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name: azure-metrics-advisor
description: Expert knowledge for Azure AI Metrics Advisor development including decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring data feeds, tuning anomaly detection, managing alerts/hooks, or calling Metrics Advisor REST/SDKs, and other Azure AI Metrics Advisor related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Anomaly Detector (use azure-anomaly-detector), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Stream Analytics (use azure-stream-analytics).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
generated_at: "2026-06-14"
generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
---
# Azure AI Metrics Advisor Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Metrics Advisor. Covers 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](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)
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 | L33-L37 | Guidance on estimating, controlling, and optimizing Metrics Advisor costs and usage, including pricing factors, quotas, and cost-management best practices. |
| Limits & Quotas | L38-L42 | Service limits for Metrics Advisor: max metrics, dimensions, alerts, data ingestion rates, detection constraints, and guidance on scaling within quotas. |
| Security | L43-L48 | Configuring Metrics Advisor security: data encryption, auth options (keys, AAD), and creating/managing secure credential entities for data sources and monitoring. |
| Configuration | L49-L53 | 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 | L54-L58 | 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 and usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/cost-management |
### Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Understand Metrics Advisor limits and constraints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/faq |
### Security
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure encryption and authentication for Metrics Advisor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/encryption |
| Create and manage Metrics Advisor credential entities securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/metrics-advisor/how-tos/credential-entity |
### Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| 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 |