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azure-deployment-environments
Expert knowledge for Azure Deployment Environments development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing ADE catalogs, environment.yaml schemas, custom images, RBAC/roles, or CI/CD image pipelines, and other Azure Deployment Environments related development tasks. Not for Azure DevTest Labs (use azure-devtest-labs), Azure Dev Box (use azure-dev-box), Azure Integration Environments (use azure-integration-environments), Azure Managed Applications (use azure-managed-applications).
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- docs2skills/1.0.0
- generated at
- 2026-02-28
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Azure Deployment Environments Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Deployment Environments. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, 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: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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 | L35-L39 | Diagnosing and resolving Azure Deployment Environments custom image deployment failures, including common error codes, validation issues, and configuration or image compatibility problems. |
| Best Practices | L40-L44 | Guidance on structuring ADE catalogs: organizing templates, folders, and repos for reusable, maintainable, and scalable deployment environment definitions. |
| Limits & Quotas | L45-L49 | How to view current Azure Deployment Environments quotas/capacity, understand default limits, and request increases for org, project, and environment resource usage. |
| Security | L50-L57 | RBAC and identity for ADE: planning Azure roles/scopes, using Azure CLI auth for REST, configuring managed identities, and assigning built‑in ADE roles and access. |
| Configuration | L58-L65 | Defining and configuring ADE environment.yaml schemas, environment definitions, and custom container images, plus required CLI environment variables for building and running those images. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L66-L70 | Using the ADE CLI to build, publish, and manage custom environment images, automate image pipelines, and integrate ADE image workflows into CI/CD and DevOps processes |
| Deployment | L71-L75 | How to integrate Azure Deployment Environments with CI/CD tools like Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions, including configuring pipelines to create, update, and delete ADE environments. |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Troubleshoot ADE custom image deployment errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/troubleshoot-custom-image-logs-errors |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Apply catalog structure best practices in ADE | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/best-practice-catalog-structure |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Request ADE quota and capacity limit increases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/how-to-request-quota-increase |
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan Azure RBAC roles for Deployment Environments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/concept-deployment-environments-role-based-access-control |
| Authenticate to ADE REST APIs using Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/how-to-authenticate |
| Configure managed identities for ADE deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/how-to-configure-managed-identity |
| Assign ADE built-in roles and access scopes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/how-to-manage-deployment-environments-access |
Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure environment.yaml schema for ADE definitions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/concept-environment-yaml |
| Configure ADE environment definitions and container images | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/configure-environment-definition |
| Configure custom container images in ADE extensibility | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/how-to-configure-extensibility-model-custom-image |
| Reference ADE CLI environment variables for custom images | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/reference-deployment-environment-variables |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use ADE CLI commands for custom image workflows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/reference-deployment-environment-cli |
Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use Azure Pipelines to deploy ADE environments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/tutorial-deploy-environments-in-cicd-azure-devops |
| Integrate ADE with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/deployment-environments/tutorial-deploy-environments-in-cicd-github |
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