Merge pull request #36197 from radshah-ms/patch-30

Update LTR restore cross subscription limitation

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

azure-sql/database/long-term-retention-overview.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ When the original primary database recovers from an outage that caused the failo
 
 ## Configure long-term backup retention
 
-You can configure long-term backup retention using the Azure portal and PowerShell for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. To restore a database from the LTR storage, you can select a specific backup based on its timestamp. The database can be restored to any existing server or managed instance under the same subscription as the original database.
+You can configure long-term backup retention using the Azure portal and PowerShell for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. To restore a database from the LTR storage, you can select a specific backup based on its timestamp. The database can be restored to any existing server or managed instance **under the same subscription** as the original database. For a complete list of restore capabilities, limitations and features, see [Restore capabilities and features in Azure SQL Managed Instance](../managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md#restore-capabilities-and-features).
 
 - [Manage Azure SQL Database long-term backup retention](long-term-backup-retention-configure.md?view=azuresql-db&preserve-view=true).
 - [Manage Azure SQL Managed Instance long-term backup retention](../managed-instance/long-term-backup-retention-configure.md?view=azuresql-mi&preserve-view=true).

azure-sql/managed-instance/long-term-backup-retention-configure.md

@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ Consider the following limitations:
 
 - Database backups taken from instances configured with the [SQL Server 2022 update policy](update-policy.md#sql-server-2022-update-policy) can be restored to instances configured with either the **SQL Server 2022**, **SQL Server 2025**, or **Always-up-to-date** update policy. 
 - Database backups taken from instances configured with the [SQL Server 2025 update policy](update-policy.md#sql-server-2025-update-policy) can be restored to instances configured with either the **SQL Server 2025** or **Always-up-to-date** update policy, but not to instances configured with the **SQL Server 2022** update policy.
-- Database backups taken from instances configured with the **Always-up-to-date** update policy can only be restored to instances also configured with the **Always-up-to-date** update policy. 
+- Database backups taken from instances configured with the **Always-up-to-date** update policy can only be restored to instances also configured with the **Always-up-to-date** update policy.
+- LTR backups from instances can be restored to any existing server or managed instance **under the same subscription** as the original database. For a complete list of restore capabilities, limitations and features, see [Restore capabilities and features in Azure SQL Managed Instance](../managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md#restore-capabilities-and-features).
 
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