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Azure Enterprise Infra Planner

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Streamline Azure infrastructure planning and provisioning.

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Updated Aug 10, 2026
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What Azure Enterprise Infra Planner does

The Azure Enterprise Infra Planner skill is designed for cloud architects and platform engineers who need to efficiently plan and provision enterprise-level Azure infrastructure. This skill allows users to create detailed infrastructure plans based on workload descriptions, enabling them to architect landing zones, hub-spoke networks, and multi-region topologies. It focuses on critical aspects such as networking infrastructure, identity management, role-based access control (RBAC), and compliance, ensuring that all elements are aligned with best practices.

Users can generate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) directly in Bicep or Terraform formats, facilitating subscription-scope or multi-resource-group deployments. The skill encompasses a comprehensive workflow that guides users through seven key phases: extracting insights, researching best practices, generating plans, verifying details, and ultimately deploying the infrastructure. This structured approach ensures that all necessary considerations are accounted for before moving to implementation.

The skill also integrates with various MCP tools to provide insights about existing Azure environments, best practices, and relevant documentation from Microsoft Learn. This functionality helps users make informed decisions during the planning process. Additionally, the skill addresses common issues such as validation failures and pairing constraint violations, offering clear guidance on how to resolve them.

Overall, the Azure Enterprise Infra Planner is an essential tool for professionals looking to streamline their Azure infrastructure planning process, ensuring that deployments are efficient, compliant, and aligned with organizational goals.

When to use it

Use this skill when you need to architect Azure infrastructure based on specific workload requirements, ensuring compliance and best practices are followed.

When not to use it

This skill may not be suitable for simple or ad-hoc Azure deployments where detailed planning and infrastructure as code are not required.

What you can build with it

Architecting a Hub-Spoke Network

Use this skill to design a hub-spoke network topology, ensuring efficient resource management and connectivity.

Planning Disaster Recovery Solutions

Leverage the skill to create a multi-region disaster recovery plan, enhancing your application's resilience.

Generating Infrastructure as Code

Activate the skill to automatically generate Bicep or Terraform scripts for your Azure deployments, streamlining the provisioning process.

How to install Azure Enterprise Infra Planner

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1. Install with the skills CLI

npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills/azure-enterprise-infra-planner --agent claude-code

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Written by microsoft

Azure Enterprise Infra Planner

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when user wants to:

  • Plan enterprise Azure infrastructure from a workload or architecture description
  • Architect a landing zone, hub-spoke network, or multi-region topology
  • Design networking infrastructure: VNets, subnets, firewalls, private endpoints, VPN gateways
  • Plan identity, RBAC, and compliance-driven infrastructure
  • Generate Bicep or Terraform for subscription-scope or multi-resource-group deployments
  • Plan disaster recovery, failover, or cross-region high-availability topologies

Quick Reference

PropertyDetails
MCP toolsinsights_get, get_azure_bestpractices_get, wellarchitectedframework_serviceguide_get, microsoft_docs_fetch, microsoft_docs_search, bicepschema_get
CLI commandsaz deployment group create, az bicep build, az resource list, terraform init, terraform plan, terraform validate, terraform apply
Output schemaschema.md
Key referencesworkflow.md, waf-checklist.md, resources/, constraints/

Workflow (Start Here)

Follow the step-by-step instructions in workflow.md to execute the 7 phases of infrastructure planning and provisioning.

MCP Tools

ToolPurpose
insights_getRetrieve insights about the user's existing Azure environment to guide planning decisions
get_azure_bestpractices_getAzure best practices for code generation, operations, and deployment
wellarchitectedframework_serviceguide_getWAF service guide for a specific Azure service
microsoft_docs_searchSearch Microsoft Learn for relevant documentation chunks
microsoft_docs_fetchFetch full content of a Microsoft Learn page by URL
bicepschema_getBicep schema definition for any Azure resource type (latest API version)

Error Handling

ErrorCauseFix
MCP tool error or not availableTool call timeout, connection error, or tool doesn't existRetry once; fall back to reference files and notify user if unresolved
Plan approval missingmeta.status is not approvedStop and prompt user for approval before IaC generation or deployment
IaC validation failureaz bicep build or terraform validate returns errorsFix the generated code and re-validate; notify user if unresolved
Pairing constraint violationIncompatible SKU or resource combinationFix in plan before proceeding to IaC generation
Infra plan or IaC files not foundFiles written to wrong location or not createdVerify files exist at <project-root>/.azure/ and <project-root>/infra/; if missing, re-create the files by following workflow.md exactly

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