Expert knowledge for Azure IoT Operations development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing MQTT/OPC UA data flows, WASM/ONNX processing, state store usage, or Arc Kubernetes deployments, and other Azure IoT Operations related development tasks. Not for Azure IoT Hub (use azure-iot-hub), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge), Azure IoT Central (use azure-iot-central...
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name: azure-iot-operations
description: Expert knowledge for Azure IoT Operations development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing MQTT/OPC UA data flows, WASM/ONNX processing, state store usage, or Arc Kubernetes deployments, and other Azure IoT Operations related development tasks. Not for Azure IoT Hub (use azure-iot-hub), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge), Azure IoT Central (use azure-iot-central), Azure Defender For Iot (use azure-defender-for-iot).
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# Azure IoT Operations Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure IoT Operations. Covers troubleshooting, 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
This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:
- **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch`. Returns Markdown.
- **Fallback**: Use `WebFetch`. Returns Markdown.
## Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|----------|-------|-------------|
| Troubleshooting | L32-L40 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure IoT Operations issues: debugging WASM modules, private network connectivity, health reason codes, known component bugs, and deployment/runtime failures. |
| Best Practices | L41-L47 | Production-ready guidance for Azure IoT Operations: deployment patterns, high availability design for the MQTT broker, and using the state store for durable, persistent edge data. |
| Decision Making | L48-L59 | Guidance on designing Azure IoT Operations deployments: choosing data flows vs graphs, sizing and topology, and planning MQTT broker endpoints, buffering, persistence, and diagnostics. |
| Limits & Quotas | L60-L65 | Planning baseline resource and capacity needs for Azure IoT Operations, and reviewing supported MQTT features, limits, and control capabilities in the broker. |
| Security | L66-L83 | Securing Azure IoT Operations: TLS/cert management, MQTT authz/authn and encryption, OPC UA trust, private connectivity, RBAC roles, secrets handling, and image validation. |
| Configuration | L84-L119 | Configuring and monitoring Azure IoT Operations data flows, endpoints, connectors, schemas, buffering, storage, and observability/metrics for MQTT, Kafka, ADX, Fabric, media, and OPC UA. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L120-L138 | Designing IoT data flows: expressions, filters, maps, routing (MQTT/OPC UA), windowed aggregations, and custom WASM/Akri/ONNX/state-store integrations and connectors. |
| Deployment | L139-L150 | Installing, configuring, upgrading, cloning, and removing Azure IoT Operations on Arc-enabled Kubernetes, including secure production, test, private-network, and WASM/graph deployments. |
### 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 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 |
| Troubleshoot deployment and runtime issues in IoT Operations | 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 |
### Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Choose and configure Azure IoT Operations data flow endpoints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-dataflow-endpoint |
| Choose between data flows and data flow graphs in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/overview-dataflow-comparison |
| Use Azure IoT Operations production deployment sizing examples | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/concept-production-examples |
| Plan Azure IoT Operations deployment topology and sizing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deployment-plan/deployment-planning |
| Plan MQTT broker diagnostics configuration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deployment-plan/deployment-planning-diagnostics |
| Plan disk-backed message buffering for MQTT broker | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deployment-plan/deployment-planning-disk-buffer |
| Plan advanced MQTT client options for IoT broker | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deployment-plan/deployment-planning-mqtt-options |
| Plan MQTT broker data persistence in IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deployment-plan/deployment-planning-persistence |
### Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Plan Azure IoT Operations baseline resource usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/concept-resource-profiles |
| Review MQTT feature and control support in broker | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/mqtt-support |
### Security
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure custom certificate issuer for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/howto-bring-your-own-issuer |
| Plan internal traffic encryption for MQTT broker pods | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deployment-plan/deployment-planning-encryption |
| Configure OPC UA certificate trust for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-configure-opc-ua-certificates-infrastructure |
| Configure OPC UA certificate trust for Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/overview-opc-ua-connector-certificates-management |
| Configure private connectivity for Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-layered-network/howto-private-connectivity |
| Configure MQTT broker authentication in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-mqtt-broker/howto-configure-authentication |
| Configure MQTT broker authorization in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-mqtt-broker/howto-configure-authorization |
| Secure MQTT broker endpoints with BrokerListener configuration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-mqtt-broker/howto-configure-brokerlistener |
| Configure TLS, X.509 auth, and ABAC for IoT MQTT | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-mqtt-broker/tutorial-tls-x509 |
| Define custom RBAC roles for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/custom-rbac |
| Configure secure settings for Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/secure-iot-ops/howto-enable-secure-settings |
| Manage TLS certificates for external IoT Operations communications | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/secure-iot-ops/howto-manage-certificates |
| Manage secrets for Arc-enabled IoT Operations clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/secure-iot-ops/howto-manage-secrets |
| Validate Azure IoT Operations container and Helm images | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/secure-iot-ops/howto-validate-images |
### Configuration
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Configure input and output schemas on data flow graph node connections | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/concept-dataflow-graphs-schema |
| Use Azure IoT Operations schema registry with data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/concept-schema-registry |
| Configure Azure Data Lake Gen2 endpoints for IoT Operations data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-adlsv2-endpoint |
| Configure Azure Data Explorer endpoints for Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-adx-endpoint |
| Configure destinations and endpoints for IoT data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-dataflow-destination |
| Configure data flow profiles for Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-dataflow-profile |
| Configure data flow sources and topic subscriptions in IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-dataflow-source |
| Configure buffering and disk persistence for IoT data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-disk-persistence |
| Configure Microsoft Fabric OneLake endpoints in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-fabric-endpoint |
| Configure Fabric Real-Time Intelligence endpoints for IoT data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-fabric-real-time-intelligence |
| Configure Kafka and Event Hubs endpoints in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-kafka-endpoint |
| Configure local storage data flow endpoints in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-local-storage-endpoint |
| Configure MQTT data flow endpoints in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-configure-mqtt-endpoint |
| Configure filter stages in Azure IoT Operations data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-filter |
| Configure OpenTelemetry endpoints for metrics and logs in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/open-telemetry |
| Configure unified health status reporting to Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/health-status-reporting |
| Deploy and configure observability for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/howto-configure-observability |
| Configure container registry endpoints for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-configure-registry-endpoint |
| Configure WebAssembly graph definitions for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-configure-wasm-graph-definitions |
| Configure and manage Azure IoT connector templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-manage-connector-templates |
| Configure HTTP/REST connector assets and devices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-use-http-connector |
| Configure media connector assets and devices in Azure IoT | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-use-media-connector |
| Configure MQTT connector and model MQTT endpoints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-use-mqtt-connector |
| Configure ONVIF connector for camera media streams | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-use-onvif-connector |
| Manage Azure IoT Operations resources in the operations experience UI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-use-operations-experience |
| Configure SSE connector for server-sent events | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-use-sse-connector |
| Configure MQTT broker data persistence in IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-mqtt-broker/howto-broker-persistence |
| Monitor Akri and connectors with Azure IoT metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/observability-metrics-akri-connectors |
| Monitor Azure IoT Operations data flows with metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/observability-metrics-data-flows |
| Monitor Layered Network Management with metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/observability-metrics-layered-network |
| Use MQTT broker observability metrics in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/observability-metrics-mqtt-broker |
| Use OPC UA connector observability metrics in IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/reference/observability-metrics-opcua-broker |
### Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Reference for Azure IoT data flow expressions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/concept-dataflow-graphs-expressions |
| Use custom WASM transforms in IoT data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-graph-wasm |
| Enrich IoT data with external datasets in Azure data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-graphs-enrich |
| Configure filter and branch routing in Azure IoT Operations data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-graphs-filter-route |
| Define map transform rules in Azure IoT Operations data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-graphs-map |
| Implement dynamic MQTT topic routing in data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-graphs-topic-routing |
| Configure windowed aggregations in Azure IoT Operations data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/connect-to-cloud/howto-dataflow-graphs-window |
| Develop custom WASM modules for Azure IoT Operations data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-build-wasm-modules |
| Build and deploy custom Akri REST connectors for IoT | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-develop-akri-connectors |
| Run ONNX inference inside IoT WASM data flows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-wasm-onnx-inference |
| Validate WASM messages with Azure IoT schema registry | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-wasm-schema-registry |
| Use state store with Azure IoT WASM operators | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-wasm-state-store |
| Implement Azure IoT Operations state store protocol | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/reference-state-store-protocol |
| Configure Azure IoT Operations OPC UA connector | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-configure-opc-ua |
| Automatically discover OPC UA assets with Akri and Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/discover-manage-assets/howto-detect-opc-ua-assets |
### Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Clean up Azure IoT Operations observability resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/howto-clean-up-observability-resources |
| Deploy Azure IoT Operations securely to production clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/howto-deploy-iot-operations |
| Deploy Azure IoT Operations to a test cluster | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/howto-deploy-iot-test-operations |
| Prepare Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters for IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/deploy-iot-ops/howto-prepare-cluster |
| Deploy WASM modules and graph definitions in Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/develop-edge-apps/howto-deploy-wasm-graph-definitions |
| Deploy Azure IoT Operations in layered private networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/end-to-end-tutorials/tutorial-layered-network-private-connectivity |
| Clone Azure IoT Operations instances using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-iot-ops/howto-clone-instance |
| Manage, update, and uninstall Azure IoT Operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-iot-ops/howto-manage-update-uninstall |
| Upgrade Azure IoT Operations deployments to newer versions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-operations/manage-iot-ops/howto-upgrade |Is this your skill, or is something wrong with this listing? Request removal or report an issue. Author removals are honored within 72 hours.
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