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name: azure-blueprints

- description: Expert knowledge for Azure Blueprints development including troubleshooting, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when defining Azure Blueprints, mapping built-in compliance sets, automating via CLI/PowerShell/REST, or fixing assignment errors, and other Azure Blueprints related development tasks. Not for Azure Policy (use azure-policy), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Managed Applications (use azure-managed-applications), Azure Deployment Environments (use azure-deployment-environments).

+ description: Expert knowledge for Azure Blueprints development including troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when migrating off Azure Blueprints, mapping to PBMM/ISO/SWIFT, using CAF Foundation, or automating via CLI/PowerShell/REST, and other Azure Blueprints related development tasks. Not for Azure Policy (use azure-policy), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Portal (use azure-portal), Azure Role-based access control (use azure-rbac).

compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.

metadata:

- generated_at: "2026-02-28"

+ generated_at: "2026-06-28"

generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

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# Azure Blueprints Skill

- This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Blueprints. Covers troubleshooting, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

+ This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Blueprints. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, 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 | L33-L37 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Blueprint creation/assignment errors, including policy, role, and resource lock issues, and interpreting error messages during deployment. |

- | Architecture & Design Patterns | L38-L46 | Blueprint reference architectures for Azure landing zones and workloads, showing how security, governance, and ISO 27001 controls are implemented and structured in Azure. |

- | Security | L47-L63 | Security-focused Azure Blueprint deployment, locks, operator setup, and using/mapping built‑in compliance blueprints (PBMM, ISM PROTECTED, ISO 27001, SWIFT, UK OFFICIAL/NHS) to Policy and RBAC |

- | Configuration | L64-L77 | Designing and configuring Azure Blueprint definitions: parameters, deployment order, built-in functions, and setup of security/compliance blueprint samples (CAF, ASB, ISO 27001, SWIFT, ISM). |

- | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L78-L85 | Automating Azure Blueprints as code using CLI, PowerShell, and REST: create, import/export, and manage blueprint definitions and assignments programmatically. |

+ | Troubleshooting | L34-L38 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Blueprints deployment and assignment errors, including policy, role assignment, and resource lock issues, with step-by-step troubleshooting guidance. |

+ | Decision Making | L39-L44 | Guidance on Azure Blueprints retirement timelines, planning and executing migrations, and answers to common questions about moving off Blueprints. |

+ | Security | L45-L60 | Security-focused deployment stages, resource locks, operator roles, and using/mapping Azure Blueprints for compliance frameworks like PBMM, ISM PROTECTED, ISO 27001, SWIFT CSP, and UK OFFICIAL/NHS. |

+ | Configuration | L61-L72 | Configuring and deploying Azure Blueprints (including security/ISO/CAF/SWIFT samples), using blueprint functions, and importing/exporting blueprints via PowerShell. |

+ | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L73-L79 | Automating Azure Blueprints as code using CLI, PowerShell, and REST: create, import/export, and manage blueprint definitions and assignments programmatically. |

+ | Deployment | L80-L85 | Managing blueprint deployment order, migrating blueprints to template specs, and deploying the CAF Foundation blueprint with configurable parameters. |

### Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

- | Troubleshoot common Azure Blueprint creation and assignment errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/troubleshoot/general |

+ | Troubleshoot common Azure Blueprints errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/troubleshoot/general |

- ### Architecture & Design Patterns

+ ### Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

- | Architecture of Azure Security Benchmark blueprint foundation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/azure-security-benchmark-foundation/ |

- | CAF foundation blueprint architecture for Azure landing zones | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/caf-foundation/ |

- | CAF migration landing zone blueprint architecture | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/caf-migrate-landing-zone/ |

- | Architecture of ISO 27001 ASE/SQL workload blueprint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-ase-sql-workload/ |

- | Architecture of ISO 27001 shared services blueprint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-shared/ |

+ | Plan migration off Azure Blueprints with timelines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/blueprint-retirement |

+ | Answer migration questions for Blueprints retirement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/blueprint-retirement-faq |

### Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Understand security-related stages of Azure Blueprint deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/deployment-stages |

| Configure resource locking behavior in Azure Blueprints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/resource-locking |

- | Configure environment for Azure Blueprint Operator role | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/configure-for-blueprint-operator |

+ | Configure Azure Blueprint Operator role environment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/configure-for-blueprint-operator |

| Use Canada Federal PBMM blueprint for governance controls | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/canada-federal-pbmm |

| Use ISM PROTECTED blueprint for Australian compliance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ism-protected/ |

| Map ISM PROTECTED controls to Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ism-protected/control-mapping |

- | Apply ISO 27001 blueprint for Azure governance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso-27001-2013 |

| Map ISO 27001 ASE/SQL controls to Policy and RBAC | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-ase-sql-workload/control-mapping |

| Map ISO 27001 shared services controls to Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-shared/control-mapping |

| Use SWIFT CSP-CSCF 2020 blueprint for Azure compliance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/swift-2020/ |

| Map SWIFT CSP-CSCF 2020 controls to Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/swift-2020/control-mapping |

| Use UK OFFICIAL and NHS blueprint for Azure governance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ukofficial-uknhs |

| Protect Azure Blueprint-deployed resources with locks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/tutorials/protect-new-resources |

### Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

- | Use static and dynamic parameters in Azure Blueprints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/parameters |

- | Control Azure Blueprint artifact deployment sequence | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/sequencing-order |

+ | Import and export Azure Blueprints with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/import-export-ps |

| Use Azure Blueprint functions in definitions and artifacts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/reference/blueprint-functions |

| Configure and deploy Azure Security Benchmark blueprint sample | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/azure-security-benchmark-foundation/deploy |

- | Configure and deploy CAF foundation blueprint sample | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/caf-foundation/deploy |

| Configure and deploy CAF migration landing zone blueprint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/caf-migrate-landing-zone/deploy |

| Configure and deploy ISM PROTECTED blueprint sample | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/ism-protected/deploy |

| Configure and deploy ISO 27001 ASE/SQL workload blueprint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-ase-sql-workload/deploy |

| Configure and deploy ISO 27001 shared services blueprint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/iso27001-shared/deploy |

| Configure and deploy SWIFT CSP-CSCF 2020 blueprint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/swift-2020/deploy |

### Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Create Azure Blueprints using Azure CLI commands | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/create-blueprint-azurecli |

- | Create and manage Azure Blueprints with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/create-blueprint-powershell |

| Create Azure Blueprints via REST API requests | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/create-blueprint-rest-api |

- | Import and export Azure Blueprints as code with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/import-export-ps |

| Manage Azure Blueprint assignments with Az.Blueprint PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/how-to/manage-assignments-ps |

+ ### Deployment

+ | Topic | URL |

+ |-------|-----|

+ | Control Azure Blueprint artifact deployment order | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/concepts/sequencing-order |

+ | Migrate Azure Blueprints to template specs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/migrate-to-template-specs |

+ | Deploy CAF Foundation blueprint with parameters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/blueprints/samples/caf-foundation/deploy |