Merge pull request #310909 from netapp-manishc/restore-snapahoptst-new-volumes

Updated changes suggested by Tim

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/azure-netapp-files/snapshots-restore-new-volume.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services: azure-netapp-files
 author: b-hchen
 ms.service: azure-netapp-files
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/14/2025
+ms.date: 02/03/2026
 ms.author: anfdocs
 # Customer intent: "As a cloud administrator, I want to restore a volume from a snapshot so that I can recover data to a specific point in time and maintain system integrity."
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@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ ms.author: anfdocs
 
 ## Considerations 
 
-* Currently, you can [restore a snapshot only to a new volume](snapshots-introduction.md#restoring-cloning-an-online-snapshot-to-a-new-volume). 
+* Depending on the size of the selected volume snapshot to restore, the operation may take minutes to hours to complete.
 
-* To avoid unnecessary slowness in the restore operation, only restore one snapshot to a new volume at a time. 
+* To avoid extensive restore times, only perform one "restore snapshot to new volume" operation at a time. For this reason, chained restore operations, such as restoring a snapshot to a new volume while the originating volume itself is being restored from a snapshot, should be avoided as well. Alternatively, consider using [cross-zone replication within the same zone](cross-zone-region-replication-configure.md) to create an independent volume copy.
 
 * Only enable backup, snapshots, and replication (cross-region or cross-zone) on the new volume _after_ it's fully restored from the snapshot. To ensure the volume is fully restored, check the progress indicator in the volume details.
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Follow the steps for the appropriate service level.
     :::image type="content" source="./media/snapshots-restore-new-volume/snapshot-restore-new-volume.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Create a Volume window for restoring a volume from a snapshot."::: 
 
 4. Select **Review + create** then **Create**.   
-    The Volumes page displays the new volume to which the snapshot restores. Refer to the **Originated from** field to see the name of the snapshot used to create the volume. 
+    The Volumes page displays the new volume to which the snapshot restores. Refer to the **Originated from** field to see the name of the snapshot used to create the volume. The volume can be used by NFS and SMB clients immediately while the restore operation is completing in the background.
 
 # [Elastic](#tab/elastic)