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azure-firmware-analysis

Expert knowledge for Azure Firmware Analysis development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when scanning firmware images, interpreting SBOM paths, using UEFI analysis, or automating uploads via CLI/PowerShell/Python, and other Azure Firmware Analysis related development tasks. Not for Azure Defender For Iot (use azure-defender-for-iot), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge), Azure IoT Hub (use azure-iot-hub), Azure Confidential Computing (use azure-confidential-computing).

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SKILL.md

Azure Firmware Analysis Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Firmware Analysis. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, 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), 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

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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
Troubleshooting L34-L38 Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Firmware Analysis issues, including upload/scan failures, unsupported firmware formats, permission/config problems, and how to interpret error messages.
Best Practices L39-L45 Using Azure Firmware Analysis to scan firmware images, interpret SBOM extractor paths, and prioritize discovered vulnerabilities and weaknesses for remediation
Limits & Quotas L46-L50 Details on what UEFI firmware analysis can and cannot do in Azure Firmware Analysis, including supported features, scanning limits, and resource/usage quotas.
Security L51-L56 Managing secure access to Azure Firmware Analysis using service principals and configuring role-based access control (RBAC) permissions for users and apps
Integrations & Coding Patterns L57-L63 How to programmatically upload firmware for analysis in Azure using CLI, PowerShell, or Python, including auth, commands/scripts, and basic automation patterns.
Deployment L64-L69 How to provision and deploy an Azure Firmware Analysis workspace using infrastructure-as-code tools: ARM templates, Bicep, and Terraform configuration and setup.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Resolve common issues in Azure firmware analysis https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/firmware-analysis-faq

Best Practices

Topic URL
Interpret SBOM extractor paths in firmware analysis https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/interpreting-extractor-paths
Analyze firmware images with Azure firmware analysis https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/tutorial-analyze-firmware
Prioritize firmware weaknesses using analysis results https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/understand-weaknesses-data

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Understand UEFI analysis capabilities and limits in firmware analysis https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/unified-extensible-firmware-interface-firmware-analysis

Security

Topic URL
Automate firmware analysis with service principals https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/automate-firmware-analysis-service-principals
Configure RBAC access for Azure firmware analysis https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/firmware-analysis-rbac

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Upload firmware to Azure analysis using CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/quickstart-upload-firmware-using-azure-command-line-interface
Upload firmware to Azure analysis with PowerShell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/quickstart-upload-firmware-using-powershell
Upload firmware to Azure analysis using Python https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/quickstart-upload-firmware-using-python

Deployment

Topic URL
Deploy firmware analysis workspace via ARM template https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/quickstart-firmware-analysis-arm
Deploy firmware analysis workspace with Bicep https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/quickstart-firmware-analysis-bicep
Provision firmware analysis workspace using Terraform https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firmware-analysis/quickstart-firmware-analysis-terraform

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