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Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Video Indexer APIs/widgets, live camera indexing, custom speech/brand models, or Azure OpenAI integrations, and other Azure AI Video Indexer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI services (use microsoft-foundry-tools), Azure AI Vision (use azure-ai-vision).
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Video Indexer. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
Ingests video/audio from files, URLs, RTSP/live feeds, desktop capture; indexes for visual/semantic search with timestamps/clips; transcodes, edits timelines (subtitles/overlays/dubbing), generates assets, live alerts.
Ingests video/audio from files, URLs, live streams, RTSP feeds, and desktop captures; builds visual/spoken indexes; searches with timestamps; edits timelines; adds subtitles/overlays; generates media and real-time alerts.
Ingests video/audio from files, URLs, RTSP/live feeds, desktop capture; indexes for visual/semantic search with timestamps/clips; transcodes, edits timelines (subtitles/overlays/dubbing), generates assets, enables real-time alerts.
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Video Indexer. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
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WebFetch tool if the Microsoft Learn MCP server is not available.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L31-L34 | Diagnosing and resolving issues when running Azure Video Indexer on Arc, including connectivity, deployment, configuration, and runtime troubleshooting steps. |
| Best Practices | L36-L42 | Guidance on using AI agents for live analysis, scaling Video Indexer, training custom speech models, and interpreting text-based emotion detection insights. |
| Decision Making | L44-L48 | Guidance on selecting the right Azure Video Indexer account type and designing multi-tenant setups, including isolation, scaling, and management strategies for multiple customers or apps. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L50-L53 | Guidance on architecting disaster recovery and failover for Azure Video Indexer, including redundancy, regional failover, backup, and high-availability design considerations. |
| Limits & Quotas | L55-L61 | Service limits, supported languages/capabilities, and how to use live camera indexing features like event summaries and viewing live recordings. |
| Security | L63-L74 | Securing Video Indexer: roles and access control, restricted/limited features, custom person models, NSGs/service tags, private endpoints, and firewall-protected storage best practices. |
| Configuration | L76-L92 | Configuring Video Indexer: custom models (brand, language, speech), transcripts and speakers, indexing/live presets, regions, monitoring, and advanced upload/search settings. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L94-L116 | Using Video Indexer APIs, widgets, and Logic Apps/Power Automate to extract, use, or redact insights (faces, objects, text, audio, topics) and integrate with Azure OpenAI. |
| Deployment | L118-L123 | Guides for deploying Azure Video Indexer using Arc extensions, ARM, and Bicep templates, including provisioning accounts and configuring infrastructure as code. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Troubleshoot Azure Video Indexer enabled by Arc | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/azure-video-indexer-enabled-by-arc-troubleshooting |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use AI agents for real-time Video Indexer analysis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/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 |
| Apply best practices for Video Indexer speech model training | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/speech-model-training-best-practices |
| Interpret text-based emotion detection insights in Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/text-based-emotions-detection-insight |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose between Azure Video Indexer account types | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/accounts-overview |
| Choose multi-tenant management strategies for Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/manage-multiple-tenants |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design disaster recovery and failover for Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-disaster-recovery |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Review Azure Video Indexer support matrix and service limits | 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 |
| Generate event summaries for live camera footage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-event-summary |
| View live camera recordings in Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-watch-recordings |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Enable Azure Video Indexer as an Arc extension | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/azure-video-indexer-enabled-by-arc-quickstart |
| Provision Azure Video Indexer with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-arm-template |
| Deploy Azure Video Indexer accounts using Bicep templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-bicep |