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.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use read_file with specific line ranges (e.g., L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question

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• 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

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

Architecture & Design Patterns

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/

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
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
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