azure-video-indexer

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Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when indexing videos, using live camera analysis, calling Video Indexer APIs/widgets, or redacting faces, and other Azure AI Video Indexer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Vision (use azure-ai-vision), Azure AI Custom Vision (use azure-custom-vision), Azure AI Speech (use azure-speech), Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search).

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Azure AI Video Indexer Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Video Indexer. Covers best practices, 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

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Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Best Practices	L35-L41	Guidance on scaling Video Indexer, training custom speech models effectively, and designing disaster recovery and failover for resilient deployments.
Decision Making	L42-L47	Guidance on selecting Azure Video Indexer account types and designing multi-tenant setups, including management, isolation, and scaling strategies.
Limits & Quotas	L48-L53	Service limits, supported languages/capabilities, and how to use live camera indexing features like event summaries and viewing live recordings.
Security	L54-L63	Security and access control for Video Indexer: roles/permissions, private endpoints, NSG service tags, firewall-protected storage, security baselines, and requesting access to restricted features.
Configuration	L64-L73	Configuring Video Indexer behavior: OpenAI connections, indexing options, regions, upload settings, speaker editing, and monitoring/diagnostics metrics and logs.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L74-L81	Using Video Indexer APIs, widgets, and low-code tools to call the service, embed insights, automate workflows, and programmatically redact faces in videos
Deployment	L82-L85	How to deploy and configure Azure Video Indexer using ARM templates, including required resources, parameters, and automation steps for setting up the service.

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply scale best practices for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/considerations-when-use-at-scale
Apply Video Indexer speech model training best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/speech-model-training-best-practices
Implement disaster recovery and failover for Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-disaster-recovery

Decision Making

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

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Review Azure Video Indexer support matrix and service limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/avi-support-matrix
Check language support and capabilities in Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/language-support

Security

Topic	URL
Request access to limited Azure Video Indexer features	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/limited-access-features
Use NSG service tags with Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/network-security
Configure private endpoints for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/private-endpoint-how-to
Manage Azure Video Indexer access with built-in roles	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/restricted-viewer-role
Implement security baseline and best practices for Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/security-baseline-video-indexer
Secure Azure AI Video Indexer with firewall-protected storage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/storage-behind-firewall

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Azure OpenAI connections for Video Indexer accounts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/connect-azure-open-ai-task
Edit speaker identities in Azure Video Indexer transcripts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-speakers
Configure indexing options for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/indexing-configuration-guide
Configure monitoring and diagnostics for Azure Video Indexer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer
Reference for Azure Video Indexer monitoring data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/monitor-video-indexer-data-reference
Set Azure region parameters for Video Indexer APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/regions

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Redact faces in videos using Video Indexer API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/face-redaction-with-api
Integrate Video Indexer with Logic Apps and Power Automate	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/logic-apps-connector-arm-accounts
Embed Azure Video Indexer widgets into applications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-embed-widgets
Call Azure AI Video Indexer APIs from applications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-use-apis

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Azure Video Indexer with ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-arm-template