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azure-site-recovery
Expert knowledge for Azure Site Recovery development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when planning ASR for VMware/Hyper‑V, configuring Recovery Services vaults, scripting with PowerShell/Terraform, integrating ExpressRoute/Traffic Manager, or protecting AD/SQL/SAP workloads, and other Azure Site Recovery related development tasks. Not for Azure Backup (use azure-backup), Azure Migrate (use azure-migrate), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (use azure-vm-scalesets).
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- docs2skills/1.0.0
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- 2026-03-02
SKILL.md
Azure Site Recovery Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Site Recovery. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, 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), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools 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_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L65 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Site Recovery replication, agent, network, failover, Hyper-V/VMware/physical server, and monitoring issues, including specific error codes and health problems. |
| Best Practices | L66-L71 | Guidance on tuning Azure Site Recovery performance: analyzing high data churn on VMs, and monitoring/troubleshooting process server health, capacity, and throughput. |
| Decision Making | L72-L89 | Planning and sizing Azure Site Recovery: capacity and cost estimation, VMware/Hyper-V DR planning, failover/failback choices, migration from classic, and comparing ASR vs Azure Migrate. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L90-L100 | Designing Azure Site Recovery architectures for specific workloads (AD/DNS, SAP, Dynamics AX, SharePoint, IIS, SQL, VMware, file servers) and multi-tier app DR patterns. |
| Limits & Quotas | L101-L115 | Limits, capacity planning, and support matrices for Azure Site Recovery: VM/Hyper-V/VMware DR limits, high churn, shared disks, appliances, Mobility service usage, and safe use with Azure Backup. |
| Security | L116-L124 | Configuring NSGs, TLS, RBAC, encryption remediation, and migrating Run As to managed identities to secure Azure Site Recovery traffic and access. |
| Configuration | L125-L192 | Configuring Azure Site Recovery for Azure, VMware, Hyper‑V, and physical servers: setup, networking, encryption, appliances, policies, replication settings, and DR/failback behavior. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L193-L205 | Scripts and templates for automating ASR: PowerShell for Hyper‑V/shared disks, ExpressRoute/Traffic Manager integration, and Bicep/ARM/Terraform to deploy Recovery Services vaults. |
| Deployment | L206-L209 | Guidance for moving VMware disaster recovery setups from classic Azure Site Recovery to the modernized architecture, including migration steps, prerequisites, and configuration changes. |
Troubleshooting
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Analyze and mitigate high churn patterns on Site Recovery VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/monitoring-high-churn |
| Monitor Azure Site Recovery process server health and performance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-monitor-process-server |
Decision Making
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Protect on-premises file servers with Site Recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/file-server-disaster-recovery |
| Understand classic vs modernized VMware Site Recovery architecture | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/move-from-classic-to-modernized-vmware-disaster-recovery |
| Design Dynamics AX disaster recovery using Site Recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-dynamicsax |
| Configure IIS web app disaster recovery with Site Recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-iis |
| Set up SAP NetWeaver disaster recovery on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-sap |
| Implement DR for multi-tier SharePoint with Site Recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-sharepoint |
| Combine SQL Server BCDR with Azure Site Recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-sql |
Limits & Quotas
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure Network Security Groups for Site Recovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/concepts-network-security-group-with-site-recovery |
| Remediate deprecated Site Recovery data encryption feature | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/encryption-feature-deprecation |
| Migrate Site Recovery automation from Run As accounts to managed identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/how-to-migrate-run-as-accounts-managed-identity |
| Apply Azure RBAC roles for Site Recovery access control | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-role-based-linked-access-control |
| Configure TLS security for Azure Site Recovery traffic | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/transport-layer-security |
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Migrate VMware disaster recovery from classic to modernized | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/how-to-move-from-classic-to-modernized-vmware-disaster-recovery |
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