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Azure Dedicated Hsm

  • 94 installs
  • 682 repo stars
  • Updated August 3, 2026
  • microsoftdocs/agent-skills

Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.

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azure-dedicated-hsm is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.

  • azure-dedicated-hsm
  • AI & Agent Building
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Azure Dedicated Hsm by the numbers

  • 94 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +10 installs in the week ending Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #4,614 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedAugust 3, 2026
Repositorymicrosoftdocs/agent-skills

What it does

Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.

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SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Azure Dedicated HSM Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Dedicated HSM. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, architecture & design patterns, and security. 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

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL32-L37Diagnosing and fixing Azure Dedicated HSM deployment, configuration, usage, and support issues, including common errors and steps to resolve failed or misconfigured HSM instances.
Decision MakingL38-L44Guidance on Dedicated HSM retirement, choosing successors (Managed/Cloud HSM), and planning/migrating ExpressRoute IPs and HSM workloads to new SKUs or services.
Architecture & Design PatternsL45-L51Guidance on designing Dedicated HSM deployments: sizing and topology, high availability and failover patterns, and secure networking (VNet, subnets, routing, and connectivity).
SecurityL52-L56Physical security controls for Dedicated HSM devices and best-practice guidance for securing, configuring, and operating Azure Dedicated HSM in production environments.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Resolve common Azure Dedicated HSM usage and support questionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/faq
Troubleshoot Azure Dedicated HSM deployment and configuration issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/troubleshoot

Decision Making

TopicURL
Migrate Dedicated HSM ExpressRoute Basic IP to Standard SKUhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/migration-basic-standard
Plan migration from Azure Dedicated HSM to Managed or Cloud HSMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/migration-guide
Understand Azure Dedicated HSM retirement and successorshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/overview

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design deployment architecture for Azure Dedicated HSMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/deployment-architecture
Design high availability for Azure Dedicated HSMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/high-availability
Plan networking architecture for Azure Dedicated HSMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/networking

Security

TopicURL
Understand physical security of Azure Dedicated HSM deviceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/physical-security
Apply security best practices to Azure Dedicated HSMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/secure-dedicated-hsm

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