Merge pull request #309978 from AbhishekMallick-MS/Dec-31-2025-AIoptimization

AI optimization - VM backup using CLI - H1, H2, and intro updates

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/backup/tutorial-restore-disk.md

@@ -2,23 +2,19 @@
 title: Tutorial - Restore a VM with Azure CLI
 description: Learn how to restore a disk and create a recover a VM in Azure with Backup and Recovery Services.
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 01/20/2025
+ms.date: 12/31/2025
 ms.custom: mvc, devx-track-azurecli
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
 ms.author: v-mallicka
 # Customer intent: "As an IT administrator managing virtual machines, I want to restore a VM from a recovery point using command-line tools, so that I can efficiently recover data without unnecessary manual steps."
 ---
 
-# Restore a VM with Azure CLI
+# Tutorial: Restore a VM with Azure CLI
 
-Azure Backup creates recovery points that are stored in geo-redundant recovery vaults. When you restore from a recovery point, you can restore the whole VM or individual files. This article explains how to restore a complete VM using CLI. In this tutorial you learn how to:
+This tutorial describes how to restore a complete VM using CLI. 
 
-> [!div class="checklist"]
->
-> * List and select recovery points
-> * Restore a disk from a recovery point
-> * Create a VM from the restored disk
+Azure Backup creates recovery points that are stored in geo-redundant recovery vaults. When you restore from a recovery point, you can restore the whole VM or individual files.
 
 For information on using PowerShell to restore a disk and create a recovered VM, see [Back up and restore Azure VMs with PowerShell](backup-azure-vms-automation.md#restore-an-azure-vm).
 
@@ -30,15 +26,15 @@ Now, you can also use CLI to directly restore the backup content to a VM (origin
 
  - This tutorial requires a Linux VM that has been protected with Azure Backup. To simulate an accidental VM deletion and recovery process, you create a VM from a disk in a recovery point. If you need a Linux VM that has been protected with Azure Backup, see [Back up a virtual machine in Azure with the CLI](quick-backup-vm-cli.md).
 
-## Backup overview
+## Backup overview for Azure VMs
 
 When Azure initiates a backup, the backup extension on the VM takes a point-in-time snapshot. The backup extension is installed on the VM when the first backup is requested. Azure Backup can also take a snapshot of the underlying storage if the VM isn't running when the backup takes place.
 
 By default, Azure Backup takes a file system consistent backup. Once Azure Backup takes the snapshot, the data is transferred to the Recovery Services vault. To maximize efficiency, Azure Backup identifies and transfers only the blocks of data that have changed since the previous backup.
 
 When the data transfer is complete, the snapshot is removed and a recovery point is created.
 
-## List available recovery points
+## List available recovery points for a VM
 
 To restore a disk, you select a recovery point as the source for the recovery data. As the default policy creates a recovery point each day and retains them for 30 days, you can keep a set of recovery points that allows you to select a particular point in time for recovery.