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Azure Advisor

Expert knowledge for Azure Advisor development including best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing Advisor alerts, digests, recommendation states, Resource Graph queries, or RBAC access, and other Azure Advisor related development tasks. Not for Azure Cost Management (use azure-cost-management), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Policy (use azure-policy), Azure Security (use azure-security).

Source: /skills/azure-advisor/SKILL.md

Azure Advisor Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Advisor. Covers best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, 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

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

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
Best Practices L34-L42 Guidance on using Azure Advisor for Well-Architected assessments and bulk fixes to optimize cost, performance, reliability, and operational excellence across VMs and other services.
Decision Making L43-L51 Using Advisor workbooks and critical risk views to assess reliability, plan migrations, and estimate cost impact of Azure Advisor recommendations across key resources
Limits & Quotas L52-L56 Advisor feature availability, limits, and differences when running in Azure sovereign clouds (e.g., Azure Government, China), including which recommendations are supported.
Security L57-L61 Managing Azure Advisor permissions, roles, and RBAC settings so users and apps have appropriate access to Advisor recommendations and data
Configuration L62-L72 Configuring Azure Advisor alerts, digests, and recommendation states via portal, ARM/Bicep, tags, and workbooks to control how and when recommendations are delivered and viewed.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L73-L76 Querying Azure Advisor data via Resource Graph, using sample Kusto queries, and integrating Advisor MCP tools with AI/LLM clients for automated insights

Best Practices

Topic URL
Run Well-Architected assessments in Azure Advisor https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-assessments
Optimize VM and VMSS costs using Azure Advisor https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations
Calculate and export Azure Advisor cost savings https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-how-to-calculate-total-cost-savings
Improve high-usage VM performance with Azure Advisor https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-how-to-performance-resize-high-usage-vm-recommendations
Use Quick Fix for bulk remediation of Advisor recommendations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-quick-fix

Decision Making

Topic URL
Use Azure Advisor Critical Risks for key resources https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-critical-risks
Assess cost impact of Azure Advisor recommendations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-how-to-evaluate-cost-implications-of-recommendations
Analyze and optimize Azure costs with the Advisor workbook https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-workbook-cost-optimization
Evaluate application reliability using the Advisor workbook https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-workbook-reliability
Use Advisor Service Retirement workbook for migration planning https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-workbook-service-retirement

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Understand Azure Advisor feature limits in sovereign clouds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-sovereign-clouds

Security

Topic URL
Configure Azure Advisor roles and access control https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/permissions

Configuration

Topic URL
Create Azure Advisor alerts with ARM templates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-alerts-arm
Define Azure Advisor alert rules using Bicep https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-alerts-bicep
Configure Azure Advisor alerts in the Azure portal https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-alerts-portal
Configure Azure Advisor recommendation state management https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-azure-state-management
Configure periodic Azure Advisor recommendation digests https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-recommendations-digest
Filter Azure Advisor recommendations by resource tags https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-tag-filtering
Use Azure Advisor workbook templates for insights https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-workbooks

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Integrate Azure Advisor MCP tools with AI clients https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-mcp-tools