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azure-artifact-signing

Expert knowledge for Azure Artifact Signing development including best practices, decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing signing cert lifecycle, RBAC roles, DGSSv2 migration, diagnostic logs, or CI/CD signing workflows, and other Azure Artifact Signing related development tasks.

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npx add-skill https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-artifact-signing

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2026-03-16

SKILL.md

Azure Artifact Signing Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Artifact Signing. Covers best practices, decision making, 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: 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 L33-L37 Guidance on managing signing certificates end-to-end: rotation, renewal, expiration handling, key protection, and lifecycle policies for Azure Artifact Signing.
Decision Making L38-L43 Pricing and SKU selection for Azure Artifact Signing and guidance to migrate from DGSSv2, including plan changes and transition steps.
Security L44-L51 RBAC roles, identities, and validations for Artifact Signing, plus secure signing of Windows code integrity policies and access control configuration.
Configuration L52-L56 Configuring diagnostic settings for Artifact Signing, enabling and routing logs to destinations like Log Analytics, Storage, and Event Hubs for monitoring and analysis.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L57-L60 How to integrate Azure Artifact Signing with supported tools and CI/CD systems, configure signing workflows, and apply recommended coding and automation patterns.

Best Practices

Topic URL
Apply certificate lifecycle practices in Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/concept-certificate-management

Decision Making

Topic URL
Choose and change Artifact Signing pricing SKUs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-change-sku
Migrate from DGSSv2 to Azure Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-device-guard-signing-service-migration

Security

Topic URL
Understand Artifact Signing resources and RBAC roles https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/concept-resources-roles
Manage Artifact Signing identity validations securely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-renew-identity-validation
Sign Windows code integrity policies with Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-sign-ci-policy
Assign Azure RBAC roles for Artifact Signing resources https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/tutorial-assign-roles

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure diagnostic settings and log routing for Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-sign-history

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Configure Artifact Signing integrations for supported tools https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-signing-integrations

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