Azure Confidential Ledger

Azure Confidential Ledger Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Confidential Ledger. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, security, 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), 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-L38 | Diagnosing and resolving Microsoft Signing Transparency (MST) ledger verification issues, plus steps to verify ledger integrity and inspect individual ledger entries. |

| Decision Making | L39-L44 | Choosing between ACL Explorer tools for viewing/querying ledgers, and guidance on migrating applications and data from Managed CCF to Azure Confidential Ledger |

| Security | L45-L57 | Auth, attestation, identity, and access control for Confidential Ledger: Entra ID setup, app registration, RBAC, cert-based users, client certs, node quote verification, and deployment security. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L58-L67 | Patterns and examples for integrating ACL with Blob Storage, Power Automate, Cosmos DB, organizing ledger data, designing MST payloads/claims, and writing JavaScript user-defined functions. |

| Deployment | L68-L72 | How to deploy and provision Azure Confidential Ledger instances using ARM templates or Terraform, including required parameters and configuration steps. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Troubleshoot Microsoft’s Signing Transparency Ledger verification issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/microsoft-signing-transparency-troubleshoot |

| Verify MST ledger integrity and inspect entries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/microsoft-signing-transparency-verify-signatures |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Choose between Azure Confidential Ledger Explorer tools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/ledger-explorer-concepts |

| Migrate from Managed CCF to Azure Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/managed-confidential-consortium-framework-migration |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Authenticate and attest Azure Confidential Ledger nodes securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/authenticate-ledger-nodes |

| Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure confidential ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/authentication-azure-ad |

| Create and configure client certificates for Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/create-client-certificate |

| Manage Entra token-based users and roles in Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/manage-azure-ad-token-based-users |

| Manage certificate-based users and roles in Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/manage-certificate-based-users |

| Register Confidential Ledger applications in Microsoft Entra ID | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/register-application |

| Secure Azure Confidential Ledger deployments and access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/secure-confidential-ledger |

| Implement advanced UDFs with RBAC in Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/user-defined-endpoints |

| Verify node quotes and establish trust in Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/verify-node-quotes |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Integrate Blob Storage digests with Azure Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/create-blob-managed-app |

| Integrate Azure confidential ledger with Power Automate and Cosmos DB | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/create-power-automate-workflow |

| Organize and access data in Azure confidential ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/data-organization |

| Design MST payloads, claims, and auditing workflows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/microsoft-signing-transparency-usage |

| Run user-defined functions in Azure Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/server-side-programming |

| Create simple JavaScript UDFs in Confidential Ledger | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/user-defined-functions |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Deploy Azure Confidential Ledger via ARM template | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/quickstart-template |

| Provision Azure Confidential Ledger using Terraform | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/quickstart-terraform |