Azure Extended Zones Skill

SkillCloud & infra

Expert knowledge for Azure Extended Zones development including limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when registering subs, authoring Azure Policy, deploying Azure Firewall, CMK disk encryption, or quota requests, and other Azure Extended Zones related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure Traffic Manager (use azure-traffic-manager).

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Azure Extended Zones Skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoftdocs/agent-skills in skills/azure-extended-zones/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Extended Zones. Covers limits & quotas, security, and configuration. 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

CategoryLinesDescription
Limits & QuotasL31-L35How to view current Azure Extended Zones quotas and request quota increases using the Azure portal, including required steps and limits considerations.
SecurityL36-L40How to encrypt Extended Zone VM disks using customer-managed keys, including setup steps, key vault integration, and security configuration details.
ConfigurationL41-L46Configuring Extended Zones access and governance: registering subscriptions, creating custom Azure Policy, and deploying Azure Firewall within Extended Zones.

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Request Azure Extended Zones quota increases in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/request-quota-increase

Security

TopicURL
Encrypt Extended Zone VM disks with customer-managed keyshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/key-vault-encrypt-azure-extended-zone-disk

Configuration

TopicURL
Create custom Azure Policy definitions for Extended Zoneshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/create-azure-policy
Configure Azure Firewall deployment in Extended Zoneshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/deploy-azure-firewall
Register subscriptions to access Azure Extended Zoneshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/request-access

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026

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    community integration — published by microsoftdocs, not azure

Automated review, not a security audit. Ruleset v1.

Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
azure-extended-zones
Source
github.com/microsoftdocs/agent-skills