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               - name: Create availability group
                 displayName: Always On, alwayson, availability group
                 href: virtual-machines/windows/availability-group-manually-configure-tutorial-multi-subnet.md
+              - name: Extend AG to multiple regions
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           - name: Configure AG (single subnet)
             displayName: Always On, alwayson, availability group

azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/availability-group-manually-configure-multi-subnet-multiple-regions.md

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 When you deploy an Azure virtual machine (VM) with SQL Server installed on it, either manually, or through a built-in image, you can use Azure features to improve your experience. This article summarizes the documentation changes associated with new features and improvements in the recent releases of [SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/virtual-machines/sql-server/). To learn more about SQL Server on Azure VMs, see the [overview](sql-server-on-azure-vm-iaas-what-is-overview.md). 
 
-## December 2022
 
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
-| **Troubleshoot SQL IaaS agent extension** | We've added an article to help you troubleshoot and address some known issues with the SQL Server IaaS agent extension. To learn more, read [Troubleshoot known issues](sql-agent-extension-troubleshoot-known-issues.md). |
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-
-## November 2022
+## January 2023
 
 | Changes | Details |
 | --- | --- |
-| **Configure AG from Azure portal** | There is a new experience to deploy an Always On availability group to multiple subnets by using the Azure portal. The new availability group deployment method replaces the previous deployment through the SQL virtual machines resource. This feature is currently in preview. To learn more, review [Configure availability group through the Azure portal](availability-group-azure-portal-configure.md). | 
+| **Extend your multi-subnet AG to multiple regions** | Extend an existing multi-subnet availability group, either on Azure virtual machines, or on-premises, to another region in Azure. To learn more, review [Multi-subnet availability group in multiple regions](availability-group-manually-configure-multi-subnet-multiple-regions.md). | 
 
 
-## October 2022
+## 2022
 
 | Changes | Details |
 | --- | --- |
+| **Troubleshoot SQL IaaS agent extension** | We've added an article to help you troubleshoot and address some known issues with the SQL Server IaaS agent extension. To learn more, read [Troubleshoot known issues](sql-agent-extension-troubleshoot-known-issues.md). |
+| **Configure AG from Azure portal** | There is a new experience to deploy an Always On availability group to multiple subnets by using the Azure portal. The new availability group deployment method replaces the previous deployment through the SQL virtual machines resource. This feature is currently in preview. To learn more, review [Configure availability group through the Azure portal](availability-group-azure-portal-configure.md). | 
 | **Azure AD authentication** | It's now possible to configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication to your SQL Server 2022 on Azure VM by using the Azure portal. This feature is currently in preview. To get started, review [Azure AD with SQL Server VMs](security-considerations-best-practices.md#azure-ad-authentication-preview). | 
 | **Least privilege permission model for SQL IaaS Agent extension** | There is a new permissions model available for the SQL Server IaaS Agent extension that grants the least privileged permission for each feature used by the extension. To learn more, review [SQL IaaS agent extension permissions](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md#permissions-models). | 
-
-
-## September 2022
-
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
 | **Confidential VMs** | SQL Server on Azure VMs has added support to deploy to [SQL Server on Azure confidential VMs](sql-vm-create-confidential-vm-how-to.md). To get started, review the [Quickstart: Deploy SQL Server to an Azure confidential VM](sql-vm-create-portal-quickstart.md?tabs=confidential-vm). 
-
-## July 2022
-
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
 | **Azure CLI for SQL best practices assessment**| It's now possible to configure the [SQL best practices assessment](sql-assessment-for-sql-vm.md) feature using the Azure CLI. |
 | **Configure tempdb from Azure portal** | It's now possible to configure your `tempdb` settings, such as the number of files, initial size, and autogrowth ratio for an existing SQL Server instance by using the Azure portal. See [manage SQL Server VM from portal](manage-sql-vm-portal.md#storage) to learn more. |
-
-
-## May 2022
-
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
 | **SDK-style SQL projects**| Use [Microsoft.Build.Sql](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Build.Sql) for SDK-style SQL projects in the SQL Database Projects extension in Azure Data Studio or VS Code. This feature is currently in preview. To learn more, see [SDK-style SQL projects](/sql/azure-data-studio/extensions/sql-database-project-extension-sdk-style-projects). |
-
-## April 2022
-
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
 | **Ebdsv5-series** | The new [Ebdsv5-series](/azure/virtual-machines/ebdsv5-ebsv5-series#ebdsv5-series) provides the highest I/O throughput-to-vCore ratio in Azure along with a memory-to-vCore ratio of 8. This series offers the best price-performance for SQL Server workloads on Azure VMs. Consider this series first for most SQL Server workloads. To learn more, see the updates in [VM sizes](performance-guidelines-best-practices-vm-size.md). |
-
-## March 2022
-
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
 | **Security best practices** | The [SQL Server VM security best practices](security-considerations-best-practices.md) have been rewritten and refreshed! |
-
-## January 2022
-
-| Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
 | **Migrate with distributed AG** | It's now possible to migrate your database(s) from a [standalone instance](../../migration-guides/virtual-machines/sql-server-distributed-availability-group-migrate-standalone-instance.md) of SQL Server or an [entire availability group](../../migration-guides/virtual-machines/sql-server-distributed-availability-group-migrate-ag.md) over to SQL Server on Azure VMs using a distributed availability group! See the [prerequisites](../../migration-guides/virtual-machines/sql-server-distributed-availability-group-migrate-prerequisites.md) to get started. |
 
 ## 2021
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 | **Security enhancements in the Azure portal** | Once you've enabled [Microsoft Defender for SQL](/azure/security-center/defender-for-sql-usage), you can view Security Center recommendations in the [SQL virtual machines resource in the Azure portal](manage-sql-vm-portal.md#security-center). | 
 | **HADR content refresh** | We've refreshed and enhanced our high availability and disaster recovery (HADR) content! There's now an [Overview of the Windows Server Failover Cluster](hadr-windows-server-failover-cluster-overview.md), as well as a consolidated [how-to configure quorum](hadr-cluster-quorum-configure-how-to.md) for SQL Server VMs.  Additionally, we've enhanced the [cluster best practices](hadr-cluster-best-practices.md) with more comprehensive setting recommendations adopted to the cloud.| 
 | **Migrate high availability to VM** | Azure Migrate brings support to lift and shift your entire high availability solution to SQL Server on Azure VMs! Bring your [availability group](../../migration-guides/virtual-machines/sql-server-availability-group-to-sql-on-azure-vm.md) or your [failover cluster instance](../../migration-guides/virtual-machines/sql-server-failover-cluster-instance-to-sql-on-azure-vm.md) to SQL Server VMs using Azure Migrate today! 
-| **Performance best practices refresh** | We've rewritten, refreshed, and updated the performance best practices documentation, splitting one article into a series that contain: [a checklist](performance-guidelines-best-practices-checklist.md), [VM size guidance](performance-guidelines-best-practices-vm-size.md), [Storage guidance](performance-guidelines-best-practices-storage.md), and [collecting baseline instructions](performance-guidelines-best-practices-collect-baseline.md). |
+| **Performance best practices refresh** | We've rewritten, refreshed, and updated the performance best practices documentation, splitting one article into a series that contains: [a checklist](performance-guidelines-best-practices-checklist.md), [VM size guidance](performance-guidelines-best-practices-vm-size.md), [Storage guidance](performance-guidelines-best-practices-storage.md), and [collecting baseline instructions](performance-guidelines-best-practices-collect-baseline.md). |
 
 ## 2020
 
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 | **Automatic extension registration** | You can now enable the [Automatic registration](sql-agent-extension-automatic-registration-all-vms.md) feature to automatically register all SQL Server VMs already deployed to your subscription with the [SQL IaaS Agent extension](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md). This applies to all existing VMs, and will also automatically register all SQL Server VMs added in the future.   | 
 | **DNN for availability group** | You can now configure a [distributed network name (DNN) listener)](availability-group-distributed-network-name-dnn-listener-configure.md) for SQL Server 2019 CU8 and later to replace the traditional [VNN listener](availability-group-overview.md#connectivity), negating the need for an Azure Load Balancer.   | 
 
-## 2019
-
-|Changes | Details |
- --- | --- |
-| **Free DR replica in Azure** | You can host a [free passive instance](business-continuity-high-availability-disaster-recovery-hadr-overview.md#free-dr-replica-in-azure) for disaster recovery in Azure for your on-premises SQL Server instance if you have [Software Assurance](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-programs/software-assurance-default?rtc=1&activetab=software-assurance-default-pivot:primaryr3). | 
-| **Bulk SQL IaaS extension registration** | You can now [bulk register](sql-agent-extension-manually-register-vms-bulk.md) SQL Server virtual machines with the [SQL IaaS Agent extension](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md). | 
-|**Performance-optimized storage configuration** | You can now [fully customize your storage configuration](storage-configuration.md#new-vms) when creating a new SQL Server VM. |
-|**Premium file share for FCI** | You can now create a failover cluster instance by using a [Premium file share](failover-cluster-instance-premium-file-share-manually-configure.md) instead of the original method of [Storage Spaces Direct](failover-cluster-instance-storage-spaces-direct-manually-configure.md). 
-| **Azure Dedicated Host** | You can run your SQL Server VM on [Azure Dedicated Host](dedicated-host.md). | 
-| **SQL Server VM migration to a different region** | Use Azure Site Recovery to [migrate your SQL Server VM from one region to another](move-sql-vm-different-region.md). |
-|  **New SQL IaaS installation modes** | It's now possible to install the SQL Server IaaS extension in [lightweight mode](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md) to avoid restarting the SQL Server service.  |
-| **SQL Server edition modification** | You can now change the [edition property](change-sql-server-edition.md) for your SQL Server VM. |
-| **Changes to the SQL IaaS Agent extension** | You can [register your SQL Server VM with the SQL IaaS Agent extension](sql-agent-extension-manually-register-single-vm.md) by using the new SQL IaaS modes. This capability includes [Windows Server 2008](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md#management-modes) images.|
-| **Bring-your-own-license images using Azure Hybrid Benefit** | Bring-your-own-license images deployed from Azure Marketplace can now switch their [license type to pay-as-you-go](licensing-model-azure-hybrid-benefit-ahb-change.md#remarks).| 
-| **New SQL Server VM management in the Azure portal** | There's now a way to manage your SQL Server VM in the Azure portal. For more information, see [Manage SQL Server VMs in the Azure portal](manage-sql-vm-portal.md).  | 
-| **Extended support for SQL Server 2012** | [Extend support](sql-server-extend-end-of-support.md) for SQL Server 2012 by migrating *as is* to an Azure VM. | 
-| **Custom image supportability** | You can now install the [SQL Server IaaS extension](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md#installation) to custom OS and SQL Server images, which offers the limited functionality of [flexible licensing](licensing-model-azure-hybrid-benefit-ahb-change.md). When you're registering your custom image with the SQL IaaS Agent extension, specify the license type as "AHUB." Otherwise, the registration will fail. | 
-| **Named instance supportability** | You can now use the [SQL Server IaaS extension](sql-server-iaas-agent-extension-automate-management.md#installation) with a named instance, if the default instance has been uninstalled properly. | 
-| **Portal enhancement** | The Azure portal experience for deploying a SQL Server VM has been revamped to improve usability. For more information, see the brief [quickstart](sql-vm-create-portal-quickstart.md) and more thorough [how-to guide](create-sql-vm-portal.md) to deploy a SQL Server VM.|
-| **Portal improvement** | It's now possible to change the licensing model for a SQL Server VM from pay-as-you-go to bring-your-own-license by using the [Azure portal](licensing-model-azure-hybrid-benefit-ahb-change.md#change-license-model).|
-| **Simplification of availability group deployment to a SQL Server VM through the Azure CLI** | It's now easier than ever to deploy an availability group to a SQL Server VM in Azure. You can use the [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/sql/vm?view=azure-cli-2018-03-01-hybrid&preserve-view=true) to create the Windows failover cluster, internal load balancer, and availability group listeners, all from the command line. For more information, see [Use the Azure CLI to configure an Always On availability group for SQL Server on an Azure VM](./
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-## 2018 
-
- Changes | Details |
-| --- | --- |
-|  **New resource provider for a SQL Server cluster** | A new resource provider (Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine/SqlVirtualMachineGroups) defines the metadata of the Windows failover cluster. Joining a SQL Server VM to *SqlVirtualMachineGroups* bootstraps the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) service and joins the VM to the cluster.  |
-| **Automated setup of an availability group deployment with Azure quickstart templates** |It's now possible to create the Windows failover cluster, join SQL Server VMs to it, create the listener, and configure the internal load balancer by using two Azure Quickstart Templates. For more information, see [Use Azure Quickstart Templates to configure an Always On availability group for SQL Server on an Azure VM](availability-group-quickstart-template-configure.md). | 
-| **Automatic registration to the SQL IaaS Agent extension** | SQL Server VMs deployed after this month are automatically registered with the new SQL IaaS Agent extension. SQL Server VMs deployed before this month still need to be manually registered. For more information, see [Register a SQL Server virtual machine in Azure with the SQL IaaS Agent extension](sql-agent-extension-manually-register-single-vm.md).|
-|**New SQL IaaS Agent extension** |  A new resource provider (Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine) provides better management of your SQL Server VMs. For more information on registering your VMs, see [Register a SQL Server virtual machine in Azure with the SQL IaaS Agent extension](sql-agent-extension-manually-register-single-vm.md). |
-|**Switch licensing model** | You can now switch between the pay-per-usage and bring-your-own-license models for your SQL Server VM by using the Azure CLI or PowerShell. For more information, see [How to change the licensing model for a SQL Server virtual machine in Azure](licensing-model-azure-hybrid-benefit-ahb-change.md). | 
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