azure-firewall-manager
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Firewall Manager development, covering best practices for rule processing and policy configuration, decision-making between secured virtual hubs and hub virtual networks, security implementation including DDoS protection and WAF policies, and configuration tasks like DNS proxy setup and FQDN filtering. Use it when managing Azure Firewall Manager resources, IP Groups, threat intelligence settings, or choosing between deployment architectures, but not for general Azure Firewall or Azure Virtual Network Manager tasks.
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# Azure Firewall Manager Skill This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Firewall Manager. Covers best practices, decision making, 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](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md) 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 | |----------|-------|-------------| | Best Practices | L32-L36 | Details on how Azure Firewall evaluates and processes rules, rule collection groups, and policies, including priority, matching logic, and traffic filtering behavior | | Decision Making | L37-L41 | Guidance on choosing between a secured virtual hub and a hub virtual network in Azure Firewall Manager, including architecture, security, routing, and management trade-offs. | | Security | L42-L48 | Configuring Azure Firewall Manager for security: DDoS Protection plans, centralized WAF policy management, and threat intelligence-based traffic filtering. | | Configuration | L49-L57 | Configuring Azure Firewall policies: DNS/DNS proxy, FQDN filtering, IP Groups, rule migration, rule hierarchy/inheritance, and securing private endpoint traffic in Virtual WAN. | ### Best Practices | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Understand Azure Firewall rule processing order and logic | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/rule-processing | ### Decision Making | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose between secured virtual hub and hub virtual network | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/vhubs-and-vnets | ### Security | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure Azure DDoS Protection plans via Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/configure-ddos | | Centrally manage WAF policies with Azure Firewall Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/manage-web-application-firewall-policies | | Configure threat intelligence-based filtering in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/threat-intelligence-settings | ### Configuration | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure DNS servers and DNS proxy in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/dns-settings | | Use FQDN filtering in Azure Firewall network rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/fqdn-filtering-network-rules | | Configure and reuse IP Groups in Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/ip-groups | | Migrate Azure Firewall rules to Firewall policy with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/migrate-to-policy | | Secure private endpoint traffic in Azure Virtual WAN with Firewall rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/private-link-inspection-secure-virtual-hub | | Define rule hierarchy and inheritance with Azure Firewall policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall-manager/rule-hierarchy |
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