Azure Route Server

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), 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 | 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-L58 | Designing Azure Route Server network topologies, including hub-spoke, anycast, multi-region, NVA next-hop, and using route maps for route injection, filtering, AS path prepending, and BGP communities. |

| Limits & Quotas | L59-L63 | Guidance on Route Server capacity planning, scale units, connection limits, and how many peers/routes each deployment can support. |

| Security | L64-L69 | Configuring least-privilege RBAC roles and secure deployment practices for Azure Route Server, including access control, hardening, and compliance-focused settings. |

| Configuration | L70-L75 | Configuring Route Server BGP (peers, policies, route maps), monitoring with Azure Monitor metrics, and managing route selection/filtering via portal and PowerShell. |

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 |

| Control Azure Route Server routing with route maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-about |

| Filter and drop inbound BGP routes in Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-drop-inbound-routes |

| Use route maps to prepend BGP AS paths in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-prepend-routes |

| Tag BGP routes with communities using Azure Route Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-tag-bgp-communities |

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 |

| Secure configuration for Azure Route Server deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/secure-route-server |

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 |

| Configure Azure Route Server route maps via portal and PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-how-to |