Agent-Skills azure-large-instances

Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Epic SKUs, sizing volume groups, tuning EHR storage, or resolving Epic–ALI connectivity/perf issues, and other Azure Large Instances related development tasks. Not for Azure Baremetal Infrastructure (use azure-baremetal-infrastructure), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (use azure-vm-scalesets), Azure HPC Cache (use azure-hpc-cache).

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/azure-large-instances" ~/.claude/skills/microsoftdocs-agent-skills-azure-large-instances && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/azure-large-instances/SKILL.md

source content

Azure Large Instances Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Large Instances. Covers troubleshooting, limits & quotas, 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
Troubleshooting	L31-L35	Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Large Instances issues with Epic integration, including connectivity, performance, configuration, and operational error troubleshooting.
Limits & Quotas	L36-L40	Epic SKU capacity limits and quotas for Azure Large Instances, including supported sizes, scaling constraints, and resource availability per SKU.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L41-L44	Guidance for configuring, creating, and performance-tuning Epic EHR storage volume groups on Azure Large Instances, including layout, sizing, and best practices.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Resolve common Azure Large Instances Epic issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-large-instances/faq

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Review Azure Large Instances Epic SKU capacities	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-large-instances/workloads/epic/available-skus

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Create and tune Epic volume groups on Azure Large Instances	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-large-instances/workloads/epic/create-a-volume-group