Agent-Skills azure-extended-zones

Expert knowledge for Azure Extended Zones development including decision making, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when setting Azure Policy for Extended Zones, encrypting VM disks with CMK, optimizing reservations, or managing quotas, and other Azure Extended Zones related development tasks. Not for Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/azure-extended-zones" ~/.claude/skills/microsoftdocs-agent-skills-azure-extended-zones && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/azure-extended-zones/SKILL.md

source content

Azure Extended Zones Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Extended Zones. Covers decision making, limits & quotas, 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
Decision Making	L32-L36	Guidance on cost optimization for Azure Extended Zones, including when and how to buy reservations or savings plans, pricing tradeoffs, and purchase workflows.
Limits & Quotas	L37-L41	How to view current Azure Extended Zones quotas, request quota increases for resources, and understand limits that may block deployments or scaling
Security	L42-L46	How to encrypt Extended Zone VM disks using customer-managed keys, including setup steps, key vault integration, and security configuration details.
Configuration	L47-L51	Configuring Extended Zones via Azure Policy and subscription registration, including creating custom policy definitions and enabling subscriptions to use Extended Zones.

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Choose and purchase reservations or savings plans for Azure Extended Zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/purchase-reservations-savings-plans

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Request quota increases for Azure Extended Zones resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/request-quota-increase

Security

Topic	URL
Encrypt Extended Zone VM disks with customer-managed keys	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/key-vault-encrypt-azure-extended-zone-disk

Configuration

Topic	URL
Create custom Azure Policy definitions for Extended Zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/create-azure-policy
Register subscriptions to access Azure Extended Zones	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/extended-zones/request-access