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Azure Route Server

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 NVA topologies, configuring BGP peers/route maps, tuning routing prefs, or fixing BGP issues, and other Azure Route Server related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).

Source: /skills/azure-route-server/SKILL.md

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 fixing common Azure Route Server connectivity problems, including BGP peering issues, route propagation, and troubleshooting steps/logs.
Best Practices L39-L44 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 L45-L58 Designing Azure Route Server network topologies, including hub-spoke, anycast, multi-region, NVA next-hop, and using route maps for route injection, filtering, AS path prepending, and BGP 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 Configuring least-privilege RBAC roles and secure deployment practices for Azure Route Server, including access control, hardening, and compliance-focused settings.
Configuration L70-L75 Configuring Route Server BGP (peers, policies, route maps), monitoring with Azure Monitor metrics, and managing route selection/filtering via portal and PowerShell.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Troubleshoot common Azure Route Server connectivity 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
Configure path selection and routing policies in Route Server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/path-selection

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic URL
Implement dual-homed hub-and-spoke with 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 using 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
Use Route Server for route injection in spokes 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 configuration for 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 via portal and PowerShell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-how-to