Skill Store 33

Azure Artifact Signing

Expert knowledge for Azure Artifact Signing development including decision making, security, conf…

by microsoftdocs · MIT

The skill

Expert knowledge for Azure Artifact Signing development including decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when handling cert lifecycles, RBAC for signers, DGSSv2 migration, diagnostic logs, or CI/CD signing integration, and other Azure Artifact Signing related development tasks. Not for Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Artifacts (use azure-artifacts), Azure Information Protection (use azure-information-protection).

Azure Artifact Signing Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Artifact Signing. Covers decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. 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

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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
Decision Making L32-L37 Pricing and SKU selection for Azure Artifact Signing and guidance to migrate from DGSSv2, including plan changes and transition steps.
Security L38-L46 Managing Artifact Signing security: cert handling, identity validation lifecycle, RBAC roles/assignments, and signing Windows code integrity policies securely.
Configuration L47-L51 Configuring diagnostic settings for Artifact Signing, enabling and routing logs to destinations like Log Analytics, Storage, and Event Hubs for monitoring and analysis.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L52-L55 Configuring Artifact Signing with supported tools and workflows (e.g., CI/CD systems, package managers), including setup steps and patterns for integrating signing into build and release pipelines.

Decision Making

Topic URL
Choose and change Artifact Signing pricing SKUs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-change-sku
Migrate from DGSSv2 to Azure Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-device-guard-signing-service-migration

Security

Topic URL
Manage Azure Artifact Signing certificates securely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/concept-certificate-management
Understand Artifact Signing resources and RBAC roles https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/concept-resources-roles
Manage Artifact Signing identity validation lifecycle https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-renew-identity-validation
Sign Windows code integrity policies with Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-sign-ci-policy
Assign Azure RBAC roles for Artifact Signing access https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/tutorial-assign-roles

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure diagnostic settings and log routing for Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-sign-history

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Configure supported signing integrations for Artifact Signing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-signing-integrations

Use this skill

Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: microsoftdocs/azure-artifact-signing-2002517634.

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Details

Publisher
microsoftdocs
Category
Software Development › DevOps & cloud
License
MIT
Updated
2026-10-19

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