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diff --git a/docs/database-engine/configure-windows/server-configuration-options-sql-server.md b/docs/database-engine/configure-windows/server-configuration-options-sql-server.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ The following table lists all available configuration options, the range of poss
 | [affinity64 mask](affinity64-mask-server-configuration-option.md) (A) | **Minimum**: `-2147483648`<br />**Maximum**: `2147483647`<br />**Default**: `0` | Yes (64-bit only) | No |
 | [Agent XPs](agent-xps-server-configuration-option.md) (A) <sup>1</sup> | **Minimum**: `0`<br />**Maximum**: `1`<br />**Default**: `0` | Yes | No |
 | [allow polybase export](allow-polybase-export.md) | **Minimum**: `0`<br />**Maximum**: `1`<br />**Default**: `0` | [!INCLUDE [sssql16-md](../../includes/sssql16-md.md)] and later versions | No |
+| allow server scoped db credentials | **Minimum**: `0`<br />**Maximum**: `1`<br />**Default**: `0` | [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)] and later versions | No |
 | [allow updates](allow-updates-server-configuration-option.md)<br /><br />**Warning:** Obsolete. Don't use. Causes an error during reconfigure. | **Minimum**: `0`<br />**Maximum**: `1`<br />**Default**: `0` | Yes | No |
 | [automatic soft-NUMA disabled](soft-numa-sql-server.md) (A, RR) | **Minimum**: `0`<br />**Maximum**: `1`<br />**Default**: `0` | Yes | Yes |
 | [availability group commit time (ms)](availability-group-commit-time-server-configuration-options.md) | **Minimum**: `0`<br />**Maximum**: `10`<br />**Default**: `0` | [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)] and later versions | No |
diff --git a/docs/relational-databases/fuzzy-string-match/overview.md b/docs/relational-databases/fuzzy-string-match/overview.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Use fuzzy, or approximate, string matching to check if two strings are similar,
 > [!NOTE]
 > - Fuzzy string matching is currently in preview. 
 > - SQL Server support for fuzzy string matching introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - Fuzzy string matching is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy. 
 
 
 ## Fuzzy functions
diff --git a/docs/relational-databases/regular-expressions/overview.md b/docs/relational-databases/regular-expressions/overview.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ This article introduces regular expressions for SQL Server.
 
 A regular expression, or regex, is a sequence of characters that defines a search pattern for text. Regex is commonly used for a variety of tasks including pattern matching, data validation, data transformation, and querying. It offers a flexible and an efficient way to search, manipulate, and handle complex data operations.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 This implementation of regular expression is based on the [RE2 regular expression library](https://github.com/google/re2/). For more information, visit [RE2 Regular Expression Syntax](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/re2/vignettes/re2_syntax.html#:~:text=The%20simplest%20regular%20expression%20is,matches%20a%20literal%20plus%20character).
 
 For example:
diff --git a/docs/relational-databases/track-changes/change-event-streaming/configure.md b/docs/relational-databases/track-changes/change-event-streaming/configure.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ The examples in this section demonstrate how to enable CES for the AMQP protocol
 The following are sample parameter values for the examples in this section:
 
 - `@stream_group_name = N'myStreamGroup'`
-- `@destination_location = 'N'myEventHubsNamespace.servicebus.windows.net/myEventHubsInstance'`
+- `@destination_location = N'myEventHubsNamespace.servicebus.windows.net/myEventHubsInstance'`
 - `@partition_key_scheme =   N'None'`
 - Primary or secondary key value: `Secret = 'BVFnT3baC/K6I8xNZzio4AeoFt6nHeK0i+ZErNGsxiw='`
 - `EXEC sys.sp_add_object_to_event_stream_group N'myStreamGroup', N'dbo.myTable'`
diff --git a/docs/sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-2025.md b/docs/sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-2025.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ In addition to features announced previously, CTP 2.1 adds the following changes
   - Setup and feature integration available beginning with this release. Review [Feature availability by version](azure-arc/overview.md#feature-availability-by-version) for details.
   - [Manage automatic connection for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc](azure-arc/manage-autodeploy.md).
   - [Connect your SQL Server to Azure Arc](azure-arc/connect.md).
-
+  - Added new database server configuration option `allow server scoped db credentials` to allow SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc to use server level Managed Identities.
 - Reporting Services:
 
   - [!INCLUDE [ssrs-power-bi-consolidation](../reporting-services/includes/ssrs-power-bi-consolidation.md)]
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/dateadd-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/dateadd-transact-sql.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ This function adds a *number* (a signed integer) to a *datepart* of an input *da
 
 See [Date and time data types and functions](date-and-time-data-types-and-functions-transact-sql.md) for an overview of all [!INCLUDE [tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] date and time data types and functions.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> `DATEADD` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy. 
+
+
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)
 
 ## Syntax
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/edit-distance-similarity-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/edit-distance-similarity-transact-sql.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ ms.custom:
 Calculates a similarity value ranging from 0 (indicating no match) to 100 (indicating full match). 
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> - EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY is currently in preview. 
-> - SQL Server support for EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY` is currently in preview. 
+> - SQL Server support for `EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY` introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
 
 ## Syntax
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/edit-distance-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/edit-distance-transact-sql.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ ms.custom:
 Calculates the number of insertions, deletions, substitutions, and transpositions needed to transform one string to another.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> - EDIT_DISTANCE is currently in preview. 
-> - SQL Server support for EDIT_DISTANCE introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `EDIT_DISTANCE` is currently in preview. 
+> - SQL Server support for `EDIT_DISTANCE` introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `EDIT_DISTANCE` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
 
 ## Syntax
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/jaro-winkler-distance-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/jaro-winkler-distance-transact-sql.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ ms.custom:
 Calculates the edit distance between two strings giving preference to strings that match from the beginning for a set prefix length.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> - JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE is currently in preview. 
-> - SQL Server support for JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE` is currently in preview. 
+> - SQL Server support for `JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE` introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
 
 ## Syntax
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/jaro-winkler-similarity-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/jaro-winkler-similarity-transact-sql.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ ms.custom:
 Calculates a similarity value ranging from 0 (indicating no match) to 1 (indicating full match). 
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> - JARO_WINKLER_SIMILARITY is currently in preview. 
-> - SQL Server support for JARO_WINKLER_SIMILARITY introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `JARO_WINKLER_SIMILARITY` is currently in preview. 
+> - SQL Server support for `JARO_WINKLER_SIMILARITY` introduced in [!INCLUDE [sssql25-md](../../includes/sssql25-md.md)]. 
+> - `JARO_WINKLER_SIMILARITY` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
 
 ## Syntax
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-count-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-count-transact-sql.md
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ REGEXP_COUNT (
 )
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-instr-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-instr-transact-sql.md
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ REGEXP_INSTR
      )
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-like-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-like-transact-sql.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ You can check compatibility level in the `sys.databases` view or in database pro
 ALTER DATABASE [DatabaseName] SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 170;
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-matches-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-matches-transact-sql.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ REGEXP_MATCHES
 
 Requires database compatibility level 170. To set database compatibility level, review [ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL) compatibility level](../../t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql-compatibility-level.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-replace-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-replace-transact-sql.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ REGEXP_REPLACE
      )
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-split-to-table-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-split-to-table-transact-sql.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ REGEXP_SPLIT_TO_TABLE
 
 Requires database compatibility level 170. To set database compatibility level, review [ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL) compatibility level](../../t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql-compatibility-level.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-substr-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regexp-substr-transact-sql.md
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ REGEXP_SUBSTR
      )
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Arguments
 
 #### *string_expression*
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/regular-expressions-functions-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/regular-expressions-functions-transact-sql.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ ms.custom:
 
 Use the functions described in this article to match complex patterns and manipulate data in SQL Server with regular expressions.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Regular expressions are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 [!INCLUDE [regexp-function-descriptions](../../includes/regexp-function-descriptions.md)]
 
 ## Related content
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/unistr-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/unistr-transact-sql.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ The escape sequence for a Unicode character can be specified in the form of `\xx
 
 Compared to functions like `NCHAR`, `UNISTR` provides a more flexible and comprehensive way to handle Unicode characters. For example, while `NCHAR` can convert a single Unicode value to a character, `UNISTR` handles multiple Unicode values and escape sequences, making it easier to work with complex strings that include various Unicode characters.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> `UNISTR` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy. 
+
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)
 
 ## Syntax
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-distance-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-distance-transact-sql.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ms.custom:
 
 Calculates the distance between two vectors using a specified distance metric. Vector distance is always exact and doesn't use any vector index, even if available. In order to use a vector index and thus perform an approximate vector search, you must use the [VECTOR_SEARCH](vector-search-transact-sql.md) function. To learn more about how vector indexing and vector search works, and the differences between exact and approximate search, refer to [Vectors in the SQL Database Engine](../../relational-databases/vectors/vectors-sql-server.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> `VECTOR_DISTANCE` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Syntax
 
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-functions-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-functions-transact-sql.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The following scalar functions perform operations on [vectors](../../relational-
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > - Vector features are in preview and are subject to change. Make sure to read preview usage terms in the [Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Online Services](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services) document.
-> - Vector features are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) policy. 
+> - Vector features are available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy. 
 
 All Vector functions support the [Vector data type](../data-types/vector-data-type.md).
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-normalize-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-normalize-transact-sql.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ms.collection: ce-skilling-ai-copilot
 ---
 # VECTOR_NORMALIZE (Transact-SQL) (Preview)
 
-[!INCLUDE [Azure SQL Database](../../includes/applies-to-version/asdb.md)]
+[!INCLUDE [Azure SQL Database](../../includes/applies-to-version/asdb-asdbmi.md)]
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > This data type is in preview and is subject to change. Make sure to read preview usage terms in the [Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Online Services](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services) document.
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ SELECT VECTOR_NORMALIZE ( vector, 'norm2' )
 FROM ...
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]  
+> - This function is in preview and is subject to change. Make sure to read preview usage terms in [Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Online Services](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services).
+> - `VECTOR_NORMALIZE` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 ## Syntax
 
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-search-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/vector-search-transact-sql.md
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ ms.custom:
 
 # VECTOR_SEARCH (Transact-SQL) (Preview)
 
-[!INCLUDE [SQL Server 2025](../../includes/applies-to-version/_ss2025.md)]
+[!INCLUDE [sqlserver2025-asdb-asmi-fabricsqldb](../../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver2025-asdb-asmi-fabricsqldb.md)]
 
 Search for vectors similar to a given query vectors using an approximate nearest neighbors vector search algorithm. To learn more about how vector indexing and vector search works, and the differences between exact and approximate search, refer to [Vectors in the SQL Database Engine](../../relational-databases/vectors/vectors-sql-server.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> `VECTOR_SEARCH` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
+
 ## Preview feature
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/functions/vectorproperty-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/functions/vectorproperty-transact-sql.md
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ ms.custom:
 The VECTORPROPERTY function returns specific properties of a given vector. The function requires two arguments: the vector itself and the property to be retrieved.
 
 > [!NOTE]  
-> This function is in preview and is subject to change. Make sure to read preview usage terms in [Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Online Services](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services).
+> - This function is in preview and is subject to change. Make sure to read preview usage terms in [Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Online Services](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services).
+> - `VECTORPROPPERTY` is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 
 ## Syntax
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/compound-assignment-pipes-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/compound-assignment-pipes-transact-sql.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ The `||=` concatenation with compound assignment operator can be used to [concat
 
 The `||=` operator supports the same behavior as the [+= operator](string-concatenation-equal-transact-sql.md) for character and binary strings.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> The `||=` pipes operator is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy.
+
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)
 
 ## Syntax
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/string-concatenation-pipes-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/string-concatenation-pipes-transact-sql.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ monikerRange: "=azuresqldb-current || =azuresqldb-mi-current || =fabric"
 
 The `||` pipes operator in a string expression concatenates two or more character or binary strings, columns, or a combination of strings and column names into one expression (a string operator). For example, `SELECT 'SQL ' || 'Server';` returns `SQL Server`. The `||` operator follows the ANSI SQL standard for concatenating strings. In SQL Server you can also do string concatenation using `+` operator and the `CONCAT()` function.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> The `||` pipes operator is available in Azure SQL Managed Instance configured with the [Always-up-to-date](/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/update-policy#always-up-to-date-update-policy) update policy. 
+
 :::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: [Transact-SQL syntax conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)
 
 ## Syntax
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/queries/from-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/queries/from-transact-sql.md
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ SELECT dst.SalesTerritoryKey,
     dst.SalesTerritoryRegion,
     fis.SalesOrderNumber
 FROM DimSalesTerritory AS dst
-FULL JOIN FactInternetSales AS fis
+FULL OUTER JOIN FactInternetSales AS fis
     ON dst.SalesTerritoryKey = fis.SalesTerritoryKey
 ORDER BY fis.SalesOrderNumber;
 ```
