Expert knowledge for Azure Cloud Services development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing Cloud Services (extended support) OS upgrades, Key Vault certs, .csdef/.cscfg, autoscale rules, or PowerShell automation, and other Azure Cloud Services related development tasks. Not for Azure Networking (use azure-networking), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Portal (use azure-portal).
globalRequires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
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Azure Cloud Services Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cloud Services. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. 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
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
L35-L39
Diagnosing and fixing common migration errors when moving classic Cloud Services to Cloud Services (extended support), including deployment, configuration, and compatibility issues.
Best Practices
L40-L44
Guidance on designing and configuring autoscale rules for Cloud Services, including metrics, thresholds, and patterns to optimize performance, reliability, and cost.
Decision Making
L45-L53
Planning Cloud Services (extended support) upgrades and migrations: OS upgrade paths, classic-to-extended migration steps/requirements, VNet migration, and comparison with VM Scale Sets.
Limits & Quotas
L54-L60
VM instance size limits/capacities and timelines, impacts, and constraints related to Guest OS family retirements for Azure Cloud Services.
Security
L61-L66
Using Key Vault for certificates in Cloud Services and understanding Azure Guest OS security updates, support lifecycle, and retirement policies
Configuration
L67-L85
Configuring Cloud Services roles and deployments: .csdef/.cscfg schemas, network/load balancer settings, diagnostics, RDP, Key Vault, extensions, alerts, and scaling/SKU overrides.
Integrations & Coding Patterns
L86-L91
Automating Azure Cloud Services (extended support) with PowerShell: creating deployments, retrieving service details, and resetting or redeploying cloud service instances.
Troubleshooting
Topic
URL
Resolve common errors when migrating to Cloud Services extended support
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cloud Services (extended support) development and operations, covering troubleshooting, best practices, decision-making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and PowerShell automation patterns. It acts as a curated knowledge index that directs agents to fetch remote documentation via Microsoft Docs API or webpage fetching, with clear category navigation and practical references for OS upgrades, Key Vault integration, .csdef/.cscfg schema, autoscale rules, and PowerShell automation.
Detected Capabilities
network request (fetch_webpage, mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch)documentation retrievalfile reading (read_file with line ranges)knowledge indexing and curation
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