Expert knowledge for Azure Service Health development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when routing Service Health alerts via APIs/webhooks, configuring ARM/Bicep alerts, or diagnosing VM Resource Health, and other Azure Service Health related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Quotas (use azure-quotas).
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Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
generated_at:2026-06-21
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Saved Jun 26, 2026
Azure Service Health Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Service Health. Covers troubleshooting, 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
L33-L37
Understanding VM Resource Health annotations, diagnosing VM health issues, and troubleshooting platform or user-caused VM availability and performance problems
Limits & Quotas
L38-L42
Details on how long Azure Service Health notifications are kept, their lifecycle stages, and retention behavior for different event types and channels
Security
L43-L51
Managing who can see Azure Service Health and security advisories using tenant/subscription roles and RBAC, including configuring access scopes and viewing security-related notifications.
Configuration
L52-L59
Configuring Service Health and Resource Health alerts via ARM/Bicep/PowerShell and querying Service Health data/fields with Azure Resource Graph.
Integrations & Coding Patterns
L60-L70
Using APIs, Resource Graph, webhooks, and connectors to query Azure Service Health/Security data and route alerts into tools like OpsGenie, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow
Troubleshooting
Topic
URL
Interpret and troubleshoot VM Resource Health annotations