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azure-route-server

Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when designing hub-spoke or multi-region topologies, BGP peering with NVAs/on-prem, tuning routing policies, or fixing route propagation issues, and other Azure Route Server related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).

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SKILL.md

Azure Route Server Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Route Server. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, 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

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-L38 Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Route Server connectivity problems, including BGP peering issues, route propagation, and troubleshooting steps/logs.
Best Practices L39-L44 Configuring Azure Route Server routing preferences, BGP path selection, and custom routing policies to control traffic flow and route advertisement to your NVA or on-premises routers.
Architecture & Design Patterns L45-L54 Design patterns for using Route Server in hub-spoke, dual-homed, anycast, multi-region, ExpressRoute/VPN integrations, NVA next-hop designs, and spoke route injection.
Limits & Quotas L55-L59 Guidance on Route Server capacity planning, scale units, connection limits, and how many peers/routes each deployment can support.
Security L60-L64 Configuring Azure RBAC roles and permissions needed to securely manage Azure Route Server resources and operations.
Configuration L65-L69 Configuring Azure Route Server BGP peers, policies, and settings, and monitoring its performance, health, and traffic with Azure Monitor metrics

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Troubleshoot common Azure Route Server connectivity issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/troubleshoot-route-server

Best Practices

Topic URL
Configure routing preference in Azure Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/hub-routing-preference
Configure path selection and routing policies in Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/path-selection

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic URL
Implement dual-homed hub-and-spoke with Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/about-dual-homed-network
Implement anycast routing with Azure Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/anycast
Integrate Route Server with ExpressRoute and VPN https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/expressroute-vpn-support
Design multi-region networks using Azure Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/multiregion
Design NVA next-hop IP patterns with Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/next-hop-ip
Use Route Server for route injection in spokes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-injection-in-spokes

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Plan Azure Route Server capacity and scale units https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-server-capacity

Security

Topic URL
Configure RBAC roles for managing Azure Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/roles-permissions

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure and manage Azure Route Server BGP settings https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/configure-route-server
Monitor Azure Route Server with Azure Monitor metrics https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/monitor-route-server

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