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The renamed\nform makes the bucket's intent (CLI / PowerShell / Policy / Billing\nadmin) explicit.\n\n* Update strict-mode rules header: six-phase Set up, fixed Operate order, SFF/multi-rack carve-out\n\n* Exclude TOC.modernization-mockup.yml from azure-local docfx build\n\nThe mockup is a side-file for stakeholder review and isn't a real TOC.\nExcluding it from both content groups stops the OPS validator from\nflagging schema-not-found and the filename-rule warnings against it.\n\n* Fix mockup file validation: add schema directive and rename\n\n- Prepend '### YamlMime:TableOfContent' so the Learn validator\n  recognizes the schema (fixes schema-not-found error).\n- Rename TOC.modernization-mockup.yml -> toc-modernization-mockup.yml\n  (lowercase + hyphens only, no dot separator)\n  fixes filename-invalid-character warning and filename-incomplete\n  suggestion.\n- Update docfx.json exclude entries to match the new filename.\n\n* Updated existing TOC for mockup\n\n* Updated to remove unnecessary aarticle\n\n* Updated TOC - Hyperconverged - Evaluate\n\n* Updated TOC\n\n* Add topology-first TOC mockup as alternative for stakeholder review\n\nSide-by-side comparison candidate to the connectivity-first L2 in TOC.yml. 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Connectivity-first remains the sole proposal in TOC.yml.\n\n* TOC: move Operations to last position, rename Enable add-ons to Enable, promote Network ATC\n\n- Connected environments: Operations moved from before Hyperconverged to after Small form factor (last L2). Same in Disconnected environments.\\n- Renamed 'Enable add-ons' L3 node to 'Enable' under Hyperconverged and Disaggregated (plus matching comment markers).\\n- Concepts: replaced 'Host networking' L2 wrapper with a direct 'Network ATC' L2 entry pointing to the same article.\n\n* find-your-deployment-type: rewrite arc summary in active voice, second person, present tense\n\nReplaces the 'six-phase template' list-style sentence with an active-voice sentence aligned to the actual TOC (no Evaluate in the universal arc; Enable instead of Enable add-ons).\n\n* TOC comments: clean up after Operations move and other recent edits\n\n- Header docblock: fix layout (Operations is last), drop stale 'Not wired up to docfx.json' status, scope the Disconnected reduced-set claim to Hyperconverged only.\\n- Connected/Disconnected env intros: reword to reflect that Operations now sits at the end of each connectivity branch.\\n- Hyperconverged SET UP comment: drop the 'Evaluate' phase that doesn't exist for HCI.\\n- Remove stale 'OPERATE' separator comments between Connected deployment models (Operate is consolidated under shared Operations).\\n- Move misplaced 'SCENARIO 2: Disconnected environments' and 'WORKLOADS' section banners to sit above their actual L1 nodes (they were stranded inside the previous parent after the Operations move).\\n- Move the Disconnected Operations NOTE (L4 template explainer) so it attaches to the relocated Operations node.\n\n* TOC: apply reviewer feedback \u2014 merge HC+Disagg, split Workloads, consolidate Resources\n\n- Move Billing under Resources (from Hyperconverged>Manage and Disconnected>Manage)\n- Nest Reference and Related under Resources as L2\n- Merge Hyperconverged + Disaggregated into a single L2 under Connected,\n  with separate Set up (hyperconverged)/Set up (disaggregated) and a shared Operate\n  (moves the former Connected>Operations L2 inside as Operate L3)\n- Move Azure Local observability and Network ATC from top-level Concepts\n  into the merged L2 as a Concepts L3\n- Split top-level Workloads L1 into two L2s: one under Connected environments\n  (all workload categories minus 3 disconnected leaves) and one under\n  Disconnected environments (Azure Local VMs, AKS, and ACR in disconnected)\n\nAddresses PR feedback items R1-#1, #3, #4, #5 and R2-#1, #3.\n\n* TOC: move Network ATC overview from Concepts to Operate>Manage>Networking\n\nGroups the overview with its two how-tos (Add NICs / Replace a failed NIC in a\nNetwork ATC intent). Concepts L3 wrapper now contains only Azure Local\nobservability.\n\n* TOC: move Azure Local observability to top-level Concepts L1\n\nRemoves the now-empty Concepts L3 wrapper inside Hyperconverged and disaggregated.\nTop-level Concepts L1 now contains Compare to Windows Server and Azure Local\nobservability.\n\n* TOC: prune Disaggregated/Multi-rack/SFF TODO stubs under Disconnected environments\n\nRemoves the three L2 placeholders that had no supporting documentation:\n- Disaggregated\n- Multi-rack\n- Small form factor\n\nDisconnected environments now lists only the deployment models that have\nexisting content today (Hyperconverged), plus Workloads and Operations.\nAddresses reviewer feedback R1-#2 (partial): don't surface deployment\nmodels without docs on the disconnected pillar.\n\n* TOC: refresh header and section intro comments to match current structure\n\nUpdates the doc comments to reflect the recent restructuring so future\nreaders of the mockup see an accurate map of the layout:\n\n- Header layout diagram now shows the six current L1s (Overview,\n  Connected environments, Disconnected environments, Concepts,\n  Resources) and drops the removed top-level Workloads branch.\n- Header rules note the merged 'Hyperconverged and disaggregated' L2\n  on the connected pillar (with Set up (hyperconverged) / Set up\n  (disaggregated) / Operate L3s) and clarify the disconnected pillar\n  only surfaces Hyperconverged today.\n- Header adds a Workloads-split-by-connectivity rule and a Resources\n  consolidation rule (Billing / Reference / Related now grouped\n  under Resources).\n- Connected shared intro comment reflects the merged L2 with an\n  internal Operate L3 instead of a separate top-level Operations node.\n- Disconnected shared intro comment reflects the removal of the\n  Disaggregated / Multi-rack / SFF stubs.\n\nNo structural TOC changes.\n\n* TOC: rewrite legend to match how FROM/REUSE/TODO are actually used\n\nThe prior legend implied # FROM would appear on individual articles, but\nin practice it's used on section-header comments to trace a grouped\nblock back to its original TOC section (only 1 of ~10 uses is on an\narticle line). Update the legend text so it matches actual practice and\nadds usage location hints for REUSE and TODO.\n\n* Refine TOC labels and restructure Monitor\n\n- Rename \"Set up (hyperconverged/disaggregated)\" to \"Install and deploy (...)\"\n\n- Rename \"Operate\" to \"Configure and manage\"; add scope suffix on the shared Hyperconverged+Disaggregated node only\n\n- Move \"Azure Local observability\" from top-level Concepts to Configure and manage > Monitor > About\n\n- Group Monitor into subsections: About, Insights, Metrics and alerts, Health Service, Drift detection\n\n- Sync all header comments to match new node names\n\n* docs: rework Disconnected environments around Control Plane, refine Multi-rack/SFF/Overview/Resources per PM feedback\n\n* Updated TOC\n\n* docs: add install/deploy callout to control plane hardware article\n\n* docs: duplicate deployment-model TOC nodes for disconnected env\n\n* docs: remove deployment-model callout from control plane appliance\n\n* docs: merge Connected Configure-and-manage into one shared node\n\n* docs: fix REUSE tag gap, trim wordy comments, fix spacing\n\n* docs: fix customer intent persona in find-your-deployment-type\n\n* docs: nest Disconnected Install-and-deploy/Configure-and-manage under a Hyperconverged and disaggregated node\n\n* docs: hoist Deployment overview above Prepare in all four Install and deploy sections\n\n* docs: apply PM feedback -- suite grouping in Workloads, Partner Ecosystem + Odin under Resources, mirrored Overview headers\n\n- Connected > Workloads: grouped into AI suite / Data suite / Productivity suite / Bring your own apps / Other. 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