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Azure Lighthouse Agent Skill

Expert knowledge for Azure Lighthouse development including decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Lighthouse delegations, AOBO/PIM access, Arc/Sentinel integrations, policies/remediation, or Marketplace offers, and other Azure Lighthouse related development tasks. Not for Azure Arc (use azure-arc), Azure Managed Applications (use azure-managed-applications), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Role-based access control (use azure-rbac).

2k tokens
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how many repositories repackaged it
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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-lighthouse

The instruction itself

8 sections, as written by the author

Azure Lighthouse Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Lighthouse. Covers decision making, 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), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., 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 |

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

| Decision Making | L33-L39 | Guidance on when and how to use Azure Lighthouse: multi-tenant enterprise setups, ISV SaaS patterns, comparing Lighthouse vs managed apps, and designing Managed Service offers. |

| Security | L40-L47 | Managing secure access in Azure Lighthouse: roles, tenants, AOBO, PIM eligible authorizations, and recommended security controls/practices for cross-tenant management. |

| Configuration | L48-L60 | Configuring and managing Azure Lighthouse delegations: onboarding via ARM/policy, updating/removing access, deploying/using policies (incl. built-ins), remediation with managed identities, and monitoring changes. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L61-L68 | Cross-tenant integration patterns for managing Arc servers, Sentinel workspaces, Migrate projects, and Monitor Logs at scale using Azure Lighthouse. |

| Deployment | L69-L72 | Guidance for packaging, publishing, and managing Azure Lighthouse managed service offers in Azure Marketplace, including requirements, steps, and configuration details. |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

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

| Apply Azure Lighthouse in ISV SaaS scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/concepts/isv-scenarios |

| Choose between Azure Lighthouse and managed applications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/concepts/managed-applications |

| Design Managed Service offers for Azure Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/concepts/managed-services-offers |

Security

| Topic | URL |

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

| Apply CSP AOBO and Lighthouse security controls | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/concepts/cloud-solution-provider |

| Implement recommended security practices for Azure Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/concepts/recommended-security-practices |

| Use tenants, users, and roles with Azure Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/concepts/tenants-users-roles |

| Configure eligible authorizations with Azure Lighthouse and PIM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/create-eligible-authorizations |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

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

| Configure policy remediation with managed identities via Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/deploy-policy-remediation |

| Monitor Azure Lighthouse delegation changes via activity logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/monitor-delegation-changes |

| Onboard customers to Azure Lighthouse with ARM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/onboard-customer |

| Delegate all subscriptions in a management group with policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/onboard-management-group |

| Deploy Azure Policy across tenants with Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/policy-at-scale |

| Remove Azure Lighthouse delegations and access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/remove-delegation |

| Update Azure Lighthouse delegations and role assignments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/update-delegation |

| Use Azure Lighthouse ARM templates and samples | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/samples/ |

| Use built-in Azure Policy definitions for Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/samples/policy-reference |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

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

| Integrate Azure Lighthouse with Azure Arc at scale | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/manage-hybrid-infrastructure-arc |

| Manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces at scale with Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/manage-sentinel-workspaces |

| Manage Azure Migrate projects across tenants with Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/migration-at-scale |

| Use Azure Monitor Logs across tenants via Lighthouse | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/monitor-at-scale |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

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

| Publish Azure Lighthouse Managed Service offers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/lighthouse/how-to/publish-managed-services-offers |

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