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azure-payment-hsm

Expert knowledge for Azure Payment Hsm development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, and configuration. Use when designing Payment HSM VNets/FastPath, payShield Manager access, HA/DR topologies, SKUs, or traffic inspection, and other Azure Payment Hsm related development tasks. Not for Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Cloud Hsm (use azure-cloud-hsm), Azure Security (use azure-security).

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2026-03-16

SKILL.md

Azure Payment Hsm Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Payment Hsm. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, 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), 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
Troubleshooting L34-L38 Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Payment HSM deployment issues, including provisioning failures, configuration problems, and known platform limitations or workarounds.
Best Practices L39-L43 Guidance on inspecting, monitoring, and routing network traffic to Azure Payment HSM, including using firewalls, NSGs, and network appliances for secure traffic control.
Decision Making L44-L49 Guidance on choosing/changing Azure Payment HSM performance SKUs, and understanding support options, roles, and responsibilities for operating the service.
Architecture & Design Patterns L50-L55 Designing Azure Payment HSM architectures: HA/DR patterns, device lifecycle management, supported topologies, deployment constraints, and planning resilient HSM solutions.
Security L56-L61 Compliance standards, certification scope, and best practices for securing Payment HSM networking, identities, access control, and key management in Azure.
Configuration L62-L73 Configuring Azure Payment HSM networking and access: VNets/peering, FastPath, ARM deployments, IP setup, browser/VM access to payShield Manager, and required resource provider/feature registration.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Resolve known issues with Azure Payment HSM deployments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/known-issues

Best Practices

Topic URL
Inspect and route network traffic for Azure Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/inspect-traffic

Decision Making

Topic URL
Select and change Azure Payment HSM performance SKUs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/change-performance-level
Use Azure Payment HSM support and understand responsibilities https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/support-guide

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic URL
Design high availability and DR for Azure Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/deployment-scenarios
Plan solution topologies and constraints for Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/solution-design

Security

Topic URL
Understand Payment HSM compliance certifications and scope https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/certification-compliance
Secure Azure Payment HSM network, identity, and keys https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/secure-payment-hsm

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure browser access to payShield Manager for Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/access-payshield-manager
Access payShield Manager from Azure VM for Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/access-payshield-manager-ssh
Configure Payment HSM IPs in different VNets via ARM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/create-different-ip-addresses
Configure Azure Payment HSM across separate VNets https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/create-different-vnet
Deploy Payment HSM with split VNets via ARM template https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/create-different-vnet-template
Configure FastPathEnabled feature flag and tag for Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/fastpathenabled
Configure VNet peering and fastpath for Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/peer-vnets
Register Azure Payment HSM resource providers and features https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/register-payment-hsm-resource-providers
Reuse existing virtual networks for Azure Payment HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/payment-hsm/reuse-vnet

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