diff --git a/DC-Micro-transactional-updates b/DC-Micro-transactional-updates
index bb5f0a061..d7ea97435 100644
--- a/DC-Micro-transactional-updates
+++ b/DC-Micro-transactional-updates
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRC_DIR="articles"
 IMG_SRC_DIR="images"
 PROFOS="slmicro"
 
-PROFCONDITION="suse-product"
+PROFCONDITION="6.1"
 #PROFCONDITION="suse-product;beta"
 
 STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse2022-ns"
diff --git a/DC-SLE-Micro-5.4-admin b/DC-SLE-Micro-5.4-admin
deleted file mode 100644
index 285929e9a..000000000
--- a/DC-SLE-Micro-5.4-admin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# This file originates from the project https://github.com/openSUSE/doc-kit
-# This file can be edited downstream.
-
-MAIN="SLE_Micro_admin.asm.xml"
-# Point to the ID of the <structure> of your assembly
-ROOTID="slemicro-admin-guide"
-SRC_DIR="articles"
-IMG_SRC_DIR="images"
-
-
-PROFOS="slemicro"
-PROFCONDITION="5.4"
-#PROFCONDITION="suse-product;beta"
-#PROFCONDITION="community-project"
-
-STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse2022-ns"
-FALLBACK_STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse-ns"
diff --git a/DC-SLE-Micro-5.5-admin b/DC-SLE-Micro-5.5-admin
deleted file mode 100644
index fad690194..000000000
--- a/DC-SLE-Micro-5.5-admin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# This file originates from the project https://github.com/openSUSE/doc-kit
-# This file can be edited downstream.
-
-MAIN="SLE_Micro_admin.asm.xml"
-# Point to the ID of the <structure> of your assembly
-ROOTID="slemicro-admin-guide"
-SRC_DIR="articles"
-IMG_SRC_DIR="images"
-
-
-PROFOS="slemicro"
-PROFCONDITION="5.5"
-#PROFCONDITION="suse-product;beta"
-#PROFCONDITION="community-project"
-
-STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse2022-ns"
-FALLBACK_STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse-ns"
diff --git a/DC-SLE-Micro-admin b/DC-SLE-Micro-admin
deleted file mode 100644
index e9276d37d..000000000
--- a/DC-SLE-Micro-admin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# This file originates from the project https://github.com/openSUSE/doc-kit
-# This file can be edited downstream.
-
-MAIN="SLE_Micro_admin.asm.xml"
-# Point to the ID of the <structure> of your assembly
-ROOTID="slemicro-admin-guide"
-SRC_DIR="articles"
-IMG_SRC_DIR="images"
-
-
-PROFOS="slemicro"
-PROFCONDITION="slemicro"
-#PROFCONDITION="suse-product;beta"
-#PROFCONDITION="community-project"
-
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-FALLBACK_STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse-ns"
diff --git a/articles/transactional-updates.asm.xml b/articles/transactional-updates.asm.xml
index 3897e02d1..849a3dfae 100644
--- a/articles/transactional-updates.asm.xml
+++ b/articles/transactional-updates.asm.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
     <resource xml:id="_transactional-update-usage" href="../references/transactional-update-usage.xml">
       <description>Usage of &tr-up;</description>
     </resource>
+    <resource xml:id="_transactional-update-performing-soft-reboot" href="../references/transactional-update-performing-soft-reboot.xml">
+      <description>soft-reboot configuration</description>
+    </resource>
   </resources>
 <!-- Legal -->
   <resources>
@@ -171,7 +174,15 @@
 <!-- pick the appropriate type of include to match your needs -->
 <!-- pull in a topic as is -->
     <module resourceref="_transactional-update" renderas="section"/>
-    <module resourceref="_transactional-update-usage" renderas="section"/>
+    <module resourceref="_transactional-update-usage" renderas="section">
+      <module resourceref="_transactional-update-performing-soft-reboot">
+      <merge>
+        <abstract>
+          <para/>
+        </abstract>
+      </merge>
+      </module>
+      </module>
     <module resourceref="_transactional-update-no-reboot" renderas="section">
       <merge>
         <title>Applying multiple changes without rebooting</title>
diff --git a/references/systemctl-cheatsheet.xml b/references/systemctl-cheatsheet.xml
index 5a78f8ec8..92ff2da70 100644
--- a/references/systemctl-cheatsheet.xml
+++ b/references/systemctl-cheatsheet.xml
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry os="slmicro">
+        <term>systemctl soft-reboot</term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            The command reboots only the user space. It shuts down all services and units, restarts &systemd;
+            and starts all &systemd; services again. It can also switch to a new root file system.
+            On the contrary, hardware, kernel space and initrd are <emphasis>not</emphasis> restarted.
+                      </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </section>
 </topic>
diff --git a/references/transactional-update-performing-soft-reboot.xml b/references/transactional-update-performing-soft-reboot.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fe5f428b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/references/transactional-update-performing-soft-reboot.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- This file originates from the project https://github.com/openSUSE/doc-kit -->
+<!-- This file can be edited downstream. -->
+<!DOCTYPE topic
+[
+  <!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "../common/generic-entities.ent">
+    %entities;
+]>
+<!-- refers to legacy doc: <add github link to legacy doc piece, if applicable> -->
+<!-- point back to this document with a similar comment added to your legacy doc piece -->
+<!-- refer to README.md for file and id naming conventions -->
+<!-- metadata is dealt with on the assembly level -->
+<topic xml:id="transactional-update-soft-reboot"
+ role="reference" xml:lang="en"
+ xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.2"
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ xmlns:trans="http://docbook.org/ns/transclusion">
+  <info>
+   <title>Configuration of <command>soft-reboot</command></title><!-- can be changed via merge in the assembly -->
+    <!--add author's email address-->
+    <meta name="maintainer" content="jsindelarova@suse.com" its:translate="no"/>
+    <abstract><!-- can be changed via merge in the assembly -->
+      <para>
+       The topic describes how to enable soft-reboot and how to define when a regular
+       reboot is needed.
+      </para>
+    </abstract>
+  </info>
+  <section xml:id="transactional-update-soft-reboot-enabling">
+    <title>Enabling/disabling <command>soft-reboot</command></title>
+    <para>
+      To enable <command>soft-reboot</command> on &tr-up;, proceed as follows:
+    </para>
+    <procedure>
+      <step>
+        <para>
+          Create a directory <filename>/etc/tukit.conf.d/</filename>
+        </para>
+        <screen>&prompt.sudo;mkdir /etc/tukit.conf.d/</screen>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <para>
+          Create a file <filename>/etc/tukit.conf.d/soft-reboot.conf</filename> with the following content:
+        </para>
+        <screen>REBOOT_ALLOW_SOFT_REBOOT=true</screen>
+        <para>
+For example, by running the following command:
+        </para>
+        <screen>&prompt.sudo;echo "REBOOT_ALLOW_SOFT_REBOOT=true" > /etc/tukit.conf.d/soft-reboot.conf</screen>
+      </step>
+    </procedure>
+    <para>
+      To disable <command>soft-reboot</command>, change <literal>true</literal> to
+      <literal>false</literal> in the <filename>/etc/tukit.conf.d/soft-reboot.conf</filename> file.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+  <section xml:id="transactional-update-soft-reboot-packages">
+<title>Configuration of  <command>soft-reboot</command></title>
+<para>
+  You can define which packages require specific types of reboots
+  in the <filename>/usr/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf</filename> file. To make changes, copy this
+  file to <filename>/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf</filename>, which is writable and is not
+  replaced during updates. The <filename>/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf</filename> file 
+  also has a higher priority than <filename>/usr/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf</filename>, 
+  so your configuration is preferred to the default one.
+</para>
+<para>
+  In the <filename>/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf</filename> file, under the
+  <literal>[main]</literal> section, there are three reboot options:
+</para>
+<variablelist>
+  <varlistentry>
+    <term>reboot</term>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>
+Here you specify the packages that require a hardware reboot when they are changed.
+      </para>
+    </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+  <varlistentry>
+    <term>kexec</term>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>
+        Provides a list of packages whose changes require a kernel reboot. However, 
+        a hardware reboot does not take place, and GRUB2 is not triggered.
+      </para>
+    </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+  <varlistentry>
+    <term>soft-reboot</term>
+    <listitem>
+    <para>
+      Specifies packages whose changes only require a reboot of the user space.
+    </para>
+    </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+<para>
+Entries can be a comma-separated list of package names or a list of all 
+packages that provide a particular application or system component. 
+Regular expressions can also be used. Here is an example:
+</para>
+<screen>
+soft-reboot = glibc, dbus-broker
+</screen>
+<para>
+Or using the <literal>provides</literal> statement:
+</para>
+<screen>
+soft-reboot = provides: dbus
+</screen>
+  </section>
+</topic>
diff --git a/references/transactional-update-usage.xml b/references/transactional-update-usage.xml
index 02d9b7ff5..b4b22e801 100644
--- a/references/transactional-update-usage.xml
+++ b/references/transactional-update-usage.xml
@@ -166,9 +166,14 @@ transactional-update <option>[option]</option> <replaceable>[general_command]</r
       </varlistentry>      
       <varlistentry>
         <term><command>reboot</command></term>
-        <listitem>
+        <listitem>          
           <para>
-            The system reboots after the &tr-up; command is complete.
+The behavior of <command>reboot</command> depends on the 
+configuration and changes performed to the system. If 
+<command>soft-reboot</command> is enabled, only the user 
+space may be restarted without rebooting the hardware and kernel. 
+The enabling and configuration of <command>soft-reboot</command> 
+are described in <xref linkend="transactional-update-soft-reboot"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ transactional-update <option>[option]</option> <replaceable>[general_command]</r
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-      <varlistentry os="slmicro">
+      <varlistentry>
         <term><command>setup-fips</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>