Merge pull request #35716 from MicrosoftDocs/main

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Author: learn-build-service-prod[bot]

azure-sql/database/region-availability.md

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ title: Feature Availability by Region
 description: Learn about feature availability by region for Azure SQL Database.
 author: WilliamDAssafMSFT
 ms.author: wiassaf
-ms.reviewer: rsetlem, peskount
-ms.date: 07/17/2025
+ms.reviewer: rsetlem, peskount, rokhot
+ms.date: 10/31/2025
 ms.service: azure-sql-database
 ms.topic: concept-article
 ms.custom:
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ The following table is for [zone-redundant](high-availability-sla-local-zone-red
 | Central US | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
 | East US 1 | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
 | East US 2 | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
-| South Central US | | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
-| West US 2 | | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
+| South Central US | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
+| West US 2 | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
 | West US 3 | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
 
 #### [Asia Pacific](#tab/asia)
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ The following table is for [zone-redundant](high-availability-sla-local-zone-red
 |:---|:---|:---|:---|
 | Southeast Asia | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
 | Australia East | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
-| Japan East | | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
+| Central India | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
+| Japan East | | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] | [!INCLUDE [yes](../includes/yes.md)] |
 
 #### [Europe, the Middle East, and Africa](#tab/emea)
 

docs/connect/ado-net/appcontext-switches.md

@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ When using `Encrypt=false` in the connection string, a security warning is outpu
 AppContext.SetSwitch("Switch.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SuppressInsecureTLSWarning", true);
 ```
 
+## Ignore Server Provided Failover Partner
+[!INCLUDE [appliesto-netfx-netcore-netst-md](../../includes/appliesto-netfx-netcore-netst-md.md)]
+
+(Available starting with versions 5.1.8, 6.0.4, and 6.1.3)
+
+Upon failover, failover partner information provided by the server is preferred over failover partner information provided in the connection string. To ignore failover partner information provided by the server and only consider failover partner information provided in the connection string, enable this AppContext switch on application startup:
+
+```csharp
+AppContext.SetSwitch("Switch.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.IgnoreServerProvidedFailoverPartner", true);
+```
+
 ## See also
 
 [AppContext Class](/dotnet/api/system.appcontext?view=netcore-3.1&preserve-view=true)

docs/database-engine/configure-windows/enable-the-lock-pages-in-memory-option-windows.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 title: "Enable the Lock Pages in Memory Option (Windows)"
-description: "Learn how to turn on the Lock pages in memory option. See how it can boost performance by keeping data in physical memory instead of paging it to disk."
+description: Learn how to turn on the Lock pages in memory option. See how it can boost performance by keeping data in physical memory instead of paging it to disk.
 author: rwestMSFT
 ms.author: randolphwest
-ms.date: 07/16/2025
+ms.date: 10/31/2025
 ms.service: sql
 ms.subservice: configuration
 ms.topic: how-to
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This Windows policy determines which accounts can use a process to keep data in
 > [!NOTE]  
 > Locking pages in memory might boost performance when paging memory to disk is expected. For more information, see [Lock pages in memory (LPIM)](server-memory-server-configuration-options.md#lock-pages-in-memory-lpim).
 
-Use the Windows Group Policy tool (`gpedit.msc`) to enable this policy for the account used by [!INCLUDE [ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]. You must be a system administrator to change this policy.
+A system administrator can enable this policy for the [!INCLUDE [ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] service account with the Windows Group Policy tool (`gpedit.msc`), or with SQL Server Configuration Manager in [!INCLUDE [sssql19-md](../../includes/sssql19-md.md)] and later versions.
 
 ### Enable the Lock pages in memory option