azure-video-indexer

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name: azure-video-indexer
description: Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when indexing videos, using live camera analysis, calling Video Indexer APIs/widgets, or redacting faces, and other Azure AI Video Indexer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Vision (use azure-ai-vision), Azure AI Custom Vision (use azure-custom-vision), Azure AI Speech (use azure-speech), Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-05-17"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
---
# Azure AI Video Indexer Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Video Indexer. Covers best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. 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 |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| Best Practices | L35-L41 | Guidance on scaling Video Indexer, training custom speech models effectively, and designing disaster recovery and failover for resilient deployments. |
| Decision Making | L42-L47 | Guidance on selecting Azure Video Indexer account types and designing multi-tenant setups, including management, isolation, and scaling strategies. |
| Limits & Quotas | L48-L53 | Service limits, supported languages/capabilities, and how to use live camera indexing features like event summaries and viewing live recordings. |
| Security | L54-L63 | Security and access control for Video Indexer: roles/permissions, private endpoints, NSG service tags, firewall-protected storage, security baselines, and requesting access to restricted features. |
| Configuration | L64-L73 | Configuring Video Indexer behavior: OpenAI connections, indexing options, regions, upload settings, speaker editing, and monitoring/diagnostics metrics and logs. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L74-L81 | Using Video Indexer APIs, widgets, and low-code tools to call the service, embed insights, automate workflows, and programmatically redact faces in videos |
| Deployment | L82-L85 | How to deploy and configure Azure Video Indexer using ARM templates, including required resources, parameters, and automation steps for setting up the service. |

### Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Apply scale best practices for Azure Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/considerations-when-use-at-scale |
| Apply Video Indexer speech model training best practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/speech-model-training-best-practices |
| Implement disaster recovery and failover for Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-disaster-recovery |

### Decision Making
| 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 |

### Limits & Quotas
| 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 |

### Security
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Request access to limited Azure Video Indexer features | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/limited-access-features |
| Use NSG service tags with Azure Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/network-security |
| Configure private endpoints for Azure Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/private-endpoint-how-to |
| Manage Azure Video Indexer access with built-in roles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/restricted-viewer-role |
| Implement security baseline and best practices for Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/security-baseline-video-indexer |
| Secure Azure AI Video Indexer with firewall-protected storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/storage-behind-firewall |

### Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure Azure OpenAI connections for Video Indexer accounts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/connect-azure-open-ai-task |
| Edit speaker identities in Azure Video Indexer transcripts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-speakers |
| Configure indexing options for Azure Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/indexing-configuration-guide |
| Configure monitoring and diagnostics for Azure Video Indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer |
| Reference for Azure Video Indexer monitoring data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer-data-reference |
| Set Azure region parameters for Video Indexer APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/regions |

### Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Redact faces in videos using Video Indexer API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/face-redaction-with-api |
| Integrate Video Indexer with Logic Apps and Power Automate | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/logic-apps-connector-arm-accounts |
| Embed Azure Video Indexer widgets into applications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-embed-widgets |
| Call Azure AI Video Indexer APIs from applications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-use-apis |

### Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Deploy Azure Video Indexer with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-arm-template |