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        "content_html": "<h2>Source facts</h2>\n<p>The Site Recovery replication appliance supports an FQDN or NAT IP selection that cannot be changed later. Microsoft also requires installing its operating system with the English locale; switching the locale after installation can cause issues. The appliance requirements specify Windows Server 2022 with Desktop Experience and prohibit adding AD DS, IIS, or Hyper-V server roles. <a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Learn</a>.</p>\n<h2>Applicability</h2>\n<p>Use these requirements when preparing a replication appliance for VMware or physical-server disaster recovery to Azure. Ask the platform and network owners to agree on the intended endpoint and operating-system build before handing the machine to the recovery operator.</p>\n<h2>DSE recommendation</h2>\n<p>Include the address choice in the appliance deployment approval, not as a temporary value chosen during setup. Record the planned FQDN or NAT IP, its ownership, and any expected network redesign. Confirm the installation language from the original operating-system deployment and keep unrelated server-role requests outside this appliance&#8217;s design.</p>\n<h2>Verification</h2>\n<p>Before configuration, compare the actual host with the approved address and installation record. Check the selected operating-system edition, locale, and installed roles against the current appliance requirements. If a mismatch is discovered, stop and establish a supported correction path rather than assuming that a later rename, locale conversion, or additional role will be harmless. Retain the final approved identity with the appliance&#8217;s recovery documentation so future network changes receive the same review.</p>\n<h2>Official references</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Learn: Support matrix for VMware/physical disaster recovery in Azure Site Recovery</a>.</p>",
        "content_text": "Source facts\nThe Site Recovery replication appliance supports an FQDN or NAT IP selection that cannot be changed later. Microsoft also requires installing its operating system with the English locale; switching the locale after installation can cause issues. The appliance requirements specify Windows Server 2022 with Desktop Experience and prohibit adding AD DS, IIS, or Hyper-V server roles. Microsoft Learn.\nApplicability\nUse these requirements when preparing a replication appliance for VMware or physical-server disaster recovery to Azure. Ask the platform and network owners to agree on the intended endpoint and operating-system build before handing the machine to the recovery operator.\nDSE recommendation\nInclude the address choice in the appliance deployment approval, not as a temporary value chosen during setup. Record the planned FQDN or NAT IP, its ownership, and any expected network redesign. Confirm the installation language from the original operating-system deployment and keep unrelated server-role requests outside this appliance’s design.\nVerification\nBefore configuration, compare the actual host with the approved address and installation record. Check the selected operating-system edition, locale, and installed roles against the current appliance requirements. If a mismatch is discovered, stop and establish a supported correction path rather than assuming that a later rename, locale conversion, or additional role will be harmless. Retain the final approved identity with the appliance’s recovery documentation so future network changes receive the same review.\nOfficial references\nMicrosoft Learn: Support matrix for VMware/physical disaster recovery in Azure Site Recovery.",
        "content_markdown": "## Source facts\n\nThe Site Recovery replication appliance supports an FQDN or NAT IP selection that cannot be changed later. Microsoft also requires installing its operating system with the English locale; switching the locale after installation can cause issues. The appliance requirements specify Windows Server 2022 with Desktop Experience and prohibit adding AD DS, IIS, or Hyper-V server roles. [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix).\n\n## Applicability\n\nUse these requirements when preparing a replication appliance for VMware or physical-server disaster recovery to Azure. Ask the platform and network owners to agree on the intended endpoint and operating-system build before handing the machine to the recovery operator.\n\n## DSE recommendation\n\nInclude the address choice in the appliance deployment approval, not as a temporary value chosen during setup. Record the planned FQDN or NAT IP, its ownership, and any expected network redesign. Confirm the installation language from the original operating-system deployment and keep unrelated server-role requests outside this appliance’s design.\n\n## Verification\n\nBefore configuration, compare the actual host with the approved address and installation record. Check the selected operating-system edition, locale, and installed roles against the current appliance requirements. If a mismatch is discovered, stop and establish a supported correction path rather than assuming that a later rename, locale conversion, or additional role will be harmless. Retain the final approved identity with the appliance’s recovery documentation so future network changes receive the same review.\n\n## Official references\n\n[Microsoft Learn: Support matrix for VMware/physical disaster recovery in Azure Site Recovery](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix)."
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