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Expert knowledge for Azure Firewall development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Azure Firewall rules, DNS proxy, TLS inspection, hub-spoke routing, or DNAT/SNAT behavior, and other Azure Firewall related development tasks. Not for Azure Web Application Firewall (use azure-web-application-firewall), Azure Firewall Manager (use azure-firewall-manager), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).

Overview

PublisherMicrosoftDocs
RepositoryAgent-Skills
Skill nameazure-firewall
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778
Forks
126
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 Firewall 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-firewall
  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-firewall .claude/skills/azure-firewall
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Azure Firewall 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 Firewall 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 Firewall 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 Firewall Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Firewall. 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-L42Diagnosing Azure Firewall issues using known limitations, packet captures, and Sentinel log analysis for malware detection and traffic investigation.
Best PracticesL43-L48Best practices for Azure Firewall DNS proxy/caching, rule and SNAT tuning, using Policy Analytics to refine rules, and hardening firewall security and configuration
Decision MakingL49-L56Guidance on selecting the right Azure Firewall SKU (Basic/Standard/Premium) using features, performance benchmarks, and deployment steps for Basic with portal and policy.
Architecture & Design PatternsL57-L67Design patterns for Azure Firewall deployment: hub-spoke routing, forced tunneling, SLB integration, management NIC use, AVD/M365 protection, and DNAT for overlapping private networks.
Limits & QuotasL68-L76Configuring Azure Firewall capacity, SNAT port scaling (with multiple public IPs and NAT Gateway/V2), and tuning limits like prescaling ranges and TCP session idle timeouts.
SecurityL77-L90Configuring Azure Firewall for secure deployments: policies, roles/access, TLS inspection and CA certs, threat intelligence, DNAT, hybrid/AKS protection, and best-practice security hardening.
ConfigurationL91-L112Configuring Azure Firewall behavior: rules, IP groups, DNS, HTTP headers, SNAT/DNAT, IPv6, FTP/SQL, maintenance windows, logging/monitoring, and advanced Premium features.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL113-L117Configuring Azure Firewall to securely access Azure Storage via SFTP, including required rules, network paths, and integration patterns for SFTP traffic.
DeploymentL118-L126Guides for deploying Azure Firewall (Standard/Premium) with Bicep, ARM, Terraform, changing SKUs, and integrating with IP Groups and Azure DDoS Protection.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Detect and investigate malware using Sentinel with Azure Firewall logshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/detect-malware-with-sentinel
Troubleshoot Azure Firewall using packet capturehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/packet-capture

Best Practices

TopicURL
Understand Azure Firewall DNS proxy behavior and cachinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/dns-details
Optimize Azure Firewall performance with rule and SNAT tuninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/firewall-best-practices

Decision Making

TopicURL
Select the appropriate Azure Firewall SKUhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/choose-firewall-sku
Deploy Azure Firewall Basic with portal and policyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/deploy-firewall-basic-portal-policy
Choose the right Azure Firewall SKU by featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/features-by-sku
Choose Azure Firewall SKU based on performance benchmarkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/firewall-performance

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design multi-hub and spoke routing with Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/firewall-multi-hub-spoke
Design Azure Firewall forced tunneling architectureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/forced-tunneling
Design Azure Firewall with Standard Load Balancerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/integrate-lb
Use Azure Firewall Management NIC for control traffichttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/management-nic
Architect Azure Firewall protection for Azure Virtual Desktophttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/protect-azure-virtual-desktop
Design Azure Firewall protection for Microsoft 365 traffichttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/protect-office-365
Use private IP DNAT for overlapped Azure networkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tutorial-private-ip-dnat

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Deploy Azure Firewall with multiple public IPs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/deploy-multi-public-ip-powershell
Scale Azure Firewall SNAT ports with NAT Gatewayhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/integrate-with-nat-gateway
Integrate Azure Firewall with NAT Gateway V2 for SNAT scalinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/integrate-with-nat-gateway-v2
Configure Azure Firewall prescaling capacity rangeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/prescaling
Configure Azure Firewall TCP session idle timeoutshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tcp-session-behavior

Security

TopicURL
Enforce Azure Firewall security using Azure Policyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/firewall-azure-policy
Configure TLS inspection certificates for Firewall Premiumhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/premium-certificates
Configure Enterprise CA certificates for Firewall Premium TLShttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/premium-deploy-certificates-enterprise-ca
Protect AKS clusters using Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/protect-azure-kubernetes-service
Azure Firewall roles, permissions, and required accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/roles-permissions
Apply security best practices to Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/secure-firewall
Configure Azure Firewall threat intelligence filteringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/threat-intel
Deploy and configure Azure Firewall in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tutorial-firewall-deploy-portal
Configure Azure Firewall DNAT for inbound filteringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tutorial-firewall-dnat
Configure Azure Firewall for hybrid network securityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tutorial-hybrid-portal

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure HTTP header insertion in Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/configure-http-header-insertion
Create and manage Azure Firewall IP Groupshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/create-ip-group
Set customer-controlled maintenance windows for Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/customer-controlled-maintenance
Configure Azure Firewall dual stack IPv4/IPv6 modehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/deploy-dual-stack-firewall
Bulk manage Azure Firewall rules with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/deploy-rules-powershell
Configure DNS servers and DNS proxy for Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/dns-settings
Use Azure Firewall Policy Draft and Deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/draft-deploy
Analyze Azure Firewall data using workbookshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/firewall-workbook
Use Azure Firewall FQDN tags in application ruleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/fqdn-tags
Configure FTP modes and security on Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/ftp-support
Configure and use IP Groups in Azure Firewall ruleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/ip-groups
Configure and analyze Azure Firewall monitoring logshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/monitor-firewall
Reference Azure Firewall monitoring logs and metricshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/monitor-firewall-reference
Implement Azure Firewall Premium advanced featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/premium-features
Track Azure Firewall rule changes with Resource Graphhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/rule-set-change-tracking
Configure SNAT private IP ranges in Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/snat-private-range
Configure Azure Firewall application rules with SQL FQDNshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/sql-fqdn-filtering
Configure Azure Firewall DNAT policy for inbound traffichttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tutorial-firewall-dnat-policy

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Access Azure Storage via SFTP through Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/firewall-sftp

Deployment

TopicURL
Change Azure Firewall Standard and Premium SKUshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/change-sku
Deploy and configure Azure Firewall Premium environmentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/premium-deploy
Deploy Azure Firewall and IP Groups using Bicephttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/quick-create-ipgroup-bicep
Deploy Azure Firewall and IP Groups via ARM templatehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/quick-create-ipgroup-template
Deploy Azure Firewall and IP Groups using Terraformhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/quick-create-ipgroup-terraform
Deploy Azure Firewall with Azure DDoS Protectionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/firewall/tutorial-protect-firewall-ddos

Frequently asked questions

What does the Azure Firewall AI skill do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Firewall development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Azure Firewall rules, DNS proxy, TLS inspection, hub-spoke routing, or DNAT/SNAT behavior, and other Azure Firewall related development tasks. Not for Azure Web Application Firewall (use azure-web-application-firewall), Azure Firewall Manager (use azure-firewall-manager), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use...

Why use Azure Firewall on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Azure Firewall 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 Firewall in TypingMind?

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

Which AI models can use Azure Firewall?

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 Firewall?

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

Is the Azure Firewall 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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