# Azure Service Health

> Expert knowledge for Azure Service Health development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Service Health alerts, ARM/Bicep deployments, Resource Graph queries, webhooks, or ITSM integrations, and other Azure Service Health related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Quotas (use azure-quotas).

- Skill: `majiayu000/azure-service-health` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/azure-service-health`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/azure-service-health/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/azure-service-health

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# Azure Service Health Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Service Health. Covers troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, configuration, 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](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

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 | Understanding VM Resource Health annotations, causes of degraded/unavailable states, and step-by-step troubleshooting for underlying Azure infrastructure issues |
| Limits & Quotas | L39-L43 | Details on how long Azure Service Health notifications are kept, their lifecycle stages, and retention behavior for different event types |
| Security | L44-L52 | Managing access and roles for Azure Service Health security data: tenant vs subscription admin permissions, RBAC, and how to view and interpret security advisories and health history. |
| Configuration | L53-L62 | Configuring Azure/Resource Health alerts via ARM, Bicep, and PowerShell, plus using Azure Resource Graph tables and queries to retrieve and automate Service Health data |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L63-L73 | Using APIs, Resource Graph, webhooks, and integrations (OpsGenie, PagerDuty, ServiceNow) to query, route, and automate Azure Service Health and Security advisory alerts. |
| Deployment | L74-L77 | Using Azure Policy to create, configure, and manage Service Health alert rules at scale across subscriptions and resource groups |

### Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Interpret VM Resource Health annotations and troubleshoot issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-vm-annotation |

### Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Understand lifecycle and retention of Service Health notifications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-notification-transitions |

### Security
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Understand tenant admin roles for Service Health access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/admin-access-reference |
| Use Health history and RBAC for Azure Service Health | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/health-history-overview |
| Configure subscription access for Azure Security advisories | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/security-advisories-add-subscription |
| Access and interpret Azure Service Health security advisories | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/security-advisories-elevated-access |
| Configure subscription vs tenant admin access in Service Health | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/subscription-vs-tenant |

### Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Define Service Health alerts using ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-arm |
| Configure Service Health activity log alerts with Bicep | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/alerts-activity-log-service-notifications-bicep |
| Understand Azure Resource Graph tables for Service Health | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/azure-resource-graph-overview |
| Use Azure Resource Graph queries for Service Health data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-graph-samples |
| Create Resource Health alert rules using ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-arm-template-guide |
| Programmatically create Resource Health alerts with PowerShell and ARM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-health-alert-powershell-template |

### Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Access Azure Security advisories via API endpoint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/access-service-advisories-api |
| Run Azure Resource Graph queries for Resource Health | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-graph-health-samples |
| Query Azure Service Health impacted resources with ARG | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/resource-graph-impacted-samples |
| Integrate Azure Service Health alerts via webhooks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-guide |
| Forward Azure Service Health alerts to OpsGenie | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-opsgenie |
| Configure PagerDuty integration for Azure Service Health alerts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-pagerduty |
| Send Azure Service Health alerts to ServiceNow | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-webhook-servicenow |

### Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Deploy Service Health alert rules at scale using Azure Policy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-health/service-health-alert-deploy-policy |