microsoftdocs/azure-managed-grafana

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](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 | Service limits, supported regions, constraints, and how reporting/image rendering works in Azure Managed Grafana, including quotas and operational restrictions. | | 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-L81 | Configuring Azure Managed Grafana workspaces: instance settings, Prometheus, data sources with managed identity, plugins, metrics/diagnostics, and SMTP email alert setup. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L82-L94 | Integrating Grafana with Azure AI agents and monitoring tools: MCP setup, AI Foundry dashboards, alerts, Prometheus/AKS, and Azure Data Explorer data sources. | | Deployment | L95-L98 | 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 | | Review 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 | | Configure bundled Prometheus in Azure Managed Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-bundled-prometheus | | Configure data source plugins with managed identity in Azure Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-data-source-plugins-managed-identity | | 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 | | Configure Azure Managed Grafana MCP server endpoint | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/grafana-mcp-server | | 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 | | Connect Azure Monitor workspace Prometheus to Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-connect-azure-monitor-workspace | | 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 |