Azure Information Protection Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Information Protection. Covers best practices, decision making, 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
Best Practices	L32-L36	Monitoring and troubleshooting Azure RMS connector health, tracking Azure Rights Management usage, and interpreting logs/metrics for ongoing protection service reliability.
Decision Making	L37-L41	Guidance on choosing between Azure Rights Management and on-premises AD RMS, including feature, deployment, security, and migration considerations.
Configuration	L42-L47	Configuring and deploying the Windows RMS (MSIPC) client and setting required registry values for RMS connectors on servers for Azure Information Protection.
Deployment	L48-L62	Deploying the RMS connector and step-by-step guidance for migrating on-prem AD RMS (keys and policies) to Azure Information Protection, including HSM and software key migration.

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Monitor RMS connector health and Azure RMS usage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/monitor-rms-connector

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Decide between Azure Rights Management and AD RMS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/compare-on-premise

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure and deploy the RMS client (MSIPC) on Windows	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-client/client-deployment-notes
Configure RMS connector registry settings on servers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-connector-registry-settings

Deployment

Topic	URL
Configure on-premises servers to use the RMS connector	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/configure-servers-rms-connector
Deploy Microsoft Rights Management connector for on-premises servers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/deploy-rms-connector
Install and configure the RMS connector for AIP	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/install-configure-rms-connector
Prepare environment for Phase 1 AD RMS to AIP migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase1
Execute Phase 2 of AD RMS to AIP migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase2
Complete Phase 3 of AD RMS to AIP migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase3
Run Phase 4 tasks for AD RMS to AIP migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase4
Finalize Phase 5 of AD RMS to AIP migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase5
Migrate AD RMS deployments to Azure Information Protection	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-to-azure-rms
Migrate HSM-protected AD RMS key to AIP HSM key	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-hsmkey-to-hsmkey
Migrate software-protected AD RMS key to AIP HSM key	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-softwarekey-to-hsmkey
Migrate software-protected AD RMS key to AIP software key	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-softwarekey-to-softwarekey