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azure-video-indexer

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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Category Index

Category Lines Description
Troubleshooting L37-L41 Diagnosing and resolving issues when running Azure Video Indexer on Arc, including connectivity, deployment, configuration, and runtime troubleshooting steps.
Best Practices L42-L49 Guidance on using AI agents for live analysis, scaling Video Indexer, training custom speech models, and interpreting text-based emotion detection insights.
Decision Making L50-L55 Guidance 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 Patterns L56-L60 Guidance on architecting disaster recovery and failover for Azure Video Indexer, including redundancy, regional failover, backup, and high-availability design considerations.
Limits & Quotas L61-L68 Service limits, supported languages/capabilities, and how to use live camera indexing features like event summaries and viewing live recordings.
Security L69-L81 Securing Video Indexer: roles and access control, restricted/limited features, custom person models, NSGs/service tags, private endpoints, and firewall-protected storage best practices.
Configuration L82-L98 Configuring Video Indexer: custom models (brand, language, speech), transcripts and speakers, indexing/live presets, regions, monitoring, and advanced upload/search settings.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L99-L121 Using 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.
Deployment L122-L127 Guides for deploying Azure Video Indexer using Arc extensions, ARM, and Bicep templates, including provisioning accounts and configuring infrastructure as code.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Troubleshoot Azure Video Indexer enabled by Arc https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/azure-video-indexer-enabled-by-arc-troubleshooting

Best Practices

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

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

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic URL
Design disaster recovery and failover for Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-disaster-recovery

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
Generate event summaries for live camera footage https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-event-summary
View live camera recordings in Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-watch-recordings

Security

Topic URL
Create Azure Video Indexer accounts with restricted face features https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/create-account
Configure and use custom person models in Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-person-model-how-to
Request access to limited Azure Video Indexer features https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/limited-access-features
Use NSGs and service tags to secure Video Indexer traffic 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
Secure Azure Video Indexer with private endpoints https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/private-endpoint-overview
Manage Video Indexer account 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 Video Indexer with firewall-protected storage accounts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/storage-behind-firewall

Configuration

Topic URL
Customize brand detection models in Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-brands-model-how-to
Configure custom language models in Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-language-model-how-to
Create and manage custom speech models in Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/customize-speech-model-how-to
Edit speaker identities in Azure Video Indexer transcripts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-speakers
Edit and manage transcriptions in Azure Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/edit-transcript-lines-portal
Configure indexing options for Azure Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/indexing-configuration-guide
Configure areas of interest for live camera analysis https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-area-interest
Configure Azure Video Indexer real-time extensions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/live-extension
Configure monitoring for Azure Video Indexer with Azure Monitor 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
Configure region and location parameters for Video Indexer APIs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/regions
Upload and index media with advanced Video Indexer settings https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/upload-index-media
Search and filter video libraries in Azure Video Indexer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/video-indexer-search

Integrations & Coding Patterns

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

Deployment

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

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