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Azure Confidential Ledger

Expert knowledge for Azure Confidential Ledger development including troubleshooting, decision making, security, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring ACL auth/attestation, integrating with Blob/Cosmos, using MST payloads, or deploying via ARM/Terraform, and other Azure Confidential Ledger related development tasks. Not for Azure Confidential Computing (use azure-confidential-computing), Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Payment Hsm (use azure-payment-hsm).

Source: /skills/azure-confidential-ledger/SKILL.md

Azure Confidential Ledger Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Confidential Ledger. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, security, 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 L33-L38 Diagnosing and resolving Microsoft Signing Transparency (MST) ledger verification issues, plus steps to verify ledger integrity and inspect individual ledger entries.
Decision Making L39-L44 Choosing between ACL Explorer tools for viewing/querying ledgers, and guidance on migrating applications and data from Managed CCF to Azure Confidential Ledger
Security L45-L57 Auth, attestation, identity, and access control for Confidential Ledger: Entra ID setup, app registration, RBAC, cert-based users, client certs, node quote verification, and deployment security.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L58-L67 Patterns and examples for integrating ACL with Blob Storage, Power Automate, Cosmos DB, organizing ledger data, designing MST payloads/claims, and writing JavaScript user-defined functions.
Deployment L68-L72 How to deploy and provision Azure Confidential Ledger instances using ARM templates or Terraform, including required parameters and configuration steps.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Troubleshoot Microsoft’s Signing Transparency Ledger verification issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/microsoft-signing-transparency-troubleshoot
Verify MST ledger integrity and inspect entries https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/microsoft-signing-transparency-verify-signatures

Decision Making

Topic URL
Choose between Azure Confidential Ledger Explorer tools https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/ledger-explorer-concepts
Migrate from Managed CCF to Azure Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/managed-confidential-consortium-framework-migration

Security

Topic URL
Authenticate and attest Azure Confidential Ledger nodes securely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/authenticate-ledger-nodes
Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure confidential ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/authentication-azure-ad
Create and configure client certificates for Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/create-client-certificate
Manage Entra token-based users and roles in Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/manage-azure-ad-token-based-users
Manage certificate-based users and roles in Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/manage-certificate-based-users
Register Confidential Ledger applications in Microsoft Entra ID https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/register-application
Secure Azure Confidential Ledger deployments and access https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/secure-confidential-ledger
Implement advanced UDFs with RBAC in Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/user-defined-endpoints
Verify node quotes and establish trust in Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/verify-node-quotes

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Integrate Blob Storage digests with Azure Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/create-blob-managed-app
Integrate Azure confidential ledger with Power Automate and Cosmos DB https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/create-power-automate-workflow
Organize and access data in Azure confidential ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/data-organization
Design MST payloads, claims, and auditing workflows https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/microsoft-signing-transparency-usage
Run user-defined functions in Azure Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/server-side-programming
Create simple JavaScript UDFs in Confidential Ledger https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/user-defined-functions

Deployment

Topic URL
Deploy Azure Confidential Ledger via ARM template https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/quickstart-template
Provision Azure Confidential Ledger using Terraform https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-ledger/quickstart-terraform