This skill provides expert guidance for Azure IoT Operations. 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.
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IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L46 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure IoT Operations issues: health reason codes, private connectivity problems, known component bugs, debugging WASM modules, and using tools for troubleshooting. |
| Best Practices | L47-L54 | Guidance on production-ready Azure IoT Operations: MQTT broker HA design, persistent edge state storage, and testing/troubleshooting MQTT connectivity. |
| Decision Making | L55-L65 | Guidance for planning and choosing Azure IoT Operations architectures: data flows vs graphs, deployment topology/sizing, MQTT broker diagnostics, buffering and persistence, and OPC UA asset discovery modes. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L66-L71 | Designing Azure IoT architectures using ISA-95 unified namespace concepts and planning layered, segmented networking topologies for secure, scalable IoT Operations deployments. |
| Limits & Quotas | L72-L78 | Capacity planning for OPC UA sessions and HA, baseline resource usage estimates, and MQTT broker feature, packet, and throughput limits in Azure IoT Operations. |
| Security | L79-L96 | Securing Azure IoT Operations: TLS and certificates, MQTT auth/authorization, OPC UA trust, private networking, RBAC/ABAC roles, secret management, and image authenticity. |
| Configuration | L97-L135 | Configuring IoT data flows, endpoints, transforms, MQTT/OPC UA/connectors, storage, observability, and health/metrics for Azure IoT Operations deployments |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L136-L158 | Patterns and code for integrating IoT data flows: MQTT/OPC UA/media connectors, routing/filters/aggregation, state store, WASM/ONNX, OpenTelemetry, and Dapr/Fabric Real-Time endpoints. |
| Deployment | L159-L172 | Deploying, upgrading, cloning, and removing Azure IoT Operations on Arc-enabled Kubernetes, including secure/prod setups, private networks/registries, and Dapr MQTT components. |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Debug Azure IoT WASM modules in VS Code | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-debug-wasm-modules |
| Troubleshoot private connectivity issues in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-layered-network/howto-troubleshoot-private-connectivity |
| Interpret Azure IoT Operations health reason codes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/health-status-reason-codes |
| Resolve known issues in Azure IoT Operations components | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/troubleshoot/known-issues |
| Use tools to troubleshoot Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/troubleshoot/tips-tools |
| Diagnose and fix Azure IoT Operations issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/troubleshoot/troubleshoot |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Apply production deployment guidelines for Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/concept-production-guidelines |
| Design highly available edge apps with Azure IoT Operations MQTT broker | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/overview-edge-apps |
| Use Azure IoT Operations state store for persistent edge data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/overview-state-store |
| Test MQTT broker connectivity in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-mqtt-broker/howto-test-connection |
Decision Making
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Build ISA-95 unified namespace with Azure IoT | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-build-unified-namespace |
| Design layered networking for Azure IoT Operations deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-layered-network/concept-layered-network |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan OPC UA session sharing and high availability capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-configure-opc-ua-sessions-high-availability |
| Plan Azure IoT Operations baseline resource usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/concept-resource-profiles |
| Review MQTT feature and packet limits in Azure IoT Operations broker | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/mqtt-support |