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Azure Data Share

Expert knowledge for Azure Data Share development including troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when estimating Data Share costs, securing invitations, fixing share errors, configuring datasets, or deploying across regions, and other Azure Data Share related development tasks. Not for Azure Data Box (use azure-data-box-family), Azure Data Explorer (use azure-data-explorer), Azure Data Factory (use azure-data-factory), Azure Open Datasets (use azure-open-datasets).

Source: /skills/azure-data-share/SKILL.md

Azure Data Share Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Data Share. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, 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

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 L33-L37 Diagnosing and fixing Azure Data Share invitation issues, common error codes/messages, permission and configuration problems when sending or accepting shares
Decision Making L38-L42 Guidance on estimating Azure Data Share costs, understanding pricing factors (shares, snapshots, storage), and planning budgets for data sharing scenarios.
Security L43-L49 Managing access and security for Data Share: RBAC roles, permissions, invitations/recipients, and configuring security controls for shared datasets.
Configuration L50-L62 How to set up and manage Azure Data Share: add datasets, configure mappings and storage (SQL, Synapse, Blob, Data Lake), enable monitoring, and deploy via PowerShell, ARM, or Bicep.
Deployment L63-L67 Guides for deploying Azure Data Share across regions, including disaster recovery setup, regional failover, and moving Data Share accounts between Azure regions.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Troubleshoot invitations and errors in Azure Data Share https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/data-share-troubleshoot

Decision Making

Topic URL
Estimate and plan Azure Data Share pricing https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/concepts-pricing

Security

Topic URL
Assign roles and permissions for Azure Data Share https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/concepts-roles-permissions
Configure recipients and invitations in Azure Data Share https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/how-to-add-recipients
Apply security controls for Azure Data Share https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/security

Configuration

Topic URL
Add datasets to existing Azure Data Shares https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/how-to-add-datasets
Configure dataset mappings for received Azure Data Shares https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/how-to-configure-mapping
Configure Data Share with Azure SQL and Synapse https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/how-to-share-from-sql
Configure Data Share with Blob and Data Lake Storage https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/how-to-share-from-storage
Configure monitoring for Azure Data Share with Azure Monitor https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/monitor-data-share
Reference metrics and logs for Azure Data Share monitoring https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/monitor-data-share-reference
Use PowerShell scripts to manage Azure Data Share https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/samples-powershell
Configure Azure Data Share using ARM templates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/share-your-data-arm
Define Azure Data Share with Bicep templates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/share-your-data-bicep

Deployment

Topic URL
Set up disaster recovery for Azure Data Share https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/disaster-recovery
Move Azure Data Share accounts to another region https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-share/move-to-new-region