/azure-blueprints

name: azure-blueprints
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Blueprints development including troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when migrating off Blueprints, mapping to PBMM/ISO/SWIFT, automating via CLI/PowerShell/REST, or fixing deployment errors, and other Azure Blueprints related development tasks. Not for Azure Policy (use azure-policy), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Resource Graph (use azure-resource-graph), Azure Portal (use azure-portal).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-07-12"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Blueprints Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Blueprints. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, 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

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

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 | L34-L38 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Blueprints deployment and assignment errors, including policy, role assignment, and resource lock issues, with step-by-step troubleshooting guidance. | | Decision Making | L39-L44 | Guidance on Azure Blueprints retirement timelines, planning and executing migrations, and answers to common questions about moving off Blueprints. | | Security | L45-L60 | Security-focused deployment stages, resource locks, operator roles, and using/mapping Azure Blueprints for compliance frameworks like PBMM, ISM PROTECTED, ISO 27001, SWIFT CSP, and UK OFFICIAL/NHS. | | Configuration | L61-L72 | Configuring and deploying Azure Blueprints (including security/ISO/CAF/SWIFT samples), using blueprint functions, and importing/exporting blueprints via PowerShell. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L73-L79 | Automating Azure Blueprints as code using CLI, PowerShell, and REST: create, import/export, and manage blueprint definitions and assignments programmatically. | | Deployment | L80-L85 | Controlling blueprint artifact deployment order, migrating blueprints to template specs/deployment stacks, and deploying the CAF Foundation blueprint with parameters. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Troubleshoot common Azure Blueprints errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/troubleshoot/general |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Plan migration off Azure Blueprints with timelines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/blueprint-retirement | | Answer migration questions for Blueprints retirement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/blueprint-retirement-faq |

Security

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Understand security-related stages of Azure Blueprint deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/deployment-stages | | Configure resource locking behavior in Azure Blueprints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/resource-locking | | Configure Azure Blueprint Operator role environment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/configure-for-blueprint-operator | | Use Canada Federal PBMM blueprint for governance controls | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/canada-federal-pbmm | | Use ISM PROTECTED blueprint for Australian compliance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ism-protected/ | | Map ISM PROTECTED controls to Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ism-protected/control-mapping | | Map ISO 27001 ASE/SQL controls to Policy and RBAC | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-ase-sql-workload/control-mapping | | Map ISO 27001 shared services controls to Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-shared/control-mapping | | Use SWIFT CSP-CSCF 2020 blueprint for Azure compliance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/swift-2020/ | | Map SWIFT CSP-CSCF 2020 controls to Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/swift-2020/control-mapping | | Use UK OFFICIAL and NHS blueprint for Azure governance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ukofficial-uknhs | | Protect Azure Blueprint-deployed resources with locks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/tutorials/protect-new-resources |

Configuration

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Import and export Azure Blueprints with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/import-export-ps | | Use Azure Blueprint functions in definitions and artifacts | https://learn.microsoft.co