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Expert knowledge for Azure Quantum development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using QDK with Azure Quantum workspaces, IonQ/Quantinuum/Rigetti targets, QIR/OpenQASM jobs, or Resource Estimator, and other Azure Quantum related development tasks. Not for Azure HPC Cache (use azure-hpc-cache), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Databricks (use azure-databricks), Azure Machine Learning (use azure-machine-learning).

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Azure Quantum Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Quantum. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, 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

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  • 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 L37-L44 Troubleshooting Azure Quantum provider issues: diagnosing job failures and support/escalation policies and limits for IonQ, Quantinuum, and Rigetti hardware on Azure Quantum.
Best Practices L45-L49 Best practices for using QDK in VS Code with Copilot, optimizing large Q# programs via resource estimation, and systematically testing and debugging quantum code.
Decision Making L50-L56 Guidance on Azure Quantum costs, provider pricing and regions, workspace migration, choosing Q# dev tools, and planning quantum-safe cryptography with the resource estimator.
Architecture & Design Patterns L57-L61 Guidance on designing hybrid quantum-classical workflows in Azure Quantum, including architecture options, orchestration patterns, and when to offload tasks to quantum hardware.
Limits & Quotas L62-L68 Managing Azure Quantum quotas, job/session limits, timeouts, and Rigetti-specific hardware constraints and target capabilities.
Security L69-L79 Managing secure access to Azure Quantum workspaces: RBAC and access control, bulk user assignment, ARM locks, managed identities, service principals, and secure handling of access keys.
Configuration L80-L92 Configuring Azure Quantum workspaces, QDK tools, simulators, and hardware targets, plus setting up and customizing Quantum Resource Estimator models and outputs.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L93-L103 Integrating QDK with Azure Quantum: connecting workspaces, submitting Cirq/OpenQASM/QIR/Pulser jobs, building noise and application models, and running adaptive hybrid quantum workflows.
Deployment L104-L108 Deploying Azure Quantum workspaces with Bicep and running/submitting Q# quantum programs from VS Code to Azure Quantum backends

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Diagnose and resolve common Azure Quantum issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-common-issues
Support and escalation policy for IonQ on Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-ionq
Support policy for Quantinuum on Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-quantinuum
Support policy for Rigetti on Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-rigetti

Best Practices

Topic URL
Test and debug quantum programs with the Quantum Development Kit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/testing-debugging

Decision Making

Topic URL
Migrate Azure Quantum workspace data between regions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/migration-guide
Compare Azure Quantum provider pricing plans https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing
Check regional availability of Azure Quantum providers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-global-availability

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic URL
Choose hybrid quantum computing architectures in Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/hybrid-computing-overview

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Review and manage Azure Quantum usage quotas https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-quotas
Manage Azure Quantum sessions and avoid timeouts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-work-with-sessions
Rigetti provider targets and hardware limits in Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-rigetti

Security

Topic URL
Bulk assign Azure Quantum workspace access via CSV https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/bulk-add-users-to-a-workspace
Protect Azure Quantum resources with ARM locks https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-set-resource-locks
Share Azure Quantum workspace using RBAC roles https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-share-access-quantum-workspace
Configure Azure Quantum workspace access control https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/manage-workspace-access
Authenticate to Azure Quantum using managed identity https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/optimization-authenticate-managed-identity
Authenticate to Azure Quantum using service principals https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/optimization-authenticate-service-principal
Manage Azure Quantum workspace access keys securely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/security-manage-access-keys

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure Azure Quantum workspaces with Azure CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-with-the-azure-cli
Use the QDK neutral atom device visualizer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-use-neutral-atom-visualizer
Set up QDK VS Code extension and environment https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-overview-qdk
Install and configure QDK quantum simulators https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-qdk-quantum-simulators
Configure and use IonQ targets in Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-ionq
Configure hardware architecture models for the Quantum resource estimator https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-build-architecture-models
Define error correction and magic state models for resource estimation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-build-error-correction-models
Build custom application models for the Quantum resource estimator https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-custom-applications
Access and customize Quantum resource estimator output https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-estimation-results

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Connect to Azure Quantum workspace via qdk.azure https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-connect-workspace
Run integrated hybrid quantum jobs with Adaptive RI in Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/hybrid-computing-integrated
Run OpenQASM programs with the Quantum Development Kit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-openqasm-integration
Build noise models with QDK neutral atom simulators https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-simulator-noise-models
Create application models from quantum frameworks for resource estimation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-supported-applications
Submit Cirq circuits to Azure Quantum with QDK https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-cirq
Submit QIR, OpenQASM, and Pulser circuits to Azure Quantum https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-provider-format

Deployment

Topic URL
Deploy Azure Quantum workspaces using Bicep templates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-using-bicep
Submit and run Q# programs on Azure Quantum from VS Code https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-submit-jobs
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