version: "1.0.1" name: azure-virtual-network-manager description: Expert knowledge for Azure Virtual Network Manager development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing IPAM pools, network groups, cross-tenant connectivity, security admin rules, or ARG queries, and other Azure Virtual Network Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure Network Watcher (use azure-network-watcher), Azure Networking (use azure-networking). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-06-28" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
Azure Virtual Network Manager Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Virtual Network Manager. Covers troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. 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](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 | |
|---|
| Troubleshooting | L33-L38 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Virtual Network Manager issues, including deployment/configuration errors and verifying that AVNM-applied network configurations work as intended. | |
| Limits & Quotas | L39-L43 | IPAM features, supported regions, and key Azure Virtual Network Manager limits (scale, resources, configurations) that affect design and deployment decisions. | |
| Security | L44-L56 | Configuring and enforcing AVNM security admin rules to block or allow traffic, protect high‑risk ports, simulate effects, and secure hub‑and‑spoke networks using network groups and tools like portal/PowerShell. | |
| Configuration | L57-L70 | Configuring AVNM: IPAM pools, network groups (static/dynamic via Policy), cross-tenant connections, event logs, and managing UDRs/topologies and reachability analysis. | |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L71-L74 | Using Azure Resource Graph to query, filter, and report on Azure Virtual Network Manager resources, configurations, and deployments at scale across subscriptions | |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Troubleshoot common Azure Virtual Network Manager issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/common-issues | |
| Verify and troubleshoot AVNM-applied configurations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-view-applied-configurations | |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Understand Azure Virtual Network Manager limitations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-limitations | |
Security
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Enforce virtual network security with AVNM admin rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-enforcement | |
| Apply AVNM security admin rules using network groups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-security-admin-rules-network-group | |
| Use security admin rules in Azure Virtual Network Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-security-admins | |
| Protect high-risk ports using AVNM security admin rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-block-high-risk-ports | |
| Block network traffic with AVNM security admin rules (portal) | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-block-network-traffic-portal | |
| Block outbound traffic with AVNM security rules (PowerShell) | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-block-network-traffic-powershell | |
| Create AVNM security admin rules using network groups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-create-security-admin-rule-network-group | |
| Simulate Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-simulate-security-admin-rules | |
| Secure Azure hub-and-spoke networks with AVNM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/tutorial-create-secured-hub-and-spoke | |
Configuration
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Automate VNet IP address management with AVNM IPAM pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/automate-ip-address-management-ipam-sample | |
| Configure AVNM network groups with Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-azure-policy-integration | |
| Deploy Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM pools with Bicep | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/deploy-ip-address-management-pools-bicep | |
| Configure AVNM cross-tenant connections using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-configure-cross-tenant-cli | |
| Configure cross-tenant connections in AVNM via portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-configure-cross-tenant-portal | |
| Configure Azure Virtual Network Manager event logs and destinations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-configure-event-logs | |
| Configure user-defined routes with Azure Virtual Network Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-create-user-defined-route | |
| Define dynamic AVNM network groups using Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-define-network-group-membership-azure-policy | |
| Manage UDRs across multiple AVNM hub-and-spoke topologies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-manage-user-defined-routes-multiple-hub-spoke-topologies | |
| Use Virtual Network Verifier to analyze VM reachability in AVNM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-verify-reachability-with-virtual-network-verifier | |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Query Azure Virtual Network Manager with Azure Resource Graph | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/query-azure-resource-graph | |