Merge pull request #35891 from MashaMSFT/fixes

Updating CES configure page + ZR reservations

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

azure-sql/database/reservations-discount-overview.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Learn how to buy Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance reserv
 author: rajeshsetlem
 ms.author: rsetlem
 ms.reviewer: wiassaf, mathoma
-ms.date: 06/19/2025
+ms.date: 12/01/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql
 ms.subservice: service-overview
 ms.topic: how-to
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ When you enable zone-redundancy, resources are made available in multiple availa
 
 Compute costs for the following zone-redundant resources include an extra charge for the zone-redundancy add-on, which is billed separately from standard compute: 
 - [Azure SQL Database](high-availability-sla-local-zone-redundancy.md#general-purpose-service-tier): Databases and elastic pools in the General Purpose service tier. 
-- [Azure SQL Managed Instance](../managed-instance/high-availability-sla-local-zone-redundancy.md#business-critical-service-tier-1): Instances in the Business Critical service tier. 
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> June 2025 introduces a discount for the zone redundancy add-on for Azure SQL Managed Instance. 
+- [Azure SQL Managed Instance](../managed-instance/high-availability-sla-local-zone-redundancy.md#high-availability-through-zone-redundancy): Instances in the General Purpose and Business Critical service tiers. 
 
 
 Reservations can cover compute costs for both standard compute and the zone-redundancy add-on, but they need to be purchased as two separate reservation types:
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ Carefully evaluate your compute needs and reservation strategy to optimize costs
     |Region      |The Azure region that's covered by the reservation.|
     |Deployment Type|The SQL resource type that you want to buy the reservation for.|
     |Performance Tier|The service tier for the databases or managed instances. |
-    |Type| The reservation type. Select **vCore** for standard compute or **vCore ZR** for the [zone redundancy add-on](#reservations-for-zone-redundant-resources). The **vCore ZR** reservation type is currently only available for the Azure SQL Database General Purpose service tier and Azure SQL Managed Instance Business Critical service tier. |
+    |Type| The reservation type. Select **vCore** for standard compute or **vCore ZR** for the [zone redundancy add-on](#reservations-for-zone-redundant-resources). The **vCore ZR** reservation type is currently only available for the Azure SQL Database General Purpose service tier and both Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose and Business Critical service tiers. |
     |Term        |One year or three years.|
     |Quantity    |The number of vCores in the selected Azure region and service tier covered by the reservation. For example, if you run, or plan to run, multiple databases with a total compute capacity of standard-series (Gen5) 16 vCores in the East US region, then specify the quantity as 16 vCores to maximize the benefit for all the databases. |
 

azure-sql/managed-instance/doc-changes-updates-release-notes-whats-new.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Learn about the new features and documentation improvements for Azu
 author: MashaMSFT
 ms.author: mathoma
 ms.reviewer: wiassaf, mathoma
-ms.date: 11/18/2025
+ms.date: 12/01/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql-managed-instance
 ms.subservice: service-overview
 ms.topic: whats-new
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Learn about significant changes to the Azure SQL Managed Instance documentation.
 | **Regular expression functions preview** | Regular expression (REGEX) functions return text based on values in a search pattern.  Regular expression (REGEX) functions are now generally available for Azure SQL Managed Instance. For more information, see [Regular expressions](/sql/relational-databases/regular-expressions/overview) or [General Availability Announcement: Regex Support in SQL Server 2025 & Azure SQL](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/general-availability-announcement-regex-support-in-sql-server-2025-azure-sql/). |
 |**Flexible memory GA** | Save on cost by choosing the memory allocation for your [Next-gen General Purpose](service-tiers-next-gen-general-purpose-use.md) instance based on your workload needs. This capability is now generally available. To learn more, review [Flexible memory](resource-limits.md#flexible-memory). |
 |**Next-gen General Purpose GA** | An architectural upgrade of the General Purpose service tier that uses [Elastic SAN storage](/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-introduction) for greater resource flexibility, and improved performance while maintaining the same baseline cost as the General Purpose service tier. This upgrade to the service tier is now generally available (GA). To learn more, review [Next-gen General Purpose](service-tiers-next-gen-general-purpose-use.md).|
+|**Zone redundancy add-on for GP** | To help save on cost, the zone redundancy reservation add-on is now available for Azure SQL Managed Instance in the General Purpose service tier. To learn more, review [zone redundancy reservation add-on](../database/reservations-discount-overview.md#reservations-for-zone-redundant-resources). |
 
 ### October 
 

azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy.md

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ To change the update policy for an existing instance in the Azure portal, follow
 
    :::image type="content" source="media/update-policy/update-policy-existing-instance.md.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the SQL Managed Instance page in the Azure portal, with update policy selected.":::
 
-1. Select **Yes** on the **Confirm update policy change** popup to save your changes. Once the **Always-up-to-date** update policy is enabled, the **SQL Server 2022** update policy is no longer available
+1. Select **Yes** on the **Confirm update policy change** popup to save your changes. Once the **Always-up-to-date** update policy is enabled, the **SQL Server 2022** update policy is no longer available.
 
 ### [PowerShell](#tab/powershell)
 

docs/database-engine/configure-windows/configure-sql-server-encryption.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: This article describes how to configure a SQL Server instance to en
 author: VanMSFT
 ms.author: vanto
 ms.reviewer: sureshka, randolphwest
-ms.date: 08/26/2025
+ms.date: 11/20/2025
 ms.service: sql
 ms.subservice: configuration
 ms.topic: how-to
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ The SQL Server service loads the server certificate in the following order of pr
 To learn more, see [Certificate requirements for SQL Server](certificate-requirements.md).
 
 > [!NOTE]  
-> SQL Server Configuration Manager only displays certificates imported through the registry if the thumbprint in the registry is an exact match for the thumbprint of the certificate, including case sensitivity. If the thumbprint doesn't match the case exactly, the certificate isn't displayed in SQL Server Configuration Manager, but the certificate is still loaded and used by SQL Server.
+> Starting with SQL Server 2022 CU22 and SQL Server 2025, the thumbprint of the certificate is no longer case sensitive. In versions prior to SQL Server 2022 CU22 and SQL Server 2025, SQL Server Configuration Manager only displays certificates imported through the registry if the thumbprint in the registry is an exact match for the thumbprint, including case sensitivity. If the thumbprint doesn't match the case exactly, the certificate isn't displayed in SQL Server Configuration Manager, but the certificate is still loaded and used by SQL Server. 
+
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