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version: "1.0.2" name: azure-virtual-network-manager description: Expert knowledge for Azure Virtual Network Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when managing AVNM network groups/topologies, IPAM pools, connectivity hubs, UDR automation, or security admin rules, 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: "2026-08-02" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
Azure Virtual Network Manager Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Virtual Network Manager. 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), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L34-L39 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Virtual Network Manager issues, including policy deployment, connectivity, and verifying that network configurations are correctly applied. | |
| Best Practices | L40-L45 | Deploying and updating AVNM configurations safely, and step-by-step guidance/checklists for cleanly removing or decommissioning AVNM components without breaking networks | |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L46-L53 | Designing AVNM network topologies, IP address planning with IPAM, and automating user-defined route (UDR) creation and management across multiple hub-and-spoke environments | |
| Limits & Quotas | L54-L58 | Azure Virtual Network Manager resource limits, quotas, and scale constraints (e.g., max networks, connections, configurations) and guidance on planning deployments within those limits. | |
| Security | L59-L73 | Designing, simulating, and enforcing AVNM security admin rules (using network groups) to protect ports, block RDP/web traffic, and secure hub-and-spoke VNets with Azure Firewall and IPAM. | |
| Configuration | L74-L93 | Configuring AVNM: set up network groups/topologies, IPAM pools and cross-tenant IPAM, connectivity hubs, UDRs, logging, verification, and deploy via portal, CLI, PowerShell, ARM/Bicep. |
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 |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Manage Azure Virtual Network Manager configuration deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-deployments | |
| Checklist for safely removing AVNM components | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-remove-components-checklist |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Design AVNM connectivity configurations and topologies | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-connectivity-configuration | |
| Plan and manage IP addresses with AVNM IPAM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-ip-address-management | |
| Automate user-defined route management with AVNM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-user-defined-route | |
| 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 |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Understand Azure Virtual Network Manager limits and quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-limitations |
Security
| Topic | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Enforce AVNM security policies with security admin rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/concept-enforcement | |
| Use AVNM network groups in security admin rules | 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 inbound RDP traffic with AVNM security admin rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-block-network-traffic-portal | |
| Block outbound web traffic with AVNM security rules | 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 | |
| Deploy AVNM hub-and-spoke topology with Azure Firewall | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-deploy-hub-spoke-topology-with-azure-firewall | |
| Simulate Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-simulate-security-admin-rules | |
| Prevent overlapping VNet address spaces with Azure Policy and AVNM IPAM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/prevent-overlapping-ip-address-space-policy-ipam | |
| Build and secure AVNM hub-and-spoke networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/tutorial-create-secured-hub-and-spoke |
Configuration
| Topic | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Automate VNet creation using AVNM IPAM pools with PowerShell | 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 | |
| Configure Virtual WAN hubs as AVNM connectivity hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/configure-virtual-wan-hub-for-network-manager | |
| Create AVNM mesh topology using Bicep modules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/create-virtual-network-manager-bicep | |
| Deploy AVNM network topologies with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/create-virtual-network-manager-template | |
| Set up cross-tenant IPAM with Azure Virtual Network Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/deploy-cross-tenant-ip-address-management | |
| Deploy AVNM IPAM pools and CIDRs using Bicep | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/deploy-ip-address-management-pools-bicep | |
| Configure AVNM cross-tenant connections with Azure 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 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-configure-event-logs | |
| Create AVNM user-defined routes in Azure portal | 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 | |
| Use IPAM pool association recommendations for AVNM VNets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-ip-address-management-association-recommendations | |
| Configure IPAM pools and CIDR management in AVNM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/how-to-manage-ip-addresses-network-manager | |
| Use 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 | |
| Query Azure Virtual Network Manager with Azure Resource Graph | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/query-azure-resource-graph | |
| Use ARM template samples for Azure Virtual Network Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network-manager/resource-manager-template-samples |