Azure AI Video Indexer Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Video Indexer. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, 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	L36-L40	Diagnosing and resolving Azure Video Indexer Arc connectivity, firewall, and streaming issues, including network checks, configuration validation, and common error troubleshooting.
Best Practices	L41-L50	Best practices for scaling, customizing models (brands, language, speech), using AI agents for real-time insights, and designing disaster recovery/failover for Azure Video Indexer.
Decision Making	L51-L58	Guidance on cost planning, live AI insight selection vs custom models, camera analytics choices, and multi-tenant management strategies for Azure AI Video Indexer.
Limits & Quotas	L59-L66	Limits, quotas, formats, and language support for Video Indexer, plus how to configure, monitor, and summarize live camera recording durations and events.
Security	L67-L76	Securing Video Indexer: roles and access control, private endpoints, NSG service tags, firewall-protected storage, limited feature access, and security baselines/best practices.
Configuration	L77-L88	Configuring Video Indexer behavior: live AI insights, OpenAI integration, indexing options, regions, monitoring/diagnostics data, speaker identities, and text summarization settings.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L89-L95	Using Video Indexer APIs, widgets, and low-code tools to call the service, embed insights, automate workflows, and programmatically redact faces in videos
Deployment	L96-L99	How to deploy and configure Azure Video Indexer using ARM templates, including required resources, parameters, and automation steps for setting up the service.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Diagnose Azure Video Indexer Arc connectivity and streaming issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/azure-video-indexer-enabled-by-arc-troubleshooting

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply AI agents for real-time video insights	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/agents-overview
Apply scale best practices for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/considerations-when-use-at-scale
Customize brand detection models in Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-brands-model-how-to
Customize Azure Video Indexer language models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-language-model-how-to
Apply Video Indexer speech model training best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/speech-model-training-best-practices
Implement disaster recovery and failover for Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-disaster-recovery

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Plan and estimate costs for Video Indexer Arc	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/cost-management
Choose and apply live AI insights to cameras	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/live-ai-insights-catalog
Decide when to create custom live AI insights	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/live-custom-insights-overview
Choose multi-tenant management strategies for Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/manage-multiple-tenants

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Generate event summaries from camera recordings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/live-event-summary
View and manage live camera recording durations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/live-watch-recordings
Azure Video Indexer formats, limits, and service quotas	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/avi-support-matrix
Check language support and capabilities in Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/language-support

Security

Topic	URL
Request access to limited Azure Video Indexer features	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/limited-access-features
Use NSG service tags with Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/network-security
Configure private endpoints for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/private-endpoint-how-to
Configure Azure AI Video Indexer access roles	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/restricted-viewer-role
Implement security baseline and best practices for Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/security-baseline-video-indexer
Secure Azure AI Video Indexer with firewall-protected storage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/storage-behind-firewall

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure custom live AI insights in Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/live-custom-insights-create
Configure Azure Video Indexer with Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/connect-azure-open-ai-task
Edit speaker identities in Azure Video Indexer transcripts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-speakers
Configure Azure AI Video Indexer indexing options	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/indexing-configuration-guide
Configure monitoring and diagnostics for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer
Reference for Azure Video Indexer monitoring data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer-data-reference
Set Azure region parameters for Video Indexer APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/regions
Configure textual summarization with Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/text-summarization-task

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Redact faces in videos using Video Indexer API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/face-redaction-with-api
Integrate Video Indexer with Logic Apps and Power Automate	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/logic-apps-connector-arm-accounts
Embed Azure Video Indexer widgets into applications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-embed-widgets

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Azure Video Indexer with ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-arm-template

Azure Video Indexer