Azure Route Server Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Route Server. 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), 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	Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Route Server problems, including BGP session issues, route propagation/advertisement errors, and connectivity or configuration troubleshooting steps.
Best Practices	L39-L43	Configuring Azure Route Server routing preferences, BGP path selection, and custom routing policies to control traffic flow and route advertisement to your NVA or on-premises routers.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L44-L58	Designing Azure Route Server network topologies: dual-homed, multi-region, anycast, hub-spoke; NVA next-hop, path selection, route injection, route maps, filtering, AS-path prepending, communities.
Limits & Quotas	L59-L63	Guidance on Route Server capacity planning, scale units, connection limits, and how many peers/routes each deployment can support.
Security	L64-L69	RBAC roles, permissions, and security hardening guidance for Azure Route Server, including access control, best practices, and securing deployments against threats.
Configuration	L70-L75	Configuring Route Server BGP (peering, policies), setting up and using route maps, and monitoring Route Server health and performance with Azure Monitor metrics.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Troubleshoot common Azure Route Server issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/troubleshoot-route-server

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Configure routing preference in Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/hub-routing-preference

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Design dual-homed networks with Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/about-dual-homed-network
Implement anycast routing with Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/anycast
Integrate Route Server with ExpressRoute and VPN	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/expressroute-vpn-support
Design multi-region networks with Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/multiregion
Design NVA next-hop IP patterns with Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/next-hop-ip
Configure path selection using Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/path-selection
Use route injection in Azure hub-and-spoke networks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-injection-in-spokes
Control Azure Route Server routing with route maps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-about
Filter and drop inbound BGP routes in Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-drop-inbound-routes
Use route maps to prepend BGP AS paths in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-prepend-routes
Tag BGP routes with communities using Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-tag-bgp-communities

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Plan Azure Route Server capacity and scale units	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-server-capacity

Security

Topic	URL
Configure RBAC roles for managing Azure Route Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/roles-permissions
Secure and harden Azure Route Server deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/secure-route-server

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure and manage Azure Route Server BGP settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/configure-route-server
Monitor Azure Route Server with Azure Monitor metrics	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/monitor-route-server
Configure Azure Route Server route maps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-how-to

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