azure-enclave

Azure Enclave Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Enclave. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

• Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
• Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Troubleshooting | L36-L41 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Enclave setup, attestation, deployment, and runtime errors, plus answers to frequent operational issues and misconfigurations. |

| Best Practices | L42-L47 | Design, security, and operational best practices for Azure Enclave, including secure architecture patterns and hardening/operating admin VMs safely. |

| Decision Making | L48-L53 | Planning disaster recovery and business continuity for Azure Enclave, and strategies, steps, and considerations for migrating existing Azure workloads into an Enclave environment. |

| Architecture & Design Patterns | L54-L60 | Architectural patterns for Azure Enclave apps: DMZ-based public access, integrating with AVD/AKS, and secure data ingress design for enclave environments. |

| Limits & Quotas | L61-L67 | Pricing models and charges, resource naming rules/restrictions, and quota limits plus regional availability for Azure Enclave deployments. |

| Security | L68-L92 | RBAC, identities, encryption, PIM/JIT, and security guardrails for AKS, App Service, SQL, Storage, ACR, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Key Vault, Service Bus, plus monitoring and governance. |

| Configuration | L93-L106 | Configuring enclave communities: approvals, governance, resource rules, AVD workloads, DNS, service catalog, maintenance mode, logging, and policy compliance/exemptions. |

| Deployment | L107-L115 | Guides for deploying Enclave workloads: app installation on RemoteApp VMs, using Bicep/ARM/CLI templates, and setting up ExpressRoute/VPN connectivity and shared dependencies. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Resolve common issues and questions for Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/azure-enclave-faq |

| Troubleshoot common Azure Enclave errors and issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/troubleshoot |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Apply design and security best practices in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/best-practices |

| Operate admin VMs securely in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/understand-admin-vm |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Design disaster recovery strategy for Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/disaster-recovery-planning |

| Migrate existing Azure resources into Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/migrate-azure-resources-azure-enclave |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Design DMZ-based public access for Azure Enclave apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/1-7-host-publicly-accessible-application-azure-enclave |

| Plan Azure Enclave architecture for AVD and AKS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/2-1-plan-architecture-workloads |

| Plan secure data transfer into Azure Enclave environments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/move-data-inside-enclave |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Understand Azure Enclave pricing and resource charges | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/azure-enclave-pricing |

| Apply naming rules and restrictions for Azure Enclave resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/name-rules-restrictions-azure-enclave-resources |

| Understand Azure Enclave quotas and regional availability | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/quotas-region-availability |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure Azure Enclave RBAC and deny assignments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/access-controls-enclaves |

| Apply AKS security policy guardrails in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/aks-initiative |

| Apply App Service security policy guardrails in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/app-service-initiative |

| Use built-in RBAC roles to control access in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/built-in-rbac-roles |

| Set up customer-managed key encryption in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/configure-customer-managed-key-encryption-within-enclave |

| Apply secure policy guardrails to Azure Container Registry | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/container-registry-initiative |

| Enforce secure deployment policies for Azure Cosmos DB | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/cosmosdb-initiative |

| Create user-assigned managed identities in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/create-user-managed-identity |

| Implement defense-in-depth protections in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/defense-in-depth |

| Set up JIT access with PIM for Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/just-in-time-access |

| Secure Azure Key Vault with Enclave policy guardrails | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/key-vault-initiative |

| Use Azure Enclave maintenance mode for protected resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/maintenance-mode |

| Configure secure monitoring policies in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/monitor-initiative |

| Configure providers and permissions for Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/onboard |

| Enforce secure deployment guardrails for Azure PostgreSQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/postgresql-initiative |

| Use Azure Enclave built-in RBAC roles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/role-based-access-controls |

| Secure Azure Service Bus with Enclave policy guardrails | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/service-bus-initiative |

| Understand Azure Enclave shared security responsibilities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/shared-responsibility-model |

| Apply Azure Enclave security policies to Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/sql-initiative |

| Apply secure policy guardrails to Azure Storage accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/storage-initiative |

| Configure approval-based governance in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/what-approvals |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure Azure Enclave approvals for critical operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/configure-approvals |

| Configure community-level governance in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/configure-community-governance |

| Understand creation and deletion rules for Azure Enclave resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/create-and-delete-logic |

| Configure Azure Virtual Desktop workloads within an enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/create-azure-virtual-desktop-workloads |

| Set up a DNS forwarder VM in an Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/create-domain-name-service-forwarder |

| Use Azure Enclave service catalog templates for workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/list-service-catalog-templates |

| Manage approval requests in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/manage-approvals |

| Configure observability and logging for Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/observability |

| Configure policy compliance exemptions in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/policy-compliance-exemptions |

| Understand and use approvals for Azure Enclave changes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/understand-approvals |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Install applications on RemoteApp VMs in Azure Enclave | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/application-deployment-using-remote-app-vm |

| Use Azure Enclave Bicep and ARM deployment templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/azure-enclave-templates |

| Deploy common dependency templates to Enclave workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/deploy-common-dependencies-service-catalog |

| Deploy ExpressRoute connections in Azure Enclave workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/deploy-express-route-connection-service-catalog |

| Deploy Azure Enclave templates using Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/deploy-template-service-catalog-azure-cli |

| Deploy VPN connections for Azure Enclave transit hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/enclave/deploy-vpn-connection-service-catalog |