Azure service health

Azure Service Health Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Service Health. Covers troubleshooting, 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

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L34-L38	Understanding VM Resource Health annotations, causes of degraded/unavailable states, and step-by-step troubleshooting for underlying Azure infrastructure issues
Limits & Quotas	L39-L43	Details on how long Azure Service Health notifications are kept, their lifecycle stages, and retention behavior for different event types
Security	L44-L52	Managing access and roles for Azure Service Health security data: tenant vs subscription admin permissions, RBAC, and how to view and interpret security advisories and health history.
Configuration	L53-L63	Configuring Service/Resource Health alerts and queries using portal, ARM, Bicep, PowerShell, and Resource Graph, plus reference for supported health check resource types.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L64-L74	Using APIs, Resource Graph, and webhooks to query Service/Resource Health data and integrate alerts with tools like OpsGenie, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow
Deployment	L75-L78	Using Azure Policy to create, configure, and manage Service Health alert rules at scale across subscriptions and resource groups

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Interpret VM Resource Health annotations and troubleshoot issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-vm-annotation

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Understand lifecycle and retention of Service Health notifications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-notification-transitions

Security

Topic	URL
Understand tenant admin roles for Service Health access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/admin-access-reference
Use Health history and RBAC for Azure Service Health	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/health-history-overview
Configure subscription access for Azure Security advisories	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/security-advisories-add-subscription
Access and interpret Azure Service Health security advisories	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/security-advisories-elevated-access
Configure subscription vs tenant admin access in Service Health	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/subscription-vs-tenant

Configuration

Topic	URL
Deploy Service Health activity log alerts with ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-arm
Define Service Health activity log alerts using Bicep	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-bicep
Configure Service Health alerts for Azure notifications in portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-portal
Understand Azure Resource Graph tables for Service Health	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/azure-resource-graph-overview
Use Azure Resource Graph queries for Service Health data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-graph-samples
Create Resource Health alert rules using ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-arm-template-guide
Programmatically create Resource Health alerts with PowerShell and ARM	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-powershell-template

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Access Azure Security advisories via API endpoint	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/access-service-advisories-api
Run Azure Resource Graph queries for Resource Health	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-graph-health-samples
Query Azure Service Health impacted resources with ARG	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-graph-impacted-samples
Integrate Service Health alerts with external systems via webhooks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-guide
Forward Azure Service Health alerts to OpsGenie using webhooks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-opsgenie
Configure PagerDuty integration for Azure Service Health alerts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-pagerduty
Send Azure Service Health alerts to ServiceNow via webhook	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-servicenow

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Service Health alert rules at scale using Azure Policy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-deploy-policy