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azure-video-indexer

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).

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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

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
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Overall Score

72/100

Grade

B

Good

Safety

85

Quality

68

Clarity

78

Completeness

62

Summary

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Video Indexer development, covering best practices, decision-making frameworks, limits, security, configuration, integrations, and deployment. It functions as a curated knowledge reference that directs agents to Microsoft Learn documentation via structured categories and external documentation fetching.

Detected Capabilities

network accessremote documentation fetchingcode guidance and patternssecurity referenceAPI integration guidance

Trigger Keywords

Phrases that MCP clients use to match this skill to user intent.

video indexing apiazure video indexer setupface redaction videovideo analysis deploymentvideo indexer integrationazure video scale

Risk Signals

INFO

Remote documentation fetching via mcp_microsoftdocs and fetch_webpage

Compatibility and usage sections
INFO

External URLs to learn.microsoft.com referenced throughout

Category Index tables
INFO

No file-write or destructive operations

Entire skill content

Referenced Domains

External domains referenced in skill content, detected by static analysis.

github.comlearn.microsoft.com

Use Cases

  • Index and analyze videos using Azure Video Indexer APIs
  • Design multi-tenant Video Indexer deployments and account strategies
  • Configure security, access controls, and private endpoints for Video Indexer
  • Integrate Video Indexer with Logic Apps, Power Automate, and custom applications
  • Redact faces and sensitive content from video using Video Indexer APIs
  • Deploy and manage Azure Video Indexer infrastructure with ARM templates
  • Optimize video indexing at scale with best practices and disaster recovery

Quality Notes

  • Strength: Well-organized category index with line ranges and clear descriptions helps agents locate relevant sections efficiently
  • Strength: Dual fallback strategy (mcp_microsoftdocs preferred, fetch_webpage fallback) ensures robustness
  • Strength: Explicit agent instructions for using the skill (reading files by line range, interpreting generated_at metadata)
  • Strength: Comprehensive coverage of decision-making, security, and deployment topics with authoritative Microsoft Learn references
  • Weakness: Skill content is primarily a curated index—actual guidance resides in external documentation, limiting self-contained utility
  • Weakness: No edge case handling documented (e.g., network failures, stale documentation, API deprecation)
  • Weakness: No examples of actual API calls, code patterns, or configuration snippets—guidance is reference-only
  • Weakness: Metadata 'generated_at' field lacks update frequency guidance; age detection rule (3 months) is arbitrary and not explained
Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001Analyzed: Jun 26, 2026

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