azure-advisor

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-L46	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	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	Setting up and customizing Azure Advisor: creating alerts (portal, ARM, Bicep), email digests, tag-based filtering, and using workbooks for monitoring and insights.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L76-L81	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
Apply Azure Advisor cost recommendations across services	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-reference-cost-recommendations
Apply Azure Advisor operational excellence recommendations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-reference-operational-excellence-recommendations
Leverage Azure Advisor performance recommendations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-reference-performance-recommendations
Apply Azure Advisor reliability recommendations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-reference-reliability-recommendations

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 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
Query Azure Advisor data with Resource Graph	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-azure-resource-graph
Integrate Azure Advisor MCP tools with AI clients	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-mcp-tools
Use Resource Graph sample queries for Azure Advisor data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/resource-graph-samples