machine support
* Clarify VPN wording from review 5083098602
Addresses feedback from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/architecture-center-pr/pull/16383#pullrequestreview-5083098602 by distinguishing ExpressRoute from an encrypted site-to-site VPN in the article diagram and synchronized browse thumbnail.
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* rearrange to fit template
* Revert last 2 commits
* revert toc
* peer review cx
* make png 3-2
* Apply batched suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Chad Kittel <chad.kittel@gmail.com>
* Fix link
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Co-authored-by: Neil Bird <nebird@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Chad Kittel <chad.kittel@gmail.com>
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