azure-vmware-solution

What this skill does

# Azure VMware Solution Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure VMware Solution. 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

> **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 |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L43 | Diagnosing and fixing AVS issues: known platform problems and workarounds, deployment failures, and disaster recovery errors for Azure VMware Solution VMs. |
| Best Practices | L44-L50 | Guidance on securing and safely operating AVS private clouds, plus tuning NSX/HCX scale and performance for efficient, reliable VMware workload migrations. |
| Decision Making | L51-L63 | Guidance on choosing AVS-related options: API Management SKUs, backup and storage, migration approaches, licensing, cross-region moves, reserved instances, and VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L64-L76 | Network, storage, and private cloud design for AVS: hub-spoke patterns, vSAN/stretched clusters, Horizon and GitHub Enterprise sizing, Cloud Director networking, and Gen 2 architecture. |
| Limits & Quotas | L77-L89 | AVS capacity, host/cluster/vSAN limits, routing constraints, required ports, and how to plan, request quota, deploy, and scale private clouds within platform limits. |
| Security | L90-L106 | Securing AVS: identity/access control, Defender for Cloud, vSAN CMK encryption, LDAP/vCenter identity, Trusted Launch/vTPM, NSX Edge internet, ESU, app protection, credential rotation, and best practices. |
| Configuration | L107-L143 | Configuring Azure VMware Solution environments: networking, storage, backup, monitoring, DNS, HCX, vSAN, Cloud Director, Arc/Run Command, and related integration and high availability settings. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L144-L155 | Patterns for integrating AVS with Azure services: storage (Pure, NetApp), backup, monitoring/logs, HCX internet, VPN/Virtual WAN, and automation via Run Command/Logic Apps. |
| Deployment | L156-L166 | Guides for planning and deploying AVS for production, including Horizon/Citrix VDI, JetStream DR, VMware Cloud Director, and migrating SQL (Always On, FCI, standalone) to Azure VMware Solution. |

### Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Resolve Azure VMware Solution known issues and workarounds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-known-issues |
| Resolve disaster recovery issues for AVS VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-disaster-recovery-vms |
| Troubleshoot Azure VMware Solution deployment failures | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/fix-deployment-failures |

### Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Optimize NSX performance for HCX migrations in Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-nsx-scale-and-performance-recommendations-for-vmware-hcx |
| Maintain Azure VMware Solution private clouds safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-private-cloud-maintenance |
| Optimize NSX scale and performance for HCX migrations in Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vmware-hcx-mon-guidance |

### Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Choose API Management SKUs for Azure VMware workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-identity |
| Select backup solutions for Azure VMware Solution VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-back-up-vms |
| Choose external storage options for Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-external-storage-solutions |
| Evaluate migration solutions for AVS virtual machines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-migration-vms |
| Choose and Apply Licensing for SQL and Windows on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/license-sql-windows-in-avs |
| Plan and execute workload migration between AVS private clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/migrate-between-private-clouds |
| Plan and migrate Azure VMware Solution across regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/move-azure-vmware-solution-across-regions |
| Decide and purchase Azure VMware reserved instances | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/reserved-instance |
| Use portable VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability |

### Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Integrate Azure VMware Solution into hub-spoke networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-api-management |
| Apply network design patterns for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-design-public-internet-access |
| Design hub-and-spoke integration for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-hub-and-spoke |
| Plan storage architecture for Azure VMware Solution private clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-networking |
| Design Azure VMware Solution vSAN stretched clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-private-clouds |
| Design storage architecture for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-storage |
| Size and configure GitHub Enterprise Server on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-github-enterprise-server |
| Design networking for VMware Cloud Director on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-vcd-with-azure-network |
| Design Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 private clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-network-design-consideration |

### Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Use Azure VMware Solution network planning checklist and port requirements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-site-to-site-vpn-gateway |
| Configure vSAN ESA host and cluster settings in AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vsan-esa |
| Understand Azure VMware Solution limits and constraints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/faq |
| Understand Azure VMware Solution host and cluster limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/introduction |
| Understand AVS Gen 2 routing architecture and limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-network-routing-architecture |
| Request and manage Azure VMware host quota | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/request-host-quota-azure-vmware-solution