/azure-firewall-manager

name: azure-firewall-manager
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Firewall Manager development including best practices, decision making, security, and configuration. Use when configuring DDoS plans, DNS proxy, FQDN/IP groups, WAF policies, or secured virtual hubs, and other Azure Firewall Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Firewall (use azure-firewall), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Network Function Manager (use azure-network-function-manager), Azure Web Application Firewall (use azure-web-application-firewall).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-08-02"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Firewall Manager Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Firewall Manager. Covers best practices, decision making, security, and configuration. 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 | |----------|-------|-------------| | Best Practices | L32-L36 | Details on how Azure Firewall evaluates and processes rules, rule collection groups, and policies, including priority, matching logic, and traffic filtering behavior | | Decision Making | L37-L41 | Guidance on when to use Azure Firewall Manager with a hub virtual network vs a secured virtual hub, including architecture, scenarios, and trade-offs for each option. | | Security | L42-L46 | Configuring Azure Firewall Manager for security: DDoS Protection plans, centralized WAF policy management, and threat intelligence-based traffic filtering. | | Configuration | L47-L58 | Configuring Azure Firewall Manager and policies: DDoS plans, DNS/DNS proxy, FQDN/IP group rules, WAF policy management, rule hierarchy, private endpoint protection, and secured virtual hubs. |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Understand Azure Firewall rule processing order and logic | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/rule-processing |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose Azure Firewall Manager hub or secured virtual hub | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/vhubs-and-vnets |

Security

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure threat intelligence-based filtering in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/threat-intelligence-settings |

Configuration

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure Azure DDoS Protection plans via Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/configure-ddos | | Configure DNS servers and DNS proxy in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/dns-settings | | Use FQDN filtering in Azure Firewall network rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/fqdn-filtering-network-rules | | Configure and reuse IP Groups in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/ip-groups | | Manage WAF policies centrally with Azure Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/manage-web-application-firewall-policies | | Migrate Azure Firewall rules to Firewall policy with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/migrate-to-policy | | Secure private endpoint traffic in Azure Virtual WAN with Firewall rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/private-link-inspection-secure-virtual-hub | | Define rule hierarchy and inheritance with Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/rule-hierarchy | | Configure secured virtual hubs with Azure Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/secure-cloud-network |