Azure Portal Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Portal. Covers troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use read_file with specific line ranges (e.g., L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content. Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch to retrieve full articles.

• Fallback: Use the built-in WebFetch tool if the Microsoft Learn MCP server is not available.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L26-L29	How to collect browser network traces, console logs, HAR files, and diagnostics to investigate and report Azure portal performance or UI issues
Limits & Quotas	L31-L34	Browser compatibility, OS/device requirements, and configuration needed to reliably access and use the Azure portal across different platforms.
Security	L36-L42	Tenant-wide portal security policies, RBAC-based dashboard sharing, and managing/protecting access to Azure via Intune MAM and the Azure mobile app.
Configuration	L44-L52	Configuring Azure portal behavior: dashboard JSON/templates, keyboard shortcuts, URL allowlists, mobile app alerts, and built-in Azure Policy definitions for portal governance.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Capture browser traces and diagnostics for Azure portal issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/capture-browser-trace

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Supported browsers and device requirements for Azure portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-supported-browsers-devices

Security

Topic	URL
Configure tenant-wide Azure portal admin policies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/admin-policies
Share Azure dashboards using Azure RBAC roles	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-dashboard-share-access
Apply Intune MAM app protection policies to Azure mobile app	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/mobile-app/intune-management
Manage Microsoft Entra ID users via Azure mobile app	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/mobile-app/microsoft-entra-id

Configuration

Topic	URL
Programmatically create Azure dashboards from JSON templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-dashboards-create-programmatically
Understand Azure dashboard JSON structure and properties	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-dashboards-structure
Use global keyboard shortcuts in Azure portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-keyboard-shortcuts
Allowlist Azure portal URLs on firewalls and proxies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-safelist-urls
Configure alerts and push notifications in Azure mobile app	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/mobile-app/alerts-notifications
Reference built-in Azure Policy definitions for Azure portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/policy-reference