Restructured Documentation

reference/index.md

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 # Reference
 ## Purpose
-Stable supporting documentation used by deployments and workflows.
+Start with a subject guide to connect the lab inventory, deployment instructions, operational procedures, and reusable scripts.
 
 ## Includes
-- Documentation foundations and templates
-- Hardware inventory and storage layouts
-- Networking topology and infrastructure references
+- Lab Map
+- Virtualization and Storage
+- Containers
+- Networking and Access
+- Identity and Certificates
+- Automation
+- Backup and Recovery
+- Applications
+- Windows and Linux
+- Foundations
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+## Start with a Subject
+- [Lab Map](<Lab Map/index.md>) — Identify where a workload runs, which address plan describes it, and which hardware or power reference applies before following a deployment or repair procedure.
+- [Virtualization and Storage](<Virtualization and Storage/index.md>) — Follow the relationship between hypervisors, shared storage, guest disks, and recovery procedures.  Select the documented storage design before choosing a maintenance command.
+- [Containers](<Containers/index.md>) — Prepare the Docker or Kubernetes environment used by application deployments, then follow the operating procedures for building, moving, and exposing workloads.
+- [Networking and Access](<Networking and Access/index.md>) — Find the DNS, proxy, VPN, and remote-access instructions that connect users and services.  Use the address plans to identify the intended network before changing connectivity.
+- [Identity and Certificates](<Identity and Certificates/index.md>) — Connect directory services, certificate trust, single sign-on, and application authentication.  Start with the identity system involved, then follow the integration or maintenance procedure.
+- [Automation](<Automation/index.md>) — Connect source control, automation controllers, managed hosts, and configuration delivery.  Use the documented execution environment and authentication method for each workflow.
+- [Backup and Recovery](<Backup and Recovery/index.md>) — Find backup concepts, repository maintenance, and recovery dependencies.  Select the procedure for the affected backup system and distinguish a backup restore from a replica or snapshot operation.
+- [Applications](<Applications/index.md>) — Find applications by the service they provide, then continue to their deployment, authentication, data, and maintenance documentation.
+- [Windows and Linux](<Windows and Linux/index.md>) — Find workstation and server operating-system setup, updates, and repairs.  Storage, networking, and identity tasks are linked to their subject guides when they cross operating-system boundaries.
+- [Foundations](<foundations/index.md>) — Maintain the knowledgebase using the authoritative styling contract, document roles, and source-relative links.