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azure-information-protection

Expert knowledge for Azure Information Protection development including best practices, decision making, configuration, and deployment. Use when choosing Azure RMS vs AD RMS, migrating keys/policies, configuring RMS connector/MSIPC, or monitoring RMS logs, and other Azure Information Protection related development tasks. Not for Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Security (use azure-security), Azure Defender For Cloud (use azure-defender-for-cloud), Azure Sentinel (use azure-sentinel).

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

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2026-02-28

SKILL.md

Azure Information Protection Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Information Protection. Covers best practices, decision making, configuration, 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

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 L32-L36 Monitoring and troubleshooting Azure RMS connector health, tracking Azure Rights Management usage, and interpreting logs/metrics for ongoing protection service reliability.
Decision Making L37-L41 Guidance on choosing between Azure Rights Management and on-premises AD RMS, including feature, deployment, security, and migration considerations.
Configuration L42-L47 Configuring and deploying the Windows RMS (MSIPC) client and setting required registry values for RMS connectors on servers for Azure Information Protection.
Deployment L48-L62 Deploying the RMS connector and step-by-step guidance for migrating on-prem AD RMS (keys and policies) to Azure Information Protection, including HSM and software key migration.

Best Practices

Topic URL
Monitor RMS connector health and Azure RMS usage https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/monitor-rms-connector

Decision Making

Topic URL
Decide between Azure Rights Management and AD RMS https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/compare-on-premise

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure and deploy the RMS client (MSIPC) on Windows https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-client/client-deployment-notes
Configure RMS connector registry settings on servers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-connector-registry-settings

Deployment

Topic URL
Configure on-premises servers to use the RMS connector https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/configure-servers-rms-connector
Deploy Microsoft Rights Management connector for on-premises servers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/deploy-rms-connector
Install and configure the RMS connector for AIP https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/install-configure-rms-connector
Prepare environment for Phase 1 AD RMS to AIP migration https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase1
Execute Phase 2 of AD RMS to AIP migration https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase2
Complete Phase 3 of AD RMS to AIP migration https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase3
Run Phase 4 tasks for AD RMS to AIP migration https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase4
Finalize Phase 5 of AD RMS to AIP migration https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-phase5
Migrate AD RMS deployments to Azure Information Protection https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-from-ad-rms-to-azure-rms
Migrate HSM-protected AD RMS key to AIP HSM key https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-hsmkey-to-hsmkey
Migrate software-protected AD RMS key to AIP HSM key https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-softwarekey-to-hsmkey
Migrate software-protected AD RMS key to AIP software key https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/migrate-softwarekey-to-softwarekey

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