> azure-architecture
Expert guidance for designing Azure solutions using Azure Architecture. Covers reference architectures, solution ideas, design patterns, technology choices, architecture styles, best practices, anti-patterns, example workloads, and migration guides. Use when selecting architecture patterns, choosing Azure services, or implementing production-ready solutions.
curl "https://skillshub.wtf/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/azure-architecture?format=md"Azure Architecture Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for designing Azure solutions using Azure Architecture. Covers reference architectures, solution ideas, design patterns, technology choices, architecture styles, best practices, anti-patterns, example workloads, and migration guides. 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), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools 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_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reference Architectures | L37-L93 | End-to-end Azure reference designs for mission-critical, hybrid, and AI/data workloads, covering networking, security, DR, AKS, App Service, data platforms, and integration patterns. |
| Solution Ideas | L94-L126 | End-to-end Azure solution patterns for AI/ML, analytics, IoT, SAP, security, DevSecOps, networking, and data platforms, showing how to combine services to implement real workloads. |
| Design Patterns | L127-L181 | Patterns and reference architectures for building scalable, resilient, secure Azure solutions: messaging, microservices, gateways, caching, transactions, multitenancy, networking, and integration. |
| Technology Choices | L182-L216 | Guides for choosing the right Azure services (compute, storage, data, AI/ML, analytics, messaging, networking, containers) based on workload, data, and architecture needs. |
| Architecture Styles | L217-L227 | Azure app architecture patterns: when and how to use Big Compute, Big Data, event-driven, microservices, N-tier, and Web-Queue-Worker styles, with design guidance and tradeoffs. |
| Best Practices | L228-L291 | Best-practice patterns for designing, securing, scaling, operating, and monitoring Azure apps and infrastructure, including AKS, networking, SAP, IoT, APIs, Event Hubs, and generative AI. |
| Anti-patterns | L292-L306 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure performance and scalability anti-patterns (busy DB/front end, chatty I/O, no caching, retry storms, noisy neighbors, sync I/O, monolithic persistence). |
| Example Workloads | L307-L373 | End-to-end reference architectures and patterns for real-world Azure workloads: data/analytics, AI, security, networking, hybrid, AKS, VDI, mainframe, and app modernization scenarios. |
| Migration Guides | L374-L406 | Guides for migrating from AWS/Google/on-prem (Oracle, Kafka, Kubernetes) to Azure, mapping equivalent services, architectures, governance, security, and cost/ops differences. |
Reference Architectures
Solution Ideas
Design Patterns
Technology Choices
Architecture Styles
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand and compare Azure architecture styles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/ |
| Apply Big Compute architecture style on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/big-compute |
| Design Big Data architecture style on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/big-data |
| Apply event-driven architecture style on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/event-driven |
| Adopt microservices architecture style on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/microservices |
| Implement N-tier architecture style on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/n-tier |
| Use Web-Queue-Worker architecture style on Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/web-queue-worker |
Best Practices
Anti-patterns
Example Workloads
Migration Guides
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