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Automatic zone placement Public Preview Docs (#3989) * Document VMSS availability zone placement options * Document automatic VMSS zone placement * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: learn-build-service-prod-09[bot] <274431102+learn-build-service-prod-09[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> * Refine automatic zone placement guidance * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: learn-build-service-prod-09[bot] <274431102+learn-build-service-prod-09[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> * Update automatic zone placement limitations * Address automatic zone placement feedback * Clarify automatic zone placement eligibility * Refine availability zone documentation titles * Document VM attach limits for automatic zones * Apply batched suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: learn-build-service-prod-10[bot] <274431553+learn-build-service-prod-10[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> * Apply batched suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Diana Richards <103777760+v-dirichards@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: learn-build-service-prod-09[bot] <274431102+learn-build-service-prod-09[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: learn-build-service-prod-10[bot] <274431553+learn-build-service-prod-10[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Diana Richards <103777760+v-dirichards@users.noreply.github.com>

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http guidance for scale set exercise

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docs: update Azure CLI image alias and VMSS defaults

Removing my name from doc ownership (#3712) * Removing my name from doc ownership * docs: fix metadata ownership cleanup * Refactor metadata in deprecated-images.yml * Update reviewer and add AI usage annotation * Update title in deprecated-images.yml to include FAQ * Update metadata in quick-create-terraform.md Added AI contribution notification and clarified customer intent. * Fix YAML formatting for title in deprecated-images.yml * Update virtual-machine-scale-sets-reimage-virtual-machine.md * Modify reviewer details and customer intent description Updated reviewer information and clarified customer intent. * Fix metadata formatting in run-command-overview.md Updated metadata formatting for clarity. * Update deprecated-images.yml * Refine metadata in reimage VM documentation Updated metadata for clarity and organization. * Format 'systemd' as code in time sync documentation Updated the time sync documentation to format 'systemd' as code.

Merge branch 'main' into freshness-review-vmss-2026-05-19

tutorial-use-custom-image-cli: tighten "The version of the image" -> "The image version"

maxsurge: drop filler "essentially" in cross-zone upgrade description

standby-pools-configure-permissions: "it is suggested to provide" -> "we recommend providing"

reimage-virtual-machine: fix "restored it to it's" -> "restored to its"; rephrase awkward "retaining of old OS disk"

networking: add missing word "SKU" in instance-IP load balancer note

disk-encryption-cli: remove stray fragment "As the scale set is" from sentence

standby-pools-spot-instances: fix "instnaces" typo, subject-verb agreement, and "Spot Instances" casing

zone-balancing: simplify "in order to" to "to"

use-availability-zones: simplify "in order to" to "to"

upgrade-scale-set: drop weasel "simply"