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Microsoft's official Azure CLI (az) for managing VMs, storage, resource groups and other Azure resources, with JMESPath queries, table or JSON output and clear exit codes for scripting. Run az login first.

Microsoft's official Azure MCP: one server covering dozens of Azure services, including Storage, Cosmos DB, AKS, App Service, Key Vault and Monitor, so agents can query and manage cloud resources. Sign in to Azure first.

Microsoft's official skill collection: 170+ skills focused on Azure SDKs (Python, .NET, TypeScript, Java, Rust) and Microsoft Foundry development, plus plugins, custom agents and MCP configs. Microsoft recommends picking skills per project rather than installing them all.

Searches and reads official Microsoft Learn documentation and code samples for Azure, .NET and more, so agents give fewer outdated answers about Microsoft tech. Maintained by Microsoft; the remote server is free and needs no key.

Microsoft's official Azure skill set: deployment prep and validation, deployment, production diagnostics, AKS, quota lookup, compliance audits, cloud migration and Foundry; the plugin version also connects the Azure MCP Server. Needs an Azure account and az login.

Microsoft's official Azure plugin: bundles 20+ skills such as azure-prepare, azure-deploy, azure-diagnostics and azure-cost, and connects the Azure MCP and Foundry MCP to query resources, estimate costs, deploy and troubleshoot. Needs an Azure subscription and az login.

Microsoft's official skill: has the agent use Microsoft Learn docs to call Azure text and document translation, enforce glossaries, train Custom Translator models and troubleshoot quotas and errors. For localization teams building batch translation; needs an Azure account and Translator resource.