Azure Managed Grafana Agent Skill

Expert knowledge for Azure Managed Grafana development including troubleshooting, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when integrating AI/Prometheus/ADX data, configuring workspaces, securing access, deploying HA, or fixing connectivity, and other Azure Managed Grafana related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines).

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Install

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npx skills add https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-managed-grafana

The instruction itself

10 sections, as written by the author

Azure Managed Grafana Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Managed Grafana. Covers troubleshooting, 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), 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 |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Troubleshooting | L35-L40 | Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Managed Grafana issues, including access, configuration, and private endpoint connectivity and DNS problems. |

| Decision Making | L41-L48 | Planning and executing Grafana decisions: choosing/activating Enterprise plans, migrating from self‑hosted or Azure Grafana Essential, and upgrading Azure Managed Grafana (incl. v12). |

| Limits & Quotas | L49-L55 | Details on Managed Grafana regional availability, quotas and constraints, plus how to use features like reporting and image rendering within those limits. |

| Security | L56-L70 | Securing Managed Grafana: encryption, auth (Entra, tokens, service accounts), RBAC/roles, private endpoints, outbound IP control, team sync, and security best practices. |

| Configuration | L71-L79 | Configuring Azure Managed Grafana workspaces: instance settings, Prometheus, data sources with managed identity, plugins, metrics/diagnostics, and SMTP email alert setup. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L80-L90 | Integrating Grafana with Azure AI agents and monitoring tools: MCP setup, AI Foundry dashboards, alerts, Prometheus/AKS, and Azure Data Explorer data sources. |

| Deployment | L91-L94 | Designing highly available Azure Managed Grafana workspaces, including reliability features, SLAs, and enabling zone-redundant deployments for resiliency. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Troubleshoot common Azure Managed Grafana issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/troubleshoot-managed-grafana |

| Fix Managed Grafana private endpoint connection problems | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/troubleshoot-mpe-connection |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Activate and manage Grafana Enterprise plans in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-grafana-enterprise |

| Migrate self-hosted or cloud Grafana to Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-migrate |

| Plan migration from Azure Grafana Essential to Standard or Azure Monitor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-migrate-essential-service-tier |

| Plan and perform Azure Managed Grafana 12 upgrade | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-upgrade-grafana-12 |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Azure Managed Grafana limits, regions, and support details | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/faq |

| Use reporting and image rendering in Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-use-reporting-and-image-rendering |

| Azure Managed Grafana service limits and constraints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/known-limitations |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Understand data encryption in Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/encryption |

| Authenticate to Azure Managed Grafana data plane APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-authenticate-data-plane-api |

| Configure authentication and permissions for Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-authentication-permissions |

| Connect Managed Grafana to data sources via private endpoints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-connect-to-data-source-privately |

| Set up deterministic outbound IPs for Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-deterministic-ip |

| Manage Azure Managed Grafana roles and access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-manage-access-permissions-users-identities |

| Grant Azure Monitor access to Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-permissions |

| Use service accounts and tokens in Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-service-accounts |

| Configure private access and endpoints for Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-set-up-private-access |

| Configure Grafana Team Sync with Entra groups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-sync-teams-with-entra-groups |

| Apply security best practices to Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/secure-azure-managed-grafana |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure Azure Managed Grafana instance settings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/grafana-settings |

| Manage Grafana plugins in Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-manage-plugins |

| Monitor Managed Grafana metrics with Azure Monitor charts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-monitor-managed-grafana-metrics |

| Configure diagnostic settings for Managed Grafana workspaces | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-monitor-managed-grafana-workspace |

| Configure SMTP email alerts in Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-smtp-settings |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Monitor Agent Framework workflows in Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/agent-framework-workflow-dashboard |

| Build Azure AI Foundry monitoring dashboards in Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/azure-ai-foundry-dashboard |

| Integrate AI coding agents with Grafana monitoring | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/grafana-opentelemetry-app-insights |

| Configure Grafana MCP with Azure AI Foundry agents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-configure-mcp-for-ai-foundry |

| Add Azure Data Explorer as a Grafana data source | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-connect-azure-data-explorer |

| Integrate Azure Monitor alerts with Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-use-azure-monitor-alerts |

| Connect AKS Prometheus to Managed Grafana privately | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/tutorial-mpe-oss-prometheus |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Enable zone-redundant Azure Managed Grafana workspaces | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-enable-zone-redundancy |

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