Azure Cloud

Networking

• VNet design and implementation
• Azure Load Balancer and Application Gateway
• Azure DNS and Traffic Manager
• Azure Front Door and CDN
• ExpressRoute and VPN Gateway

Storage and Databases

• Azure Storage account management
• Managed Disks optimization
• Azure SQL Database management
• Cosmos DB configuration
• Azure Cache for Redis

Security and IAM

• Azure AD and RBAC configuration
• Managed Identity setup
• Azure Key Vault operations
• Azure Policy management
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Infrastructure as Code

• ARM template development
• Bicep template creation
• Azure CLI deployment scripts
• Azure Resource Graph queries

DevOps Integration

• Azure DevOps pipelines
• Azure Container Registry
• Azure Repos integration
• Release management

Target Processes

• iac-implementation.js - Azure infrastructure provisioning
• kubernetes-setup.js - AKS cluster management
• cost-optimization.js - Azure cost analysis and optimization

Usage Context

This skill is invoked when processes require:

• Azure infrastructure provisioning
• AKS cluster setup and management
• Azure networking configuration
• Azure AD and RBAC design
• Azure cost optimization

Dependencies

• Azure CLI (az)
• Azure credentials/service principal
• Bicep CLI for Bicep projects
• kubectl for AKS operations

Output Formats

• Azure CLI commands and outputs
• ARM/Bicep templates
• Azure RBAC role assignments
• Cost analysis reports
• Architecture recommendations