Azure Cloud Migrate (Azure Skills) skill

Microsoft skill that assesses AWS, GCP and Heroku workloads and converts them to Azure Functions, App Service or Container Apps.

Our verdict Recommended

The only skill in this set aimed at cross-cloud moves, with an assessment-first process and per-source guides.

What the azure-cloud-migrate skill does

azure-cloud-migrate handles assessment and code migration for workloads coming from other clouds. SKILL.md lists scenarios: AWS Lambda to Azure Functions, Elastic Beanstalk, Heroku and Google App Engine to App Service, and Fargate, Kubernetes (GKE, EKS or self-hosted), Cloud Run and Spring Boot to Container Apps. Its rules force phases in order: write an assessment before any code change, load the scenario reference, use the Azure best-practices and documentation MCP tools, target the latest supported runtime, ask before destructive actions, and report progress during long deployments. One rule is specific and useful: scan source for hardcoded Kubernetes-style hostnames, because those DNS names do not resolve in Container Apps, and flag them for environment-variable injection. The folder has 31 files: assessment, code-migration and deployment guides per scenario, runtime notes for C#, Java, JavaScript, PowerShell, Python and TypeScript, and a workflow-details file. All files are markdown; the actual deployment is handed to other Azure skills.

Good for

  • Moving Lambda functions, Heroku apps or Fargate services to Azure with a written assessment first
  • Spring Boot or Kubernetes services heading to Container Apps

Not for

  • Azure-to-Azure refactors
  • Migrating databases or data (the skill focuses on compute and code)

Depth 3/5

4.4 KB SKILL.md plus 30 scenario guides and runtime notes; no scripts or evals.

Dependencies and costs

  • Azure account or subscription
  • Azure CLI signed in with az login
  • Azure MCP Server (installed with the plugin; needs Node.js 18+ for npx)
  • Read access to the source workload's code and configuration
  • Azure Developer CLI for follow-on deployment
  • Telemetry: The skill files contain no telemetry code. The Azure MCP Server that the plugin wires in has its own telemetry; the repo README says to disable it with AZURE_MCP_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=false.

Security review

Review before installing

Documentation-only skill (31 files) that assesses and converts workloads from AWS, Google Cloud, Heroku and Spring Boot to Azure services, including creating Azure resources through az. It reads your source code and configuration to plan the migration and recommends Key Vault and managed identity instead of embedded secrets.

Worth knowing

  • Relies on a CLI or package we could not reviewUses Azure MCP tools and, in the deployment guides, az, gcloud, docker and kubectl to migrate AWS, Google Cloud and Heroku workloads..github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-cloud-migrate/SKILL.md:19
  • Makes network requestsGuides curl the migrated app's own /health endpoint to verify the deployment..github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-cloud-migrate/references/services/container-apps/cloudrun-deployment-guide.md:194

What we checked

The skill folder (31 files) on Oct 29, 2026. Not a full review: it relies on code outside the repository: Azure CLI (az) and the az extensions it installs on demand; not part of the files we have; Azure MCP Server, started by the plugin through npx; its configuration sits outside this skill folder; gcloud, docker and kubectl used by the deployment guides.

NVIDIA SkillSpector static scan: 11 pattern hits (MCP Rug Pull 4, analysis-evasion 2, Privilege Escalation 2, Prompt Injection 2, Excessive Agency 1). 11 hits, none executable: incomplete-artifact notes about partly-read references, a '.azure/' path mention, and MCP-tool wording. The two curl lines are health checks against the user's deployed app.

A review, not a certification. Skills change after we check them — read the files before installing.

License

MIT (declared in the SKILL.md frontmatter); the repo is a mirror synced from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure and has no top-level LICENSE file in our copy. Commercial use allowed under MIT.

Can it run unattended?

Not really. Phases are sequential with user confirmation for destructive steps and deployments, so it is supervised work.

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FAQ

What does azure-cloud-migrate do?

It assesses an existing workload on AWS, Google Cloud or Heroku, produces a report, converts the code, and prepares it for Azure Functions, App Service or Container Apps.

Which migrations are supported?

Lambda to Functions; Elastic Beanstalk, Heroku and App Engine to App Service; and Fargate, Kubernetes, Cloud Run and Spring Boot to Container Apps.

Does it migrate data or databases?

The scenario guides focus on compute workloads and code conversion. They do not describe moving databases or storage contents.

How do I install azure-cloud-migrate?

Install Microsoft's Azure plugin: /plugin install azure@claude-plugins-official in Claude Code, or add microsoft/azure-skills to the Codex marketplace.

Sources: GitHub repository; install counts from skills.sh via Best Skills (CC BY 4.0). Review based on the published SKILL.md.