Azure Microsoft Discovery Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Microsoft Discovery. 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.

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	L37-L41	Diagnosing and resolving Discovery Engine task execution failures, including common error patterns, configuration issues, and steps to debug and fix task run problems.
Best Practices	L42-L49	Best practices for structuring Discovery projects, running investigations with Discovery Engine, planning tool/compute usage, and applying responsible AI and governance in Microsoft Discovery
Decision Making	L50-L60	Guidance on choosing models, agent types, registries, billing options, and planning/migrating configurations from Discovery v1 to v2 for optimal cost and architecture decisions
Architecture & Design Patterns	L61-L65	Advanced investigation workflows in Microsoft Discovery, including complex search strategies, correlation techniques, and patterns for analyzing and triaging large sets of discovered data.
Limits & Quotas	L66-L71	Planning Discovery capacity with Azure quotas/reservations and applying required naming conventions for Microsoft Discovery resources
Security	L72-L83	Security configuration for Discovery: encryption at rest, customer-managed keys, managed identities, RBAC, network/private access, and enabling/exporting audit logs.
Configuration	L84-L105	Configuring Discovery workspaces, supercomputers, storage, tools, agents, and log queries (Kusto/Log Analytics) for data handling, indexing, orchestration, and investigation lifecycle.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L106-L113	Patterns and APIs for integrating tools/models into Discovery workflows, containerizing tools with Docker, writing action scripts, and submitting/monitoring Supercomputer jobs via REST
Deployment	L114-L120	Deploying Microsoft Discovery: secure stack setup, provisioning supercomputer infra via REST, registering tools, and publishing tool images to Azure Container Registry.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Troubleshoot task execution issues in Discovery Engine	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-debug-task-execution

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Organize projects and investigations in Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-projects-investigations
Apply responsible AI practices in Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-responsible-ai
Apply basic investigation patterns with Discovery Engine	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-trust-basic-investigation-patterns
Plan tool functionality and compute for Discovery tools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-plan-tool-requirements

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Choose and configure Azure Container Registry for Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-azure-container-registry
Choose between prompt and workflow agents in Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-discovery-agent-types
Understand Microsoft Discovery billing and chargeable operations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-discovery-billing
Plan Microsoft Discovery v1 to v2 transition	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-v1-to-v2-transition-guide
Collect v1 configurations before migrating to Discovery v2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-collect-v1-configurations
Recreate Microsoft Discovery resources in v2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-recreate-v2-resources
Choose OpenAI models for Microsoft Discovery agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-select-models-for-agents

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Use advanced investigation patterns in Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-advanced-investigation-patterns

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Plan Azure quotas and reservations for Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-quota-reservation
Apply Microsoft Discovery resource naming rules	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-resource-naming

Security

Topic	URL
Manage data encryption at rest in Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-data-encryption-at-rest
Use managed identities with Microsoft Discovery resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-managed-identities
Configure network security for Microsoft Discovery workspaces	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-network-security
Configure RBAC role assignments for Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-role-assignments
Configure user-assigned managed identities for Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-configure-managed-identity
Configure network security and private access for Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-configure-network-security
Enable and export audit logs for Discovery resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-enable-audit-logging
Configure customer-managed keys for Discovery resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/howto-data-encryption-at-rest

Configuration

Topic	URL
Manage files and storage assets in Discovery investigations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-files-storage-assets
Register Microsoft Discovery resource provider in Azure	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-resource-provider-registration
Configure Azure Blob Storage for Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-storage-account
Configure storage containers and assets for Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-storage-containers-assets
Configure tasks and lifecycle in Microsoft Discovery investigations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-tasks-investigations
Access Log Analytics workspaces for Discovery resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-access-resource-logs
Author tool definition YAML for Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-create-tool-definition
Configure data handling and tool storage for Discovery agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-data-handling-with-tools-agents
Configure Bookshelf and index knowledgebases in Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-index-bookshelf-knowledgebase
Configure storage containers and assets in Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-storage-containers
Create and manage Discovery Supercomputers and node pools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-supercomputers
Create and manage Microsoft Discovery workspaces	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-workspaces
Query bookshelf indexing logs in Discovery supercomputers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-bookshelf-indexing-logs
Query bookshelf knowledgebase query logs in Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-bookshelf-logs
Query CogLoop orchestration logs for Discovery investigations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-cognitive-loop-logs
Query supercomputer platform and tool logs in Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-supercomputer-logs
Query Discovery workspace logs with Kusto and correlation IDs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-workspace-logs
View Azure activity logs for Discovery control plane	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-view-activity-logs

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Integrate tools and models into Microsoft Discovery workflows	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-tools-model-integration
Create Dockerfiles to containerize Discovery tools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-create-tool-docker-file
Submit and monitor Discovery Supercomputer jobs with REST APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-run-jobs-supercomputer-rest-api
Implement action scripts for Discovery action-based tools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-write-tool-action-scripts

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy a fully network-hardened Microsoft Discovery stack	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-deploy-network-hardened-stack
Deploy and register tools to Microsoft Discovery	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-deploy-tool-to-discovery
Provision Discovery Supercomputer infrastructure via REST API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-supercomputers-rest-api
Publish Discovery tool images to Azure Container Registry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-publish-tool-to-acr