/azure-enclave

name: azure-enclave
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Enclave development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when designing DMZ/AVD/AKS enclave apps, configuring RBAC/Key Vault, deploying via Bicep, or setting ExpressRoute/VPN, and other Azure Enclave related development tasks. Not for Azure Confidential Computing (use azure-confidential-computing), Azure Attestation (use azure-attestation), Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Cloud Hsm (use azure-cloud-hsm).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-09-13"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

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

> **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 | 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