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Azure Attestation

Skill

Expert knowledge for Azure Attestation development including troubleshooting, best practices, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when validating attestation tokens, authoring policies, enforcing SGX/TPM baselines, or configuring private endpoints, and other Azure Attestation related development tasks. Not for Azure Confidential Computing (use azure-confidential-computing), Azure Virtual Enclaves (use azure-virtual-enclaves), Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault).

Source: /skills/azure-attestation/SKILL.md

Install Skill

Azure Attestation Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Attestation. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, security, 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
Troubleshooting L33-L37 Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Attestation failures, error codes, policy/quote validation issues, configuration mistakes, and connectivity or runtime problems.
Best Practices L38-L46 Guidance on validating attestation tokens, writing secure attestation policies, and configuring/enforcing SGX and TPM attestation baselines using sample policies.
Security L47-L52 Using Azure Policy with Attestation, enforcing compliance, and best practices to harden, secure, and protect Azure Attestation deployments and configurations.
Configuration L53-L69 Configuring Azure Attestation policies (grammar, versions, claim rules), policy signer certs, and monitoring/logging via Azure Monitor, CLI, PowerShell, and log schema.
Deployment L70-L73 How to create and configure a private endpoint for Azure Attestation using PowerShell, including network setup and secure access to attestation resources.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Troubleshoot common Azure Attestation errors and issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/troubleshoot-guide

Best Practices

Topic URL
Interpret and validate Azure Attestation tokens with examples https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/attestation-token-examples
Author secure and correct Azure Attestation policies https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/author-sign-policy
Configure custom TCB baseline enforcement for SGX attestation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/custom-tcb-baseline-enforcement
Use sample SGX attestation policies in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/policy-examples
Use sample TPM attestation policies in Azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/tpm-attestation-sample-policies

Security

Topic URL
Apply built-in Azure Policy definitions for Attestation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/policy-reference
Harden and secure Azure Attestation deployments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/secure-attestation

Configuration

Topic URL
Use Azure Attestation claim rule functions and operators https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/claim-rule-functions
Use Azure Attestation claim rule grammar in policies https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/claim-rule-grammar
Understand Azure Attestation claim sets and categories https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/claim-sets
Enable diagnostic logging for Azure Attestation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/enable-logging
Reference for Azure Attestation monitoring and log schema https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/logs-data-reference
Monitor Azure Attestation with Azure Monitor https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/monitor-logs
Configure Azure Attestation policy signer certificates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/policy-signer-examples
Configure Azure Attestation policy language version 1.0 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/policy-version-1-0
Configure Azure Attestation policy language version 1.1 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/policy-version-1-1
Configure Azure Attestation policy language version 1.2 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/policy-version-1-2
Set up Azure Attestation using Azure CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/quickstart-azure-cli
Configure Azure Attestation provider with PowerShell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/quickstart-powershell
Understand and use Azure Attestation log data https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/view-logs

Deployment

Topic URL
Create Azure Attestation private endpoint with PowerShell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/attestation/private-endpoint-powershell