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azure-dev-box

Expert knowledge for Azure Dev Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing Dev Box images, region moves, networking/policies, RBAC/SSO, or VS Code dev tunnel workflows, and other Azure Dev Box related development tasks. Not for Azure DevTest Labs (use azure-devtest-labs), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Desktop (use azure-virtual-desktop), Azure Lab Services (use azure-lab-services).

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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Dev Box. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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Azure Dev Box Skill

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IMPORTANT for Agent: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use read_file with specific line ranges (e.g., L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content. Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch to retrieve full articles.

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Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L29-L36	Diagnosing and fixing Dev Box connectivity/RDP issues, stale or inaccessible boxes, using Troubleshoot and Repair, and monitoring Dev Box health with Azure Monitor logs.
Best Practices	L38-L42	Guidance on building efficient Dev Box images, including structuring image definitions and pre-warming Visual Studio caches to speed up developer environments.
Limits & Quotas	L44-L48	Managing Dev Box capacity: requesting quota/core limit increases and configuring per-user Dev Box limits to control usage and costs.
Security	L50-L60	Securing Dev Box access and sessions: RBAC planning, API auth, conditional access/Intune, Key Vault/service principals, endpoint privilege management, and Windows SSO configuration
Configuration	L62-L88	Configuring Dev Box environments: networking, images, catalogs, policies, schedules (stop/hibernate/auto-delete), provisioning templates, and monitoring logs/metrics.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L90-L93	Using VS Code dev tunnels to securely connect to Azure Dev Box, including setup, authentication, and remote development workflow configuration.
Deployment	L95-L99	Planning and rolling out Dev Box environments, including architecture and configuration, plus guidance for moving Dev Box pools and individual boxes between Azure regions.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Step-by-step guide to Dev Box connectivity issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-resolve-dev-box-connectivity-issues
Fix stale or inaccessible Dev Boxes in Task view	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-dev-box-task-view
Troubleshoot known Dev Box connectivity problems	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-remote-desktop-connectivity
Use Troubleshoot and Repair for Dev Box RDC issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-repair-dev-box
Monitor Dev Box with Azure Monitor diagnostic logs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/monitor-dev-box

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Best practices for authoring Dev Box image definitions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/concept-authoring-troubleshooting-guide-team-customizations
Pre-generate Visual Studio caches in Dev Box images	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-generate-visual-studio-caches

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Request Dev Box quota and core limit increases	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-request-quota-increase
Set per-user Dev Box limits to control costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/tutorial-dev-box-limits

Security

Topic	URL
Plan Azure RBAC roles for Dev Box deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/concept-dev-box-role-based-access-control
Authenticate to Dev Box REST APIs with Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-authenticate
Secure Dev Box tunnels with conditional access policies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-conditional-access-dev-tunnels-service
Configure Intune Conditional Access for Dev Box	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-intune-conditional-access-policies
Secure Dev Box customizations with Key Vault and service principals	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository
Set up Intune Endpoint Privilege Management for Dev Box	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-elevate-privilege-dev-box
Enable single sign-on to Windows on Dev Boxes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-enable-single-sign-on
Assign Dev Box RBAC roles for project access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-manage-dev-box-access

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure networking requirements for Microsoft Dev Box	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/concept-dev-box-network-requirements
Configure Dev Box auto-delete for unused environments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-auto-delete-dev-box
Attach and configure Azure Compute Gallery for Dev Box	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-azure-compute-gallery
Add and manage Dev Box catalogs for image definitions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-catalog
Configure Dev Box customization task catalogs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-customization-tasks
Configure Dev Box hibernation and schedules	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-dev-box-hibernation
Configure imaging pipeline for Dev Box team customizations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-dev-center-imaging
Configure Dev Box network connections and VNets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-network-connections
Configure Dev Box project policies for governance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-project-policy
Set stop-on-disconnect timeout for Dev Boxes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-stop-on-disconnect
Configure Dev Box pool autostop schedules	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-stop-schedule
Author Dev Box image definition files for team customizations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-team-customizations
Create and upload Dev Box user customization files	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-configure-user-customizations
Configure virtual switches and networking in Dev Box	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-connect-dev-box-virtual-switch
Build custom Dev Box images with Azure VM Image Builder	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-customize-devbox-azure-image-builder
Define and manage Dev Box definitions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-manage-dev-box-definitions
Configure and manage Dev Box pools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-manage-dev-box-pools
Manage Microsoft Dev Box projects and pools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-manage-dev-box-projects
Create and manage Dev Box dev centers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-manage-dev-center
Reference for Dev Box monitoring logs and metrics	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/monitor-dev-box-reference
Provision Dev Box using ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/quickstart-configure-dev-box-arm-template
Configure core Microsoft Dev Box resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/quickstart-configure-dev-box-service
Configure Dev Box resources with Get Started template	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/quickstart-get-started-template
Reference schema for Dev Box imagedefinition.yaml and task.yaml	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/reference-dev-box-customizations

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Connect to Dev Box from VS Code using dev tunnels	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-set-up-dev-tunnels

Deployment

Topic	URL
Plan and implement a Microsoft Dev Box deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/concept-dev-box-deployment-guide
Move Dev Box pools and boxes between regions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-move-dev-box-pool-region