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 Cost Management (use azure-cost-management), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Policy (use azure-policy), Azure Security (use azure-security).
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-L46
Guidance for assessing workloads and applying Azure Advisor’s cost, performance, reliability, and operational excellence recommendations, including bulk fixes and cost savings calculations.
Decision Making
L47-L55
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
L56-L60
Advisor feature availability, limits, and differences when running in Azure sovereign clouds (e.g., Azure Government, China), including which recommendations are supported.
Security
L61-L65
Managing Azure Advisor permissions, roles, and RBAC settings so users and apps have appropriate access to Advisor recommendations and data
Configuration
L66-L75
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
L76-L80
Programmatic access to Advisor: querying recommendations via Azure Resource Graph and integrating Advisor MCP tools with AI/LLM clients for automated analysis and actions.
