Azure Attestation

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), use read_file on the linked reference file

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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 |