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articles/iot-operations/get-started-end-to-end-sample/quickstart-deploy.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ For the best new user experience, we recommend using an [Azure free account](htt
 
 We also use GitHub Codespaces as a virtual environment for this quickstart so that you can test the scenario without installing new tools on your own machines. However, if you want to deploy Azure IoT Operations to a local cluster on Ubuntu or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), see [Prepare your Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster](../deploy-iot-ops/howto-prepare-cluster.md).
 
-[!INCLUDE [supported-environments](../includes/supported-environments.md)]
+[!INCLUDE [supported-environments-table](../includes/supported-environments-table.md)]
 
 ## Prerequisites
 

articles/iot-operations/includes/supported-environments-table.md

@@ -6,14 +6,25 @@ ms.service: iot-operations
 ms.date: 06/20/2025
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-Microsoft supports the following Kubernetes distributions for Azure IoT Operations deployments. The following table lists their support levels and the environments Microsoft uses to validate the deployments:
-
-| Kubernetes distribution           | Support level        | *Minimum validated version*         | *Minimum validated OS*                |
-|-----------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
-| K3s                               | General availability | *1.31.1*                            | *Ubuntu 24.04*                        |
-| Tanzu Kubernetes release (TKr)    | General availability | *1.28.11*                           | *Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.5.2*         |
-| AKS Edge Essentials               | Public preview       | *AksEdge-K3s-1.29.6-1.8.202.0*      | *Windows 11 IoT Enterprise*           |
-| AKS on Azure Local                | Public preview       | *Azure Stack HCI OS, version 23H2, build 2411* | *Azure Stack HCI OS, version 23H2* |
+### Supported Windows environments
+
+Microsoft supports the following Kubernetes distributions for Azure IoT Operations deployments on Windows. The table below details their support levels and the versions Microsoft uses to validate deployments:
+
+| Kubernetes distribution           | Architecture         | Support level        | *Minimum validated version*                    |
+|-----------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
+| AKS Edge Essentials               | x86_64               | Public preview       | *AksEdge-K3s-1.29.6-1.8.202.0*                 |
+| AKS on Azure Local                | x86_64               | Public preview       | *Azure Stack HCI OS, version 23H2, build 2411* |
+
+* The *minimum validated version* is the lowest version of the Kubernetes distribution that Microsoft uses to validate Azure IoT Operations deployments.
+
+### Supported Linux environments
+
+Microsoft supports the following Kubernetes distributions for Azure IoT Operations deployments in Linux environments. The table below lists their support levels and the versions Microsoft uses to validate deployments:
+
+| Kubernetes distribution           | Architecture         | Support level        | *Minimum validated version*         | *Minimum validated OS*                |
+|-----------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
+| K3s                               | x86_64               | General availability | *1.31.1*                            | *Ubuntu 24.04*                        |
+| Tanzu Kubernetes release (TKr)    | x86_64               | General availability | *1.28.11*                           | *Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.5.2*         |
 
 * The *minimum validated version* is the lowest version of the Kubernetes distribution that Microsoft uses to validate Azure IoT Operations deployments.
 * The *minimum validated OS* is the lowest operating system version that Microsoft uses to validate deployments.