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Expert knowledge for Azure ExpressRoute development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring ExpressRoute circuits/gateways, BGP routing (incl. IPv6), FastPath, Global Reach, or MACsec/IPsec, and other Azure ExpressRoute related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway), Azure Internet Peering (use azure-internet-peering).

Overview

PublisherMicrosoftDocs
RepositoryAgent-Skills
Skill nameazure-expressroute
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Bundled files
Instructions only
LicenseCC-BY-4.0
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Skill sourceRepositoryHomepage
  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • Self-contained

    Everything the model needs lives in the instructions — no extra files to sync.

  • Open source

    Published by MicrosoftDocs on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Azure Expressroute AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
    https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-expressroute
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git /tmp/Agent-Skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/Agent-Skills/skills/azure-expressroute .claude/skills/azure-expressroute
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Azure Expressroute in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Azure Expressroute on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Azure Expressroute is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Azure ExpressRoute Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure ExpressRoute. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, 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](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

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L42Troubleshooting ExpressRoute resiliency and asymmetric routing issues, plus FAQs on connectivity models, supported services, bandwidth, and pricing to resolve design or outage-related questions.
Best PracticesL43-L53Best practices for ExpressRoute capacity planning, QoS, BGP communities, gateway hardware migration, and validating resiliency via gateway and circuit failover testing.
Decision MakingL54-L62Guidance on choosing and configuring ExpressRoute gateways, SKUs, resiliency/topology options, VNet connectivity patterns, and planning/managing ExpressRoute-related costs.
Architecture & Design PatternsL63-L74Designing resilient, highly available ExpressRoute architectures, including DR patterns, multi-circuit routing/Global Reach, VPN coexistence and failover, and using Microsoft peering for PSTN.
Limits & QuotasL75-L83ExpressRoute limits on bandwidth, routes, gateways, FastPath, provider rate limiting, plus monitoring and FAQs to avoid hitting connectivity and quota constraints.
SecurityL84-L92Encryption and security for ExpressRoute: IPsec/MACsec setup, NAT requirements, RBAC roles/permissions, and applying network security controls to private circuits.
ConfigurationL93-L121Configuring ExpressRoute circuits, gateways, routing/peering, BGP (incl. IPv6, communities, BFD), NAT, monitoring, resiliency, and coexistence with VPN using portal, CLI, and PowerShell
Integrations & Coding PatternsL122-L129Configuring and automating ExpressRoute circuits and connectivity, including Azure CLI management, NAT setups for Cisco/Juniper, and S2S VPN over Microsoft peering.
DeploymentL130-L137Guides for deploying and migrating ExpressRoute circuits/gateways, including Direct SKUs, zone/AZ-enabled gateways, and ARM/Terraform-based provisioning and traffic migration.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Test and validate resiliency of redundant ExpressRoute circuitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/evaluate-circuit-resiliency
Diagnose and resolve asymmetric routing with ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-asymmetric-routing

Best Practices

TopicURL
Apply best practices for ExpressRoute bandwidth upgradeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/about-upgrade-circuit-bandwidth
Manage complex ExpressRoute networks using BGP communitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/bgp-communities
Apply QoS requirements for Skype voice over ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-qos
Migrate legacy ExpressRoute gateway connections to new hardwarehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/howto-recreate-connections
Use Resiliency Insights to harden ExpressRoute gatewayshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/resiliency-insights
Validate ExpressRoute gateway resiliency with failover testshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/resiliency-validation
Test and validate Azure ExpressRoute link failoverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/test-link-failover

Decision Making

TopicURL
Select and configure ExpressRoute virtual network gatewayshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-about-virtual-network-gateways
Plan and execute ExpressRoute gateway SKU migrationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/gateway-migration
Plan and manage Azure ExpressRoute costshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/plan-manage-cost
Select ExpressRoute gateway resiliency configurationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/resiliency-model
Choose VNet connectivity options over ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/virtual-network-connectivity-guidance

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design resilient Azure ExpressRoute network architectureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/design-architecture-for-resiliency
Design disaster recovery with Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/designing-for-disaster-recovery-with-expressroute-privatepeering
Architect high availability for Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/designing-for-high-availability-with-expressroute
Connect multiple ExpressRoute circuits with Global Reachhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-global-reach
Optimize routing across multiple ExpressRoute circuitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-optimize-routing
Architect coexisting ExpressRoute and S2S VPN connectionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-coexisting-gateway-portal
Design S2S VPN backup for ExpressRoute private peeringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/use-s2s-vpn-as-backup-for-expressroute-privatepeering
Use ExpressRoute Microsoft peering for PSTN serviceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/using-expressroute-for-microsoft-pstn

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Evaluate Azure ExpressRoute FastPath limits and usagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/about-fastpath
Azure ExpressRoute FAQs on limits and connectivity detailshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-faqs
Monitor ExpressRoute advertised routes to avoid limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-custom-route-alert
Understand rate limiting on provider-based ExpressRoute circuitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/provider-rate-limit
ExpressRoute scalable gateway features and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/scalable-gateway

Security

TopicURL
Use encryption options with Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-about-encryption
Configure IPsec transport mode over ExpressRoute for Windowshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-ipsec-transport-private-windows
Configure MACsec security for Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-macsec
Roles and permissions for ExpressRoute resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/roles-permissions
Apply security controls to Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/secure-expressroute

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure customer-controlled maintenance windows for ExpressRoute gatewayshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/customer-controlled-gateway-maintenance
Configure BFD settings for Azure ExpressRoute private peeringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-bfd
Configure on-premises routers for Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-config-samples-routing
Configure IPv6 private peering for Azure ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-add-ipv6
Configure coexisting ExpressRoute and S2S VPN connections (classic)https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-classic
Configure coexisting ExpressRoute and S2S VPN gatewayshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-resource-manager
Connect VNets to ExpressRoute circuits with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-linkvnet-arm
Link Azure VNets to ExpressRoute circuits via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-linkvnet-cli
Reset ExpressRoute circuit peerings with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-reset-peering
Reset ExpressRoute circuit peerings in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-reset-peering-portal
Configure ExpressRoute routing and peering with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-routing-arm
Configure ExpressRoute peering in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-routing-portal-resource-manager
Configure a scalable ExpressRoute gateway in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-scalable-portal
Configure ExpressRoute Global Reach with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-set-global-reach
Configure ExpressRoute Global Reach in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-set-global-reach-portal
Configure NAT requirements for Azure ExpressRoute circuitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-nat
Configure Connection Monitor for ExpressRoute connectivityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-connection-monitor
Configure custom BGP communities for ExpressRoute private peeringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-custom-bgp-communities
Configure custom BGP community values for ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-custom-bgp-communities-portal
Configure ExpressRoute Traffic Collector and Log Analyticshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-configure-traffic-collector
Configure Azure ExpressRoute Direct resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-expressroute-direct-portal
Configure route filters for ExpressRoute Microsoft peeringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/how-to-routefilter-portal
Configure ExpressRoute peering using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/howto-routing-cli
Use Azure Monitor metrics and logs for ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/monitor-expressroute-reference
Configure rate limiting on ExpressRoute Direct circuitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/rate-limit

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Apply Cisco and Juniper NAT configurations for ExpressRoutehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-config-samples-nat
Programmatically manage ExpressRoute circuits using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/howto-circuit-cli
Create and manage ExpressRoute circuits using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/howto-circuit-cli
Configure S2S VPN over ExpressRoute Microsoft peeringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/site-to-site-vpn-over-microsoft-peering

Deployment

TopicURL
Migrate production traffic between ExpressRoute circuitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/circuit-migration
Understand ExpressRoute Direct SKUs and technical requirementshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-erdirect-about
Deploy an Azure ExpressRoute circuit via ARM templatehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-circuit-resource-manager-template
Migrate to zone-redundant ExpressRoute gateway SKUshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-gateway-migration-portal
Provision ExpressRoute circuit and gateway using Terraformhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/quickstart-create-expressroute-vnet-terraform

Frequently asked questions

What does the Azure Expressroute AI skill do?

Expert knowledge for Azure ExpressRoute development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring ExpressRoute circuits/gateways, BGP routing (incl. IPv6), FastPath, Global Reach, or MACsec/IPsec, and other Azure ExpressRoute related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway), Azure Internet Peering (use azure-internet...

Why use Azure Expressroute on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Azure Expressroute is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Azure Expressroute in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-expressroute. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Azure Expressroute?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Azure Expressroute?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Azure Expressroute with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Azure Expressroute AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by MicrosoftDocs under the CC-BY-4.0 license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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