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azure-cloud-hsm

Expert knowledge for Azure Cloud Hsm development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing PKCS#11 apps, HSM-backed certs/keys, key rotation/backup, quotas/algorithms, or HSM logs, and other Azure Cloud Hsm related development tasks. Not for Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Payment Hsm (use azure-payment-hsm), Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Attestation (use azure-attestation).

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SKILL.md

Azure Cloud Hsm Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cloud Hsm. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. 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 L34-L39 Diagnosing and resolving Azure Cloud HSM cluster issues, including user/key synchronization problems, common error codes, connectivity failures, and operational faults.
Best Practices L40-L44 Guidance on secure key lifecycle management in Cloud HSM: generation, storage, rotation, access control, backup/recovery, and operational best practices for cryptographic keys.
Limits & Quotas L45-L50 Service capacity limits (objects, transactions), quotas, and which cryptographic algorithms and key sizes are supported by Azure Cloud HSM
Security L51-L58 Configuring secure auth, network hardening, user/role management, and best‑practice security controls for Azure Cloud HSM deployments.
Configuration L59-L63 Configuring Azure Cloud HSM operation logging, enabling and querying logs, understanding log fields, and integrating logs with monitoring/analytics tools.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L64-L68 Using PKCS#11 with Azure Cloud HSM to set up certificate storage, manage keys/certificates, and integrate HSM-backed certs into your applications

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Fix user and key sync issues in Azure Cloud HSM clusters https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/synchronize-users-keys
Troubleshoot common Azure Cloud HSM errors and issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/troubleshoot

Best Practices

Topic URL
Apply key management best practices in Cloud HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/key-management

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Review Azure Cloud HSM service object and transaction limits https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/service-limits
Review supported algorithms and key sizes in Azure Cloud HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/supported-algorithms

Security

Topic URL
Configure authentication methods for Azure Cloud HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/authentication
Harden Azure Cloud HSM network configuration https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/network-security
Apply security best practices to Azure Cloud HSM deployments https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/secure-cloud-hsm
Implement secure user management in Azure Cloud HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/user-management

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure and query Azure Cloud HSM operation logs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/tutorial-operation-event-logging

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Use PKCS#11 API to manage certificates in Azure Cloud HSM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/pkcs-api-certificate-storage
Set up Azure Cloud HSM certificate storage with PKCS#11 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/tutorial-certificate-storage

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