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Azure Compute Skill

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Usage

npx agentskillsforall add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-compute

Run this command from your project root, then ask your AI assistant to use SKILL.md.

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Documentation

Full skill reference (SKILL.md). For more implementation detail, see the Playbook and Advanced patterns tabs.

Azure Compute Skill

Routes Azure VM and Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) requests to the right workflow.

When to Use This Skill

  • User wants to recommend, compare, or price a VM or VMSS
  • User wants to create, provision, or deploy a VM or VMSS
  • User can't connect to a VM (RDP / SSH / port refused / black screen / password reset)
  • User asks about Capacity Reservation Groups (CRG) — reserve, guarantee capacity, pre-provision
  • User asks about Essential Machine Management (EMM) — machine enrollment, monitor

Disambiguate with azure-prepare: if the user wants to deploy an application (Docker service, web app, API, serverless workload), route to azure-prepare. vm-creator is for bare VM/VMSS infrastructure only.

Routing

Azure compute intent?
├── Recommend / compare / price a VM or VMSS         → VM Recommender
├── Create / provision / deploy a VM or VMSS         → VM Creator
├── Can't connect / RDP / SSH / port refused         → VM Troubleshooter
├── Reserve / guarantee capacity (CRG)               → Capacity Reservation
├── Machine enrollment / Essential Machine Management → Essential Machine Management
└── Unclear                                          → Ask which of the above

Routing rule: read the matched workflow file before any reference file. The workflow owns the step-by-step guidance; references are looked up on demand.

Workflows

WorkflowFileUse when
VM Recommendervm-recommender.mdUser asks which VM/VMSS to choose, wants pricing, or wants to compare options
VM Creatorvm-creator.mdUser wants to provision a bare VM or VMSS (not an app deployment)
VM Troubleshootervm-troubleshooter.mdUser can't connect, RDP/SSH refused, black screen, needs password reset
Capacity Reservationcapacity-reservation.mdUser needs to reserve / guarantee VM capacity (CRG create / associate / disassociate)
Essential Machine Managementessential-machine-management.mdUser asks about EMM / machine enrollment / monitor