Expert knowledge for Azure Extended Zones development including decision making, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when setting up Extended Zones access, Azure Policy, Firewall, CMK disk encryption, or quota/limit management, and other Azure Extended Zones related development tasks. Not for Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).

Expert knowledge for Azure Firewall Manager development including best practices, decision making, security, and configuration. Use when managing DDoS plans, WAF policies, DNS proxy/FQDN rules, IP Groups, or secured virtual hub vs VNet, and other Azure Firewall Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Firewall (use azure-firewall), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Network Function Manager (use azure-network-function-manager), Azure Networking (use azure-networking).

Expert knowledge for Azure Fluid Relay development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using AzureClient, audience APIs, JWT auth tokens, container recovery, or Static Web Apps hosting, and other Azure Fluid Relay related development tasks. Not for Azure Web PubSub (use azure-web-pubsub), Azure SignalR Service (use azure-signalr-service), Azure Relay (use azure-relay), Azure Service Bus (use azure-service-bus).

Expert knowledge for Azure Functions development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when building HTTP/queue-triggered apps, Durable Functions, Linux/container hosting, API Mgmt/Logic Apps, or Flex plans, and other Azure Functions related development tasks. Not for Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Logic Apps (use azure-logic-apps), Azure Container Apps (use azure-container-apps), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service).

Expert knowledge for Azure HDInsight development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when working with HDInsight Spark/Hive/Kafka/HBase clusters, Ambari, VNet networking, or Azure SQL/Cosmos DB integration, and other Azure HDInsight related development tasks. Not for Azure Synapse Analytics (use azure-synapse-analytics), Azure Databricks (use azure-databricks), Azure Stream Analytics (use azure-stream-analytics).

Expert knowledge for Azure Health Bot development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Health Bot channels, web chat/voice embeds, management APIs, orchestrator flows, or cost estimation, and other Azure Health Bot related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Bot Service (use azure-bot-service), Azure Communication Services (use azure-communication-services), Azure Health Data Services (use azure-health-data-services).

Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring HPC Cache namespaces, NFS/Blob targets, client access, data ingest scripts, or cache failover, and other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks. Not for Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines).

Expert knowledge for Azure Impact Reporting development including troubleshooting, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when wiring Impact Reporting to Azure Monitor, Logic Apps, Service Health, diagnostic logs, or HPC Guest Health, and other Azure Impact Reporting related development tasks. Not for Azure Carbon Optimization (use azure-carbon-optimization), Azure Cost Management (use azure-cost-management), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor).

Expert knowledge for Azure Internet Peering development including troubleshooting. Use when validating Peering Service prefixes, checking prefix registration, verifying routing, or fixing reachability issues, and other Azure Internet Peering related development tasks. Not for Azure ExpressRoute (use azure-expressroute), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).

Expert knowledge for Azure IoT Edge development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when provisioning IoT Edge/EFLOW, deploying modules via manifests/CI-CD, using DPS/X.509, or designing gateway topologies, and other Azure IoT Edge related development tasks. Not for Azure IoT Hub (use azure-iot-hub), Azure IoT Central (use azure-iot-central), Azure IoT Operations (use azure-iot-operations), Azure Stack Edge (use azure-stack-edge).

Expert knowledge for Azure IoT Hub development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when provisioning devices via DPS, managing twins/jobs/routing, using device streams, or integrating Device Update, and other Azure IoT Hub related development tasks. Not for Azure IoT (use azure-iot), Azure IoT Central (use azure-iot-central), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge), Azure Defender For Iot (use azure-defender-for-iot).

Expert knowledge for Azure IoT development including architecture & design patterns, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when using MQTT, IoT Plug and Play, DPS/IoT Hub, SAP ERP integration, or industrial IoT reference architectures, and other Azure IoT 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).

Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Epic SKUs, sizing volume groups, tuning EHR storage, or resolving Epic–ALI connectivity/perf issues, and other Azure Large Instances related development tasks. Not for Azure Baremetal Infrastructure (use azure-baremetal-infrastructure), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (use azure-vm-scalesets), Azure HPC Cache (use azure-hpc-cache).

Expert knowledge for Azure Lighthouse development including decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Lighthouse delegations, AOBO/PIM access, Arc/Sentinel integrations, policies/remediation, or Marketplace offers, and other Azure Lighthouse related development tasks. Not for Azure Arc (use azure-arc), Azure Managed Applications (use azure-managed-applications), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Role-based access control (use azure-rbac).

Expert knowledge for Azure Local development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when planning Azure Local racks/SDN, configuring disconnected clusters, securing RBAC/PKI, or migrating VMs/AKS, and other Azure Local related development tasks. Not for Microsoft Foundry Local (use microsoft-foundry-local), Azure Stack Edge (use azure-stack-edge), Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials (use azure-aks-edge-essentials), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge).

Expert knowledge for Azure Machine Learning development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Azure ML workspaces, AutoML, Prompt Flow, online/batch endpoints, or the Python SDK/CLI, and other Azure Machine Learning related development tasks. Not for Azure Databricks (use azure-databricks), Azure Synapse Analytics (use azure-synapse-analytics), Azure Data Science Virtual Machines (use azure-data-science-vm), Azure HDInsight (use azure-hdinsight).

Expert knowledge for Azure Managed Applications development including limits & quotas, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when designing createUiDefinition UIs, JIT access, managed identities, Key Vault/CMK, StorageAccountSelector, or Bicep-based catalog deployments, and other Azure Managed Applications related development tasks. Not for Azure Lighthouse (use azure-lighthouse), Azure Partner Solutions (use azure-partner-solutions), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Blueprints (use azure-blueprints).

Expert knowledge for Azure Managed Grafana development including troubleshooting, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when integrating Azure Managed Grafana with Azure Monitor/AKS, Entra auth, plugins, email alerts, or zone-redundant setups, and other Azure Managed Grafana related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Synapse Analytics (use azure-synapse-analytics), Azure Data Explorer (use azure-data-explorer).

Expert knowledge for Azure Managed Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Redis modules, persistence, geo-replication, Entra auth, or Private Link with Azure Managed Redis, and other Azure Managed Redis related development tasks. Not for Azure Cache for Redis (use azure-cache-redis).

Expert knowledge for Azure Maps development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when using Azure Maps web SDK, search/geocoding, routing/traffic, weather APIs, or migrating from Bing/Google Maps, and other Azure Maps related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search), Azure Digital Twins (use azure-digital-twins), Azure IoT (use azure-iot), Azure IoT Hub (use azure-iot-hub).

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Metrics Advisor development including decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring data feeds, tuning anomaly detection, managing alert hooks, securing creds, or calling Metrics Advisor APIs, and other Azure AI Metrics Advisor related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Anomaly Detector (use azure-anomaly-detector), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Stream Analytics (use azure-stream-analytics).

Expert knowledge for Azure Monitor development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Log Analytics, Application Insights, DCRs/agents, Prometheus/Grafana, or Azure Monitor alerts, and other Azure Monitor related development tasks. Not for Azure Network Watcher (use azure-network-watcher), Azure Service Health (use azure-service-health), Azure Defender For Cloud (use azure-defender-for-cloud), Azure Security (use azure-security).

Expert knowledge for Azure NAT Gateway development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, configuration, and deployment. Use when managing SNAT ports, outbound IPs, flow logs, hub-spoke egress, or Azure Firewall integration, and other Azure NAT Gateway related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).

Expert knowledge for Azure NetApp Files development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when deploying ANF for SAP HANA/Oracle, AzAcSnap, ZRS, AVS, S3/OneLake object REST API, or Databricks, and other Azure NetApp Files related development tasks. Not for Azure Files (use azure-files), Azure Blob Storage (use azure-blob-storage), Azure Elastic SAN (use azure-elastic-san), Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre).

Expert knowledge for Azure Network Function Manager development including security, and configuration. Use when setting up NF Manager prerequisites, resource groups, managed identities, role assignments, or secure NF access, and other Azure Network Function Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Firewall Manager (use azure-firewall-manager), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).

Expert knowledge for Azure Network Watcher development including troubleshooting, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Connection Monitor, NSG/VNet flow logs, packet capture, Traffic Analytics, or Sentinel integrations, and other Azure Network Watcher related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Networking (use azure-networking), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager).

Expert knowledge for Azure Operator Nexus development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Nexus clusters/fabric, BGP/ACL/QoS, NPB TAP rules, near-edge storage, or Nexus AKS ETCD ops, and other Azure Operator Nexus related development tasks. Not for Azure Network Function Manager (use azure-network-function-manager), Azure Networking (use azure-networking), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).

Expert knowledge for Azure Operator Service Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when onboarding CNFs/VNFs, designing config groups, using ACR-backed artifacts, Private Link, or AOSM CLI, and other Azure Operator Service Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Operator Insights (use azure-operator-insights), Azure Operator Nexus (use azure-operator-nexus), Azure Network Function Manager (use azure-network-function-manager), Azure Networking (use azure-networking).

Expert knowledge for Azure Oracle development including troubleshooting, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when setting up Oracle TDE with Key Vault, Oracle AI DB VNets, private endpoints, Exadata log export, or Sentinel, and other Azure Oracle related development tasks. Not for Azure SQL Database (use azure-sql-database), Azure SQL Managed Instance (use azure-sql-managed-instance), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-sql-virtual-machines), SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances (use azure-sap).

Expert knowledge for Azure Osconfig development including troubleshooting, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when running OSConfig via IoT Hub for commands, SSH posture, agent health, Windows baselines, or LAPS, and other Azure Osconfig related development tasks. Not for Azure Update Manager (use azure-update-manager), Azure Automation (use azure-automation), Azure Policy (use azure-policy).

Expert knowledge for Azure Partner Solutions development including troubleshooting, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when using Service Connector, Confluent Cloud, MongoDB Atlas, Dynatrace APM, or Palo Alto Cloud NGFW on Azure, and other Azure Partner Solutions related development tasks. Not for Azure Industry (use azure-industry), Azure Managed Applications (use azure-managed-applications), Azure Lighthouse (use azure-lighthouse), Azure Networking (use azure-networking).

Expert knowledge for Azure Peering Service development including best practices. Use when designing Peering Service prefixes, routing policies, prefix validation rules, or connectivity constraints, and other Azure Peering Service related development tasks. Not for Azure Internet Peering (use azure-internet-peering), Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure ExpressRoute (use azure-expressroute).

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Personalizer development including troubleshooting, decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when choosing single vs multi-slot, tuning learning policies, using apprentice mode, explainability, or local inference, and other Azure AI Personalizer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Metrics Advisor (use azure-metrics-advisor), Azure AI Anomaly Detector (use azure-anomaly-detector), Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search), Azure Machine Learning (use azure-machine-learning).

Expert knowledge for Azure Quantum development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Azure Quantum workspaces, QDK/Q#, QIR/OpenQASM circuits, IonQ/PASQAL/Quantinuum/Rigetti targets, or hybrid jobs, and other Azure Quantum related development tasks. Not for Azure HPC Cache (use azure-hpc-cache), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Databricks (use azure-databricks), Azure Machine Learning (use azure-machine-learning).

Expert knowledge for Azure Queue Storage development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing queue auth (Entra ID/RBAC), monitoring metrics/logs, tuning throughput/limits, or coding with SDKs, and other Azure Queue Storage related development tasks. Not for Azure Blob Storage (use azure-blob-storage), Azure Table Storage (use azure-table-storage), Azure Service Bus (use azure-service-bus), Azure Event Hubs (use azure-event-hubs).

Expert knowledge for Azure Quotas development including limits & quotas. Use when requesting per-region Storage account quota increases, checking limits, or filing Azure support requests, and other Azure Quotas related development tasks. Not for Azure Cost Management (use azure-cost-management), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Policy (use azure-policy), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager).

Expert knowledge for Azure Red Hat OpenShift development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when creating ARO clusters, configuring networking/storage, securing with Entra/NSGs, using GPUs/Key Vault, or upgrading, and other Azure Red Hat OpenShift related development tasks. Not for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Container Apps (use azure-container-apps), Azure Container Instances (use azure-container-instances), Azure VMware Solution (use azure-vmware-solution).

Expert knowledge for Azure Relay development including troubleshooting, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Hybrid Connections, WCF relays, Entra ID/SAS auth, Private Link, or .NET/Node.js Relay clients, and other Azure Relay related development tasks. Not for Azure Service Bus (use azure-service-bus), Azure Event Hubs (use azure-event-hubs), Azure Web PubSub (use azure-web-pubsub), Azure Application Gateway (use azure-application-gateway).

Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment. Use when designing zone-redundant AKS, MySQL Flexible Server, Azure Functions, Queue Storage, or multi-region DR setups, and other Azure Reliability related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Service Health (use azure-service-health), Azure Sre Agent (use azure-sre-agent).

Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when managing Backup/Site Recovery vaults, protection policies, replication settings, SLAs, or resiliency security posture, and other Azure Resiliency related development tasks. Not for Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Site Recovery (use azure-site-recovery), Azure Backup (use azure-backup), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor).

Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when designing hub-spoke or multi-region topologies, BGP peering with NVAs/on-prem, tuning routing policies, or fixing route propagation issues, and other Azure Route Server related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).

Expert knowledge for SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing HANA Large Instances with SDAF/ACSS, Azure Monitor for SAP, Key Vault/RBAC, HA/DR clusters, or RISE, and other SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances related development tasks. Not for Azure Large Instances (use azure-large-instances), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Baremetal Infrastructure (use azure-baremetal-infrastructure), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-sql-virtual-machines).

Expert knowledge for Azure Sentinel development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Sentinel data connectors, analytics rules, SOAR playbooks, UEBA/ASIM content, or multi-workspace setups, and other Azure Sentinel related development tasks. Not for Azure Defender For Cloud (use azure-defender-for-cloud), Azure Defender For Iot (use azure-defender-for-iot), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Security (use azure-security).

Expert knowledge for Azure Service Bus development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using queues/topics, sessions, filters, geo-replication/DR, or Premium scaling and throughput limits, and other Azure Service Bus related development tasks. Not for Azure Event Hubs (use azure-event-hubs), Azure Event Grid (use azure-event-grid), Azure Relay (use azure-relay), Azure Queue Storage (use azure-queue-storage).

Expert knowledge for Azure Service Connector development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when wiring Azure compute to Cosmos DB, Key Vault, Redis, Kafka, OpenAI, or external services via Service Connector, and other Azure Service Connector related development tasks. Not for Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Functions (use azure-functions), Azure Logic Apps (use azure-logic-apps), Azure API Management (use azure-api-management).

Expert knowledge for Azure Service Fabric development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when building Service Fabric clusters, Reliable Services/Actors, Cluster Resource Manager policies, reverse proxy, or sfctl/PowerShell automation, and other Azure Service Fabric related development tasks. Not for Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Container Apps (use azure-container-apps), Azure Cloud Services (use azure-cloud-services).

Expert knowledge for Azure SignalR Service development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when choosing SignalR mode, configuring upstreams/custom domains, securing with Entra ID/MI, scaling/sharding, or tracing issues, and other Azure SignalR Service related development tasks. Not for Azure Web PubSub (use azure-web-pubsub), Azure Service Bus (use azure-service-bus), Azure Event Hubs (use azure-event-hubs).

Expert knowledge for Azure US Government development including decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when handling FedRAMP/DoD IL5 scope, SACA patterns, Gov CI/CD, Gov Marketplace, or sovereign APIs, and other Azure US Government related development tasks. Not for Azure Local (use azure-local), Azure Arc (use azure-arc), Azure Networking (use azure-networking), Azure Security (use azure-security).

Expert knowledge for Azure Spring Apps development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring ASA networking/security, Tanzu tools, observability/APM, CI/CD deployments, or blue‑green releases, and other Azure Spring Apps related development tasks. Not for Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Container Apps (use azure-container-apps), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Functions (use azure-functions).

Expert knowledge for Azure SQL Database development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when choosing vCore/DTU/Hyperscale/serverless, configuring geo‑replication, elastic pools, Data Sync, or HA/DR, and other Azure SQL Database related development tasks. Not for Azure SQL Managed Instance (use azure-sql-managed-instance), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-sql-virtual-machines), Azure Cosmos DB (use azure-cosmos-db), Azure Database for PostgreSQL (use azure-database-postgresql).