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Plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI): sizing and prerequisites, Arc registration, lifecycle updates, workloads (Azure Local VMs, AKS on Azure Local, images, disks, logical networks), SDN and network security, and failure triage — starting read-only and confirming before risky changes. WHEN: Azure Local, Azure Stack HCI, Arc resource bridge, custom location, Azure Local VM, Arc VM, AKS on Azure Local, AKS hybrid, SDN, Lifecycle Manager, Azure Local update, disconnected site.

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Use azure-local to perform a read-only troubleshooting assessment of [standard Azure Local deployment], using [symptoms and observed errors] and [Azure Local version]; request approval before any risky change.

Required inputs

  • [standard Azure Local deployment]
  • [symptoms and observed errors]
  • [Azure Local version]

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name: azure-localdescription: "Plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI): sizing and prerequisites, Arc registration, lifecycle updates, workloads (Azure Local VMs, AKS on Azure Local, images, disks, logical networks), SDN and network security, and failure triage — starting read-only and confirming before risky changes. WHEN: Azure Local, Azure Stack HCI, Arc resource bridge, custom location, Azure Local VM, Arc VM, AKS on Azure Local, AKS hybrid, SDN, Lifecycle Manager, Azure Local update, disconnected site."license: MITmetadata:   author: Microsoft  version: "1.0.1"

Azure Local

Quick Reference

PropertyValue
Best forAzure Local planning, deployment, operations, workloads
MCP ToolsGeneric Azure MCP tools only; no Azure Local namespace
CLIaz graph query, az resource show, Azure Local PowerShell
Related skillsazure-compute (public VMs), azure-kubernetes (public AKS)

When to Use This Skill

Use for Azure Local, Azure Stack HCI, Azure Local VMs, AKS on Azure Local, AKS hybrid, SDN, lifecycle updates, disconnected sites, or troubleshooting. Covers standard deployments (1-16 node hyperconverged, up to 64 disaggregated) and rack-aware clusters.

Do not use for cloud VM or public AKS guidance, or for multi-rack (rack scale) deployments — those use a separate control plane and procedure set. Hand off to the azure-local-multi-rack skill.

MCP Tools

Azure Local has no dedicated MCP namespace. Use generic Azure MCP tools: mcp_azure_mcp_extension_cli_generate (ARG/CLI inventory), mcp_azure_mcp_monitor (needs Log Analytics), mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth (partial; not local cluster health), mcp_azure_mcp_documentation (pass the user's version when known).

Scope and limitations: mcp-and-cli-tools.

Workflow

  1. Confirm deployment scale. If the user mentions multi-rack, aggregation racks, Network Fabric Controller, Cluster Manager, or Microsoft.NetworkCloud resources, stop and use the azure-local-multi-rack skill instead.
  2. Deploy -> plan-and-deploy
  3. Operate/update -> operate-and-update
  4. VMs, AKS, images, disks, networks -> workload-management
  5. SDN, NSG, load balancer, gateway -> networking-and-security
  6. Failures -> troubleshooting

Read the matched workflow first and use docs-map. Start read-only. Ask before updates, deletes, reimages, network changes, VM power/delete operations, or Arc bridge/custom location changes.

Error Handling

ScenarioRemediation
Scale unknownAsk whether the deployment is standard or multi-rack before giving procedures.
Multi-rack detectedHand off to the azure-local-multi-rack skill; these procedures do not apply.
Version unknownAsk for the Azure Local version, or use latest docs.
Risky change detectedStop and follow safety-rules.
No local accessStay with Azure control-plane checks only.
Doc URL 404/redirectSearch Learn for the article title with the user's version.