Azure Service Health Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Service Health. Covers troubleshooting, limits & quotas, 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: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use
read_filewith specific line ranges (e.g.,L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools 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_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L34-L38 | Understanding VM Resource Health annotations, causes of degraded/unavailable states, and step-by-step troubleshooting for underlying Azure infrastructure issues |
| Limits & Quotas | L39-L43 | Details on how long Azure Service Health notifications are kept, their lifecycle stages, and retention behavior for different event types |
| Security | L44-L53 | Managing Service Health security advisories, RBAC/tenant vs subscription admin access, and routing security notifications to the right users/recipients |
| Configuration | L54-L65 | Configuring Service/Resource Health alerts and queries using portal, ARM, Bicep, PowerShell, and Resource Graph, plus reference for supported health check resource types. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L66-L76 | Using APIs, Resource Graph, and webhooks to query Service/Resource Health data and integrate alerts with tools like OpsGenie, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow |
| Deployment | L77-L80 | Using Azure Policy to create, configure, and manage Service Health alert rules at scale across subscriptions and resource groups |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Interpret VM Resource Health annotations and troubleshoot issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-vm-annotation |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand lifecycle and retention of Service Health notifications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-notification-transitions |
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand tenant admin roles for Service Health access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/admin-access-reference |
| Use Health history pane with RBAC for past events | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/health-history-overview |
| Configure subscription access for Azure Security advisories | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/security-advisories-add-subscription |
| Access and interpret Azure Service Health security advisories | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/security-advisories-elevated-access |
| Route Azure security notifications to correct recipients | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/stay-informed-security |
| Configure subscription vs tenant admin access in Service Health | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/subscription-vs-tenant |
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Deploy Service Health alert rules at scale using Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-deploy-policy |