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Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Video Indexer APIs/widgets, live camera indexing, custom speech/brand models, or Azure OpenAI integrations, and other Azure AI Video Indexer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI services (use microsoft-foundry-tools), Azure AI Vision (use azure-ai-vision).

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Azure AI Video Indexer Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Video Indexer. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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L35-L120
), use 
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), use 
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Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L41Diagnosing and resolving issues when running Azure Video Indexer on Arc, including connectivity, deployment, configuration, and runtime troubleshooting steps.
Best PracticesL42-L49Guidance on using AI agents for live analysis, scaling Video Indexer, training custom speech models, and interpreting text-based emotion detection insights.
Decision MakingL50-L55Guidance on selecting the right Azure Video Indexer account type and designing multi-tenant setups, including isolation, scaling, and management strategies for multiple customers or apps.
Architecture & Design PatternsL56-L60Guidance on architecting disaster recovery and failover for Azure Video Indexer, including redundancy, regional failover, backup, and high-availability design considerations.
Limits & QuotasL61-L68Service limits, supported languages/capabilities, and how to use live camera indexing features like event summaries and viewing live recordings.
SecurityL69-L81Securing Video Indexer: roles and access control, restricted/limited features, custom person models, NSGs/service tags, private endpoints, and firewall-protected storage best practices.
ConfigurationL82-L99Configuring Video Indexer: custom models (brand, language, speech), transcripts and speakers, indexing/live presets, regions, monitoring, and advanced upload/search settings.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL100-L123Using Video Indexer APIs, widgets, and Logic Apps/Power Automate to extract, use, or redact insights (faces, objects, text, audio, topics) and integrate with Azure OpenAI.
DeploymentL124-L129Guides for deploying Azure Video Indexer using Arc extensions, ARM, and Bicep templates, including provisioning accounts and configuring infrastructure as code.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Troubleshoot Azure Video Indexer enabled by Archttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/azure-video-indexer-enabled-by-arc-troubleshooting

Best Practices

TopicURL
Use AI agents for real-time Video Indexer analysishttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/agents-overview
Apply scale best practices for Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/considerations-when-use-at-scale
Apply best practices for Video Indexer speech model traininghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/speech-model-training-best-practices
Interpret text-based emotion detection insights in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/text-based-emotions-detection-insight

Decision Making

TopicURL
Choose between Azure Video Indexer account typeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/accounts-overview
Choose multi-tenant management strategies for Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/manage-multiple-tenants

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design disaster recovery and failover for Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-disaster-recovery

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Review Azure Video Indexer support matrix and service limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/avi-support-matrix
Check language support and capabilities in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/language-support
Generate event summaries for live camera footagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-event-summary
View live camera recordings in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-watch-recordings

Security

TopicURL
Create Azure Video Indexer accounts with restricted face featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/create-account
Configure and use custom person models in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-person-model-how-to
Request access to limited Azure Video Indexer featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/limited-access-features
Use NSGs and service tags to secure Video Indexer traffichttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/network-security
Configure private endpoints for Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/private-endpoint-how-to
Secure Azure Video Indexer with private endpointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/private-endpoint-overview
Manage Video Indexer account access with built-in roleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/restricted-viewer-role
Implement security baseline and best practices for Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/security-baseline-video-indexer
Secure Video Indexer with firewall-protected storage accountshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/storage-behind-firewall

Configuration

TopicURL
Customize brand detection models in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-brands-model-how-to
Configure custom language models in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-language-model-how-to
Create and manage custom speech models in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-speech-model-how-to
Edit speaker identities in Azure Video Indexer transcriptshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-speakers
Edit and manage transcriptions in Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-transcript-lines-portal
Configure indexing options for Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/indexing-configuration-guide
Configure custom live AI insights presets in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-ai-insights-catalog
Configure areas of interest for live camera analysishttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-area-interest
Configure Azure Video Indexer real-time extensionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-extension
Configure monitoring for Azure Video Indexer with Azure Monitorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer
Reference for Azure Video Indexer monitoring datahttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer-data-reference
Configure region and location parameters for Video Indexer APIshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/regions
Upload and index media with advanced Video Indexer settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/upload-index-media
Search and filter video libraries in Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-search

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Retrieve audio effects detection insights via Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/audio-effects-detection-insight
Retrieve clapper board detection insights via Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/clapper-board-insight
Connect Azure Video Indexer accounts to Azure OpenAIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/connect-azure-open-ai-task
Use digital patterns and color bars insights in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/digital-patterns-color-bars-insight
Retrieve face detection insights from Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/face-detection-insight
Redact faces in videos using Video Indexer APIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/face-redaction-with-api
Access keyword extraction insights from Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/keywords-insight
Get labels identification insights from Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/labels-identification-insight
Integrate Video Indexer with Logic Apps and Power Automatehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/logic-apps-connector-arm-accounts
Use named entities extraction insights in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/named-entities-insight
Access object detection insights from Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/object-detection-insight
Use observed people and matched faces insights in Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/observed-matched-people-insight
Enable featured clothing insights for observed peoplehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/observed-people-featured-clothing
Get OCR insights from Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/ocr-insight
Access scene, shot, and keyframe detection insightshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/scene-shot-keyframe-detection-insight
Use Azure OpenAI text summarization with Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/text-summarization-task
Get topics inference insights from Azure Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/topics-inference-insight
Use transcription and translation insights from Video Indexerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/transcription-translation-lid-insight
Embed Azure Video Indexer widgets in applicationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-embed-widgets
Use Azure Video Indexer REST API with paid accountshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-use-apis

Deployment

TopicURL
Enable Azure Video Indexer as an Arc extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/azure-video-indexer-enabled-by-arc-quickstart
Provision Azure Video Indexer with ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-arm-template
Deploy Azure Video Indexer accounts using Bicep templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-bicep