Azure AI Metrics Advisor Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Metrics Advisor. Covers decision making, 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
Decision Making	L32-L36	Guidance on estimating, optimizing, and controlling Azure Metrics Advisor costs, including pricing concepts, cost drivers, and budgeting/management best practices.
Security	L37-L42	Configuring Metrics Advisor security: encrypting data at rest with customer-managed keys and creating/using secure credential entities for data source access.
Configuration	L43-L48	Setting up Metrics Advisor: configuring alert hooks (email/webhook), alerting rules, data feed and detection settings, and tuning anomaly detection behavior for your instance.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L49-L54	Connecting Metrics Advisor to various data sources, crafting valid ingestion queries, and using its REST API/SDKs to integrate anomaly detection into applications

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Plan and manage Azure Metrics Advisor costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/cost-management

Security

Topic	URL
Configure data-at-rest encryption for Metrics Advisor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/encryption
Create secure credential entities for Metrics Advisor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/how-tos/credential-entity

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Metrics Advisor alert hooks and rules	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/how-tos/alerts
Configure Metrics Advisor instance and detection settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/how-tos/configure-metrics

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Connect diverse data sources to Metrics Advisor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/data-feeds-from-different-sources
Use Metrics Advisor REST API and client SDKs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/quickstarts/rest-api-and-client-library
Write valid data ingestion queries for Metrics Advisor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/tutorials/write-a-valid-query