Azure VMware Solution Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure VMware Solution. 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

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Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L37-L43	Diagnosing and fixing AVS issues: known platform problems and workarounds, deployment failures, and disaster recovery errors for Azure VMware Solution VMs.
Best Practices	L44-L51	Best practices for AVS private cloud maintenance, security hardening, and tuning NSX scale/performance specifically for HCX migration scenarios.
Decision Making	L52-L64	Guidance on choosing AVS SKUs, storage, backup, migration approaches, licensing, and reserved instances, plus using VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions across regions.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L65-L77	Network, storage, and topology design for AVS: hub-spoke integration, vSAN/stretched clusters, Horizon VDI, GitHub Enterprise Server, and VMware Cloud Director networking.
Limits & Quotas	L78-L91	Host, cluster, capacity, and routing limits/quotas for AVS, plus planning, deployment, scaling, vSAN ESA settings, and how to request/manage host quota.
Security	L92-L106	Securing AVS: identity/access control, Defender for Cloud, vSAN CMK encryption, external LDAP/vCenter identity, Trusted Launch/vTPM, ESUs, role assignments, app protection, and credential rotation
Configuration	L107-L144	Configuring AVS networking, storage, backup, monitoring, DNS, SNAT, HCX, Arc, and VMware tools (vSAN, Cloud Director, Aria) for connectivity, protection, and performance.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L145-L156	Patterns and scripts for integrating AVS with Azure services: storage (Pure, NetApp), backup, monitoring/logs, HCX over internet, Virtual WAN VPN, and automation via Run Command.
Deployment	L157-L163	Guides for deploying AVS workloads: Citrix VDI, disaster recovery with JetStream DR and Site Recovery Manager, and integrating VMware Cloud Director service with Azure VMware Solution.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Resolve Azure VMware Solution known issues and workarounds	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-known-issues
Resolve disaster recovery issues for AVS VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-disaster-recovery-vms
Troubleshoot Azure VMware Solution deployment failures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/fix-deployment-failures

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Optimize NSX performance for HCX migrations in Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-nsx-scale-and-performance-recommendations-for-vmware-hcx
Follow AVS private cloud maintenance and remediation procedures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-private-cloud-maintenance
Apply security best practices to Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/security-recommendations
Optimize NSX scale and performance for HCX migrations in Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vmware-hcx-mon-guidance

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Choose API Management SKUs for Azure VMware workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-identity
Select backup solutions for Azure VMware Solution VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-back-up-vms
Choose external storage options for Azure VMware	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-external-storage-solutions
Evaluate migration solutions for AVS virtual machines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-migration-vms
Choose and Apply Licensing for SQL and Windows on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/license-sql-windows-in-avs
Plan and execute workload migration between AVS private clouds	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/migrate-between-private-clouds
Plan and migrate Azure VMware Solution across regions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/move-azure-vmware-solution-across-regions
Decide and purchase Azure VMware reserved instances	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/reserved-instance
Use portable VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Integrate Azure VMware Solution into hub-spoke networks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-api-management
Apply network design patterns for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-design-public-internet-access
Design hub-and-spoke integration for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-hub-and-spoke
Plan storage architecture for Azure VMware Solution private clouds	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-networking
Design Azure VMware Solution vSAN stretched clusters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-private-clouds
Design storage architecture for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-storage
Deploy VMware Horizon virtual desktops on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-horizon
Size and configure GitHub Enterprise Server on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-github-enterprise-server
Design networking for VMware Cloud Director on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-vcd-with-azure-network

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Use Azure VMware Solution network planning checklist and port requirements	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-site-to-site-vpn-gateway
Configure vSAN ESA host and cluster settings in AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vsan-esa
Azure VMware Solution FAQ limits and behaviors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/faq
Understand Azure VMware Solution host and cluster limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/introduction
Understand AVS Gen 2 routing architecture and limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-network-routing-architecture
Request and manage Azure VMware host quota	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/request-host-quota-azure-vmware-solution
Capacity limits for Azure VMware private cloud deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/tutorial-create-private-cloud
Deploy an Azure VMware Solution private cloud with host and cluster limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/tutorial-network-checklist
Scale Azure VMware Solution private cloud within platform limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/tutorial-scale-private-cloud
Review Azure VMware Solution private cloud and cluster limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/uninstall-vmware-hcx

Security

Topic	URL
Configure identity and access for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-stretched-clusters
Integrate Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-security-integration
Configure customer-managed key encryption for AVS vSAN	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-customer-managed-keys
Configure external LDAP identity source for NSX on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-external-identity-source-nsx-t
Configure external identity sources for Azure VMware vCenter	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-identity-source-vcenter
Configure Trusted Launch and vTPM for Azure VMware VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-virtual-trusted-platform-module
Configure Extended Security Updates in Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/extended-security-updates-windows-sql-server
Re-enable Azure VMware Solution Gen2 service principal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-first-party-principle-security
Manually configure AVS Gen 2 role assignments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-role-assignment
Protect AVS web apps with Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/protect-azure-vmware-solution-with-application-gateway
Rotate vCenter and NSX cloud admin credentials securely	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/rotate-cloudadmin-credentials

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure guest management and extensions on Arc-enabled VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/arc-enable-guest-management
Enable and configure Managed SNAT for Azure VMware workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-migrate
Configure networking and interconnectivity for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-network-design-considerations
Attach Azure NetApp Files NFS datastores to AVS hosts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/attach-azure-netapp-files-to-azure-vmware-solution-hosts
Configure Cloud Backup policies for AVS datastores and VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/backup-azure-netapp-files-datastores-vms
Back up AVS VMware virtual machines with Azure Backup Server	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/backup-azure-vmware-solution-virtual-machines
Configure alerts and metrics monitoring for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-alerts-for-azure-vmware-solution
Use Azure Elastic SAN as AVS iSCSI datastore	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-elastic-san
Create Azure Monitor resource health alerts for AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-monitor-for-resource-health-for-azure-vmware-solution
Configure Azure VMware Solution performance and health metrics	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-vmware-solution-metrics
Manage AVS datastores and VMDKs with Cloud Backup	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-cloud-backup-virtual-machine
Enable DHCP on L2 stretched VMware HCX networks in Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-dhcp-azure-vmware-solution
Configure HCX network extension high availability for AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-hcx-network-extension-high-availability
Configure DNS forwarders and private DNS for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-l2-stretched-vmware-hcx-networks
Set up port mirroring for Azure VMware Solution network traffic	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-nsx-network-components-azure-portal
Configure Pure Cloud Block Store with Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-pure-cloud-block-store
Configure vSAN storage policies for AVS virtual machines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-storage-policy
Configure VMware Cloud Director Service on Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vmware-cloud-director-service-azure-vmware-solution
Configure diagnostic settings to collect VMware syslogs from AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vmware-syslogs
Configure VMware vSAN settings in Azure VMware Solution clusters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vsan
Configure Windows Server Failover Cluster on AVS vSAN	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-windows-server-failover-cluster
Create and manage AVS placement policies for VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/create-placement-policy
Deploy VMware Cloud Director Availability on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/deploy-vmware-cloud-director-availability-in-azure-vmware-solution
Configure Managed SNAT for Azure VMware workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-managed-snat-for-workloads
Configure default routes and disable internet for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-public-ip-nsx-edge
Configure Azure Hybrid Benefit Unlimited Virtualization for SQL on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-sql-azure-hybrid-benefit
Install and configure VMware Cloud Director on AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-vcd-with-azure
Manage Arc resource bridge and credentials for Azure VMware	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/manage-arc-enabled-azure-vmware-solution
Configure automatic peering sync for AVS Gen 2 networks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-auto-peering-sync
Configure networking between Azure VMware Gen1 and Gen2 clouds	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-connect-private-cloud-previous-edition
Configure DNS forward lookup zones for Azure VMware Gen2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-dns-forward-lookup-zone
Execute VMware HCX Run Commands in AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/use-hcx-run-commands
Use AVS Run Command with cloudadmin role	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/using-run-command
Configure VMware Aria Operations for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vrealize-operations-for-azure-vmware-solution

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Integrate Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud with AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-native-pure-storage-cloud
Configure site-to-site VPN with Azure Virtual WAN for Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-port-mirroring-azure-vmware-solution
Enable HCX migrations over public internet for AVS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-hcx-access-over-internet
Install Cloud Backup plug-in for Azure VMware VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/install-cloud-backup-virtual-machines
Integrate Azure Native Monitoring and Protection with AVS VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/integrate-azure-native-services
Send AVS VMware syslogs via Azure Logic Apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/logs-via-logic-app
Use Azure NetApp Files shares with AVS virtual machines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/netapp-files-with-azure-vmware-solution
Use Set-ToolsRepo Run Command in Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/use-set-toolsrepo-run-command

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-citrix
Deploy JetStream DR for Azure VMware Solution and on-premises workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/deploy-disaster-recovery-using-jetstream
Deploy DR for AVS with VMware Site Recovery Manager	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/disaster-recovery-using-vmware-site-recovery-manager
Enable VMware Cloud Director service with Azure VMware Solution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-cds-with-azure