Expert knowledge for Azure Attestation development including troubleshooting, best practices, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when validating attestation tokens, authoring policies, managing SGX/TPM baselines, or securing private endpoints, and other Azure Attestation related development tasks. Not for Azure Confidential Computing (use azure-confidential-computing), Azure Virtual Enclaves (use azure-virtual-enclaves), Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm).
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NewUpdated Jun 26, 2026
Azure Attestation Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Attestation. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, 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
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
Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Attestation failures, error codes, policy/quote validation issues, configuration mistakes, and connectivity or runtime problems.
Best Practices
L38-L46
Guidance on validating attestation tokens, writing secure attestation policies, and configuring/enforcing SGX and TPM attestation baselines using sample policies.
Security
L47-L52
Using Azure Policy to govern attestation providers, and securing Azure Attestation with private endpoints, firewalls, managed identities, and access control settings
Configuration
L53-L69
Configuring Azure Attestation policies (grammar, versions, claim rules), policy signer certs, and monitoring/logging via Azure Monitor, CLI, PowerShell, and log schema.
Deployment
L70-L73
How to create and configure a private endpoint for Azure Attestation using PowerShell, including network setup and secure access to attestation resources.
Troubleshooting
Topic
URL
Troubleshoot common Azure Attestation errors and issues
Grades are signals, not a certification. Always review a skill yourself before use.
Safety
78
Quality
68
Clarity
82
Completeness
58
Summary
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Attestation development, covering troubleshooting, best practices, security, configuration, and deployment. It acts as a knowledge reference that combines a structured category index with remote documentation fetching capabilities via Microsoft Docs MCP or fallback webpage fetch, enabling agents to retrieve and apply Azure Attestation guidance for token validation, policy authoring, and security hardening.
Detected Capabilities
read_filenetwork accessdocumentation fetch via mcp_microsoftdocsfetch_webpage with markdown outputremote content retrieval
Trigger Keywords
Phrases that agents use to match this skill to user intent.