Merge pull request #35672 from nhebbar2011/dev/nhebbar/resourceNameFix

Add note about supported naming rules and conventions.

Author: rwestMSFT

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/includes/unsupported-configurations.md

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 ---
 author: MikeRayMSFT
 ms.author: mikeray
-ms.date: 07/28/2025
+ms.reviewer: randolphwest
+ms.date: 10/29/2025
 ms.topic: include
-ms.custom: ignite-2023
+ms.custom:
+  - ignite-2023
 ---
 
 Azure Arc-enabled [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] doesn't currently support the following configurations:
 
-- Windows Server 2012 or older versions of Windows Server. They do not have the minimum required versions of TLS to securely authenticate to Azure.
-- Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported for DPS because it supports TLS 1.2. Windows Server 2012 R2 does not support the telemetry endpoint. Therefore features such as performance dashboard, migration assessment, and others are not supported.
+- Windows Server 2012 or older versions of Windows Server. They don't have the minimum required versions of TLS to securely authenticate to Azure.
+- Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported for DPS because it supports TLS 1.2. Windows Server 2012 R2 doesn't support the telemetry endpoint. Therefore features such as performance dashboard, migration assessment, and others aren't supported.
 - [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] running in containers.
 - [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] editions: Business Intelligence.
 - Private Link connections to the Azure Arc data processing service at the `<region>.arcdataservices.com` endpoint used for inventory and usage upload.
@@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ Azure Arc-enabled [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md
 - An Always On availability group where one or more replicas is on a failover cluster instance.
 - SQL Server Reporting Services (SharePoint Mode).
 - [DBCC CLONEDATABASE (Transact-SQL)](../../../t-sql/database-console-commands/dbcc-clonedatabase-transact-sql.md) throws error on the default installation of the Azure extension for SQL Server. To run the `DBCC CLONEDATABASE`, the Azure extension must be run in [least privilege mode](../configure-least-privilege.md).
+- SQL Server instance names containing a `#` symbol aren't supported. For a complete list of naming rules and restrictions, review [naming rules and restrictions](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules).

docs/sql-server/azure-arc/view-inventory.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
-title: Manage inventory
+title: Manage Inventory
 description: Learn how to inventory SQL Server services, instances, databases, and view properties centrally, as Azure Arc-enabled resources.
 author: anosov1960
 ms.author: sashan
 ms.reviewer: mikeray, randolphwest
-ms.date: 03/04/2025
+ms.date: 10/29/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom:
   - ignite-2023
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Verify that the [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] se
 
 ## Inventory databases
 
-To inventory SQL Server databases, make sure that database names adhere to naming conventions and don't contain reserved words. For a list of reserved words, see [Resolve errors for reserved resource names](/azure/azure-resource-manager/troubleshooting/error-reserved-resource-name).
+To inventory SQL Server databases, make sure that database names adhere to naming conventions and don't contain reserved words. For a list of reserved words, see [Resolve errors for reserved resource names](/azure/azure-resource-manager/troubleshooting/error-reserved-resource-name). For a complete list of naming rules and restrictions, review [naming rules and restrictions](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules).
 
 To inventory databases:
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ To inventory databases:
 1. Under **Data management**, select **Databases**.
 1. Use the **SQL Server databases - Azure Arc** area to view the databases that belong to the instance.
 
-To view the database size and space available, make sure that the built-in [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] login **NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM** is a member of the [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] **sysadmin** server role for all the [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] instances running on the machine.
+To view the database size and space available, make sure that the built-in [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] login `NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM` is a member of the [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] **sysadmin** server role for all the [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] instances running on the machine.
 
 ### View database properties
 
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ resources
 | summarize count() by tostring(properties.compatibilityLevel)
 | order by properties_compatibilityLevel asc
 ```
+
 ## Inventory associated services
 
 SQL Server associated services include:
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ SQL Server associated services include:
 - SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
 - Power BI Report Server (PBIRS)
 
-Each installation of an associated service is  represented in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) as a SQL Server instance with `serviceType` property showing the specific service. The property is defined as follows:
+Each installation of an associated service is represented in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) as a SQL Server instance with `serviceType` property showing the specific service. The property is defined as follows:
+
 ```json
 "serviceType":  {
          "type": "string",
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ Resources deleted on-premises might not be immediately deleted in Azure. For exa
 
 ## Related content
 
-- [Migration Dashboard](migration-inventory.md)
+- [Track migration journey by using migration dashboard - SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc](migration-inventory.md)
 - [Feature availability by service type](overview.md#feature-availability-by-service-type)
 - [Protect SQL Server with Microsoft Defender for Cloud](configure-advanced-data-security.md)
 - [Configure best practices assessment for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc](assess.md)