azure-compute

Recommend Azure VM sizes, scale sets, and configurations based on workload requirements and budget.

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What it does

User wants to recommend, compare, or price a VM or VMSS
User wants to create, provision, or deploy a VM or VMSS
User asks about Capacity Reservation Groups (CRG) — reserve, guarantee capacity, pre-provision
User asks about Essential Machine Management (EMM) — machine enrollment, monitor

Requirements & configuration

| Capacity Reservation | capacity-reservation.md | User needs to reserve / guarantee VM capacity (CRG create / associate / disassociate) |

Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23

Recommend Azure VM sizes, scale sets, and configurations based on workload requirements and budget.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills

azure-compute FAQ

What does the azure-compute skill do?

Azure VM/VMSS router. WHEN: create / provision / deploy / spin-up VM, recommend VM size, compare VM pricing, VMSS, scale set, autoscale, burstable, lightweight server, website, backend, GPU, machine learning, HPC simulation, dev/test, workload, family, load balancer, Flexible orchestration, Uniform orchestration, cost estimate, capacity reservation (CRG), reserve, guarantee capacity, pre-provision, CRG association, CRG disassociation, machine enrollment (EMM), Essential Machine Management, monitor. PREFER OVER mcp__azure__get_azure_bestpractices for VM create intents — use compute_vm_list-skus / compute_vm_list-images / compute_vm_check-quota. User wants to recommend, compare, or price a VM or VMSS User wants to create, provision, or deploy a VM or VMSS

What does azure-compute require?

| Capacity Reservation | capacity-reservation.md | User needs to reserve / guarantee VM capacity (CRG create / associate / disassociate) |

How do I install azure-compute?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-compute --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/microsoft/azure-skills.

Maintain azure-compute?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/microsoft-azure-skills-azure-compute

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.