diff --git a/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/ITD-WindowsServer.Lifecycle/New-ITDWindowsVmAzure_Step1.ps1 b/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/ITD-WindowsServer.Lifecycle/New-ITDWindowsVmAzure_Step1.ps1
index 5332b95..3854ce7 100644
--- a/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/ITD-WindowsServer.Lifecycle/New-ITDWindowsVmAzure_Step1.ps1
+++ b/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/ITD-WindowsServer.Lifecycle/New-ITDWindowsVmAzure_Step1.ps1
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) {
 
         $FqdnFromSCTaskDescription = ($SCTask.short_description).display_value.split(' ')[7]
 
+        $AvailabilityZone = 
+
         $NewITDWindowsVmAzureParams = @{
             FQDN                  = ( ($Ritm.VariableSet | Where-Object { $_.host_name -eq $FqdnFromSCTaskDescription }).host_name );
             VmSize                = ( ($Ritm.VariableSet | Where-Object { $_.host_name -eq $FqdnFromSCTaskDescription }).azure_vm_size );
@@ -92,24 +94,23 @@ switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) {
             VMEnvironment         = ( $Ritm.customvariable.environment.value );
             AppName               = ( Get-ITDServiceNowRecord -Table 'cmdb_ci_service' -SysId ($Ritm.VariableSet | Where-Object { $_.host_name -eq "$FqdnFromSCTaskDescription" }).application_info).name.display_value;
             LicensingRestrictions = ( ($Ritm.VariableSet | Where-Object { $_.host_name -eq $FqdnFromSCTaskDescription }).licensing_restrictions );
-            AvailabilityZone      = ( switch( ($Ritm.VariableSet | Where-Object { $_.host_name -eq $FqdnFromSCTaskDescription }).zone ) {
-                                        '1' { 'Zone 1' }
-                                        '2' { 'Zone 2' }
-                                        '3' { 'Zone 3' }
-                                        Default { 'No Zone' }
-                                    }
-                                 )
-            });
         }
+
+        switch ( ($Ritm.VariableSet | Where-Object { $_.host_name -eq $FqdnFromSCTaskDescription }).zone ) {
+            'Zone 1' { $NewITDWindowsVMAzureParams += @{ AvailabilityZone = 1 } }
+            'Zone 2' { $NewITDWindowsVMAzureParams += @{ AvailabilityZone = 2 } }
+            'Zone 3' { $NewITDWindowsVMAzureParams += @{ AvailabilityZone = 3 } }
+        }
+
         switch ($PSBoundParameters.Keys) {
             'ResourceGroupNameOverride' {
                 Write-Warning -Message "ResourceGroupNameOverride found $ResourceGroupNameOverride"
                 $NewITDWindowsVMAzureParams += @{ ResourceGroupNameOverride = $ResourceGroupNameOverride } 
             }
-            'AvailabilityZone' {
+            <#'AvailabilityZone' {
                 Write-Warning -Message "ResourceGroupNameOverride found $AvailabilityZone"
                 $NewITDWindowsVMAzureParams += @{ AvailabilityZone = $AvailabilityZone } 
-            }
+            }#>
             <# 'VMSizeOverride' {
                 Write-Warning -Message "VMSizeOverride found $VMSizeOverride"
                 $NewITDWindowsVMAzureParams += @{ VMSizeOverride = $VMSizeOverride } 
diff --git a/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/Infra-VMware.Administration/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1 b/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/Infra-VMware.Administration/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1
index 26eaf47..1da98e3 100644
--- a/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/Infra-VMware.Administration/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1
+++ b/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-Servers-PowerShellUniversal.Production/Infra-VMware.Administration/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ $Results = foreach ($VM in $AllVMs) {
 
         # --- vCenter Tags
         Tag_DRProtection          = $VMTags['DR Protection']
-        Tag_AppName               = $VMTags['AppName']
+        Tag_AppName               = if ($null -ne $VMTags['AppName']) { $VMTags['AppName'] } else { 'N/A' }
         Tag_VRDatastores          = $VMTags['VR Datastores']
         Tag_VRRPO                 = $VMTags['VR RPO']
         Tag_DTAP                  = $VMTags['DTAP']
@@ -223,6 +223,42 @@ $Results = foreach ($VM in $AllVMs) {
     }
 }
 
+#region --- Back-fill SRM placeholder fields from real VM ----------------------
+# SRM placeholder VMs share the same name as their real counterpart but lack
+# guest-level data.  For the fields below, substitute the real VM's values so
+# placeholders carry useful metadata for reporting.
+
+$RealVMLookup = @{}
+foreach ($R in $Results) {
+    if (-not $R.IsSRMPlaceholder) { $RealVMLookup[$R.VMName] = $R }
+}
+
+$PlaceholderFieldsToFix = @(
+    'GuestOS'
+    'ProvisionedSpaceGB'
+    'UsedSpaceGB'
+    'GuestDiskCapacityGB'
+    'GuestDiskUsedGB'
+    'ToolsVersionStatus'
+    'Tag_DRProtection'
+    'Tag_AppName'
+    'Tag_VRDatastores'
+    'Tag_VRRPO'
+    'Tag_DTAP'
+    'Tag_StartupPriority'
+    'Tag_SRMRecoveryType'
+    'Tag_LicensingRestrictions'
+)
+
+foreach ($R in $Results) {
+    if ($R.IsSRMPlaceholder -and $RealVMLookup.ContainsKey($R.VMName)) {
+        $Real = $RealVMLookup[$R.VMName]
+        foreach ($Field in $PlaceholderFieldsToFix) { $R.$Field = $Real.$Field }
+    }
+}
+
+#endregion
+
 #endregion
 
 <#region --- Export CSV ---------------------------------------------------------