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azure-firewall-manager
Expert knowledge for Azure Firewall Manager development including best practices, decision making, security, and configuration. Use when managing DDoS plans, WAF policies, DNS proxy/FQDN rules, IP Groups, or secured virtual hub vs VNet, and other Azure Firewall Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Firewall (use azure-firewall), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Network Function Manager (use azure-network-function-manager), Azure Networking (use azure-networking).
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npx add-skill https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-firewall-manager
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- generator
- docs2skills/1.0.0
- generated at
- 2026-02-28
SKILL.md
Azure Firewall Manager Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Firewall Manager. Covers best practices, decision making, 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), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Best Practices | L32-L36 | Details on how Azure Firewall evaluates and processes rules, rule collection groups, and policies, including priority, matching logic, and traffic filtering behavior |
| Decision Making | L37-L41 | Guidance on choosing between a secured virtual hub and a hub virtual network in Azure Firewall Manager, including architecture, security, routing, and management trade-offs. |
| Security | L42-L48 | Configuring Azure Firewall Manager for security: DDoS Protection plans, centralized WAF policy management, and threat intelligence-based traffic filtering. |
| Configuration | L49-L57 | Configuring Azure Firewall policies: DNS/DNS proxy, FQDN filtering, IP Groups, rule migration, rule hierarchy/inheritance, and securing private endpoint traffic in Virtual WAN. |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand Azure Firewall rule processing order and logic | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/rule-processing |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose between secured virtual hub and hub virtual network | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/vhubs-and-vnets |
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure Azure DDoS Protection plans via Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/configure-ddos |
| Centrally manage WAF policies with Azure Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/manage-web-application-firewall-policies |
| Configure threat intelligence-based filtering in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/threat-intelligence-settings |
Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure DNS servers and DNS proxy in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/dns-settings |
| Use FQDN filtering in Azure Firewall network rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/fqdn-filtering-network-rules |
| Configure and reuse IP Groups in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/ip-groups |
| Migrate Azure Firewall rules to Firewall policy with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/migrate-to-policy |
| Secure private endpoint traffic in Azure Virtual WAN with Firewall rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/private-link-inspection-secure-virtual-hub |
| Define rule hierarchy and inheritance with Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/rule-hierarchy |
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