Merge branch 'main' into release-dallas

Author: v-alje

ReadMe.md

@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ For more information, see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft
 
 # Microsoft SQL Server Technical Documentation
 
-You've found the GitHub repository that houses the source for the SQL Server technical documentation published on [https://docs.microsoft.com](https://docs.microsoft.com).
+You've found the GitHub repository that houses the source for [SQL Server technical documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql).
 
 ## Contribute to documentation
 
 Anyone can submit changes to the SQL Server documentation. For more information, see [How to contribute to SQL Server Documentation](https://aka.ms/editsqldocs).
 
 ### Minor corrections
-Minor corrections or clarifications that you submit for documentation and code examples in this repo are covered by the [docs.microsoft.com - Terms of Use](https://docs.microsoft.com/legal/termsofuse).
+Minor corrections or clarifications that you submit for documentation and code examples in this repo are covered by the [Terms of Use](https://docs.microsoft.com/legal/termsofuse).
 
 ### Larger submissions
 If you submit a pull request with new content or significant changes to documentation or code examples and you are not an employee of Microsoft, we'll send a comment in GitHub asking you to submit an online Contribution License Agreement (CLA). We will need you to complete the online form before we can accept your pull request.

azure-sql/database/audit-write-storage-account-behind-vnet-firewall.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ For audit to write to a storage account behind a VNet or firewall, the following
 > [!div class="checklist"]
 >
 > * A general-purpose v2 storage account. If you have a general-purpose v1 or blob storage account, [upgrade to a general-purpose v2 storage account](/azure/storage/common/storage-account-upgrade). For more information, see [Types of storage accounts](/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview#types-of-storage-accounts).
+> * The premium storage with BlockBlobStorage is supported
 > * The storage account must be on the same tenant and at the same location as the [logical SQL server](logical-servers.md) (it's OK to be on different subscriptions).
 > * The Azure Storage account requires `Allow trusted Microsoft services to access this storage account`. Set this on the Storage Account **Firewalls and Virtual networks**.
 > * You must have `Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write` permission on the selected storage account. For more information, see [Azure built-in roles](/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles).

azure-sql/database/auditing-overview.md

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ If you chose to write audit logs to an Azure storage account, there are several
   - You can view specific dates by clicking **Filter** at the top of the **Audit records** page.
   - You can switch between audit records that were created by the *server audit policy* and the *database audit policy* by toggling **Audit Source**.
 
-       ![Screenshot that shows the options for viewing the audit records.]( ./media/auditing-overview/8_auditing_get_started_blob_audit_records.png)
+       ![Screenshot that shows the options for viewing the audit records.](./media/auditing-overview/8_auditing_get_started_blob_audit_records.png)
 
 - Use the system function **sys.fn_get_audit_file** (T-SQL) to return the audit log data in tabular format. For more information on using this function, see [sys.fn_get_audit_file](/sql/relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-get-audit-file-transact-sql).
 

azure-sql/database/authentication-aad-configure.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ When using Azure Active Directory with geo-replication, the Azure Active Directo
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > Only follow these steps if you are provisioning an Azure SQL Managed Instance. This operation can only be executed by Global Administrator or a Privileged Role Administrator in Azure AD.
 >
-> In **public preview**, you can assign the **Directory Readers** role to a group in Azure AD. The group owners can then add the managed instance identity as a member of this group, which would allow you to provision an Azure AD admin for the SQL Managed Instance. For more information on this feature, see [Directory Readers role in Azure Active Directory for Azure SQL](authentication-aad-directory-readers-role.md).
+> You can assign the **Directory Readers** role to a group in Azure AD. The group owners can then add the managed instance identity as a member of this group, which would allow you to provision an Azure AD admin for the SQL Managed Instance. For more information on this feature, see [Directory Readers role in Azure Active Directory for Azure SQL](authentication-aad-directory-readers-role.md).
 
 Your SQL Managed Instance needs permissions to read Azure AD to successfully accomplish tasks such as authentication of users through security group membership or creation of new users. For this to work, you need to grant the SQL Managed Instance permission to read Azure AD. You can do this using the Azure portal or PowerShell.
 

azure-sql/database/connect-query-dotnet-core.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ monikerRange: "= azuresql || = azuresql-db || = azuresql-mi"
 In this quickstart, you'll use [.NET Core](https://dotnet.microsoft.com) and C# code to connect to a database. You'll then run a Transact-SQL statement to query data.
 
 > [!TIP]
-> The following Microsoft Learn module helps you learn for free how to [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries a database in Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/)
+> This free Learn module shows you how to [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries a database in Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/)
 
 ## Prerequisites
 

azure-sql/database/design-first-database-csharp-tutorial.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service (DBaaS) in the Microsof
 *If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
 
 > [!TIP]
-> The following Microsoft Learn module helps you learn for free how to [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries an Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/), including the creation of a simple database.
+> This free Learn module shows you how to [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries an Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/), including the creation of a simple database.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 

azure-sql/database/design-first-database-tutorial.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service (DBaaS) in the Microsof
 *If you don't have an Azure subscription, [create a free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
 
 > [!TIP]
-> The following Microsoft Learn module helps you learn for free how to [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries an Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/), including the creation of a simple database.
+> This free Learn module shows you how to [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries an Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/), including the creation of a simple database.
 > [!NOTE]
 > For the purpose of this tutorial, we are using Azure SQL Database. You could also use a pooled database in an elastic pool or a SQL Managed Instance. For connectivity to a SQL Managed Instance, see these SQL Managed Instance quickstarts: [Quickstart: Configure Azure VM to connect to an Azure SQL Managed Instance](../managed-instance/connect-vm-instance-configure.md) and [Quickstart: Configure a point-to-site connection to an Azure SQL Managed Instance from on-premises](../managed-instance/point-to-site-p2s-configure.md).
 

azure-sql/database/quickstart-content-reference-guide.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ These quickstarts enable you to quickly create or import your database to Azure
 
 ## Hands-on learning modules
 
-The following Microsoft Learn modules help you learn for free about Azure SQL Database.
+The following free Learn modules help you learn about Azure SQL Database.
 
 - [Provision a database in SQL Database to store application data](/learn/modules/provision-azure-sql-db/)
 - [Develop and configure an ASP.NET application that queries a database in Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/develop-app-that-queries-azure-sql/)

azure-sql/database/secure-database-tutorial.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Azure SQL Database secures data by allowing you to:
 To learn more, see the [Azure SQL Database security overview](./security-overview.md) and [capabilities](security-overview.md) articles.
 
 > [!TIP]
-> The following Microsoft Learn module helps you learn for free about how to [Secure your database in Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/secure-your-azure-sql-database/).
+> This free Learn module shows you how to [Secure your database in Azure SQL Database](/learn/modules/secure-your-azure-sql-database/).
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -351,4 +351,4 @@ In this tutorial, you've learned to improve the security of your database with j
 Advance to the next tutorial to learn how to implement geo-distribution.
 
 > [!div class="nextstepaction"]
->[Implement a geo-distributed database](geo-distributed-application-configure-tutorial.md)
+>[Implement a geo-distributed database](geo-distributed-application-configure-tutorial.md)

azure-sql/updates/ssl-root-certificate-expiring.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance will be changing the root certificate
 
 As per the industry’s compliance requirements, CA vendors began revoking CA certificates for non-compliant CAs, requiring servers to use certificates issued by compliant CAs, and signed by CA certificates from those compliant CAs. Since Azure SQL Database & SQL Managed Instance currently use one of these non-compliant certificates, which client applications use to validate their SSL connections, we need to ensure that appropriate actions are taken (described below) to minimize the potential impact to your Azure SQL servers.
 
-The new certificate will be used starting October 26, 2020. If you use full validation of the server certificate when connecting from a SQL client (TrustServerCertificate=true), you need to ensure that your SQL client would be able to validate new root certificate before October 26, 2020.
+The new certificate will be used starting October 26, 2020. If you use full validation of the server certificate when connecting from a SQL client (TrustServerCertificate=false), you need to ensure that your SQL client would be able to validate new root certificate before October 26, 2020.
 
 ## How do I know if my application might be affected?
 
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ Since this update is a client-side change, if the client used to read data from
 Since this configuration is client-side, information is not available on server side.
 
 ### What if I have further questions?
-If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create Azure support request, see [How to create Azure support request](/azure/azure-portal/supportability/how-to-create-azure-support-request).
+If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create Azure support request, see [How to create Azure support request](/azure/azure-portal/supportability/how-to-create-azure-support-request).