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Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when designing hub-spoke or dual-homed topologies, configuring BGP peers/policies, tuning routing preferences, planning ...

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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

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL34-L38Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Route Server connectivity problems, including BGP peering issues, route propagation, and troubleshooting steps/​logs.
Best PracticesL39-L44Configuring 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 PatternsL45-L54Design patterns for using Route Server in hub-spoke, dual-homed, anycast, multi-region, ExpressRoute/​VPN integrations, NVA next-hop designs, and spoke route injection.
Limits & QuotasL55-L59Guidance on Route Server capacity planning, scale units, connection limits, and how many peers/​routes each deployment can support.
SecurityL60-L65Configuring least-privilege RBAC roles and secure deployment practices for Azure Route Server, including access control, hardening, and compliance-focused settings.
ConfigurationL66-L70Configuring Azure Route Server BGP peers, policies, and settings, and monitoring its performance, health, and traffic with Azure Monitor metrics

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Troubleshoot common Azure Route Server connectivity issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/troubleshoot-route-server

Best Practices

TopicURL
Configure routing preference in Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/hub-routing-preference
Configure path selection and routing policies in Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/path-selection

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Implement dual-homed hub-and-spoke with Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/about-dual-homed-network
Implement anycast routing with Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/anycast
Integrate Route Server with ExpressRoute and VPNhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/expressroute-vpn-support
Design multi-region networks using Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/multiregion
Design NVA next-hop IP patterns with Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/next-hop-ip
Use Route Server for route injection in spokeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-injection-in-spokes

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Plan Azure Route Server capacity and scale unitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-server-capacity

Security

TopicURL
Configure RBAC roles for managing Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/roles-permissions
Secure configuration for Azure Route Server deploymentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/secure-route-server

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure and manage Azure Route Server BGP settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/configure-route-server
Monitor Azure Route Server with Azure Monitor metricshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/monitor-route-server