azure-managed-redis - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: azure-managed-redis description: Expert knowledge for Azure Managed Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Azure Managed Redis clustering, sharding, persistence, geo-replication, Entra auth, or Private Link, and other Azure Managed Redis related development tasks. Not for Azure Cache for Redis (use azure-cache-redis). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-06-21" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Managed Redis Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Managed Redis. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, 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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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L36-L47	Diagnosing and fixing Azure Managed Redis issues: connectivity, latency/timeouts, data loss, server resources, client performance, common errors, and using Redis Insight/redis-cli for troubleshooting.
Best Practices	L48-L63	Guidance on client and app design, connections, scaling, memory, performance, Kubernetes hosting, monitoring, failover, and troubleshooting best practices for Azure Managed Redis.
Decision Making	L64-L76	Guidance on choosing Managed Redis vs other tiers, planning capacity and reservations, and selecting/migrating from Basic/Standard/Premium or Redis Enterprise to Azure Managed Redis
Architecture & Design Patterns	L77-L81	Details of Azure Managed Redis internals: cluster architecture, sharding, high availability, persistence, networking, scaling behavior, and how these design choices affect performance and reliability.
Security	L82-L92	Securing Azure Managed Redis: TLS, Entra auth, ACLs, disk encryption, Private Link, security best practices, and applying Azure Policy compliance controls.
Configuration	L93-L107	How to configure and operate Azure Managed Redis: instance settings, modules, persistence, geo-replication, monitoring/diagnostics, Grafana, CLI/PowerShell, migration, and data import/export.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L108-L120	Patterns and code samples for connecting apps (ASP.NET, Go, Node.js, Python, Functions) to Azure Managed Redis, securing with Entra ID, caching, keyspace notifications, and data import/export.
Deployment	L121-L130	Scaling, version upgrades, migrations from Basic/Standard/Premium or Redis Enterprise, ARM/Bicep deployment, and configuring maintenance windows for Azure Managed Redis.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Use Redis Insight and redis-cli with Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-redis-access-data
Resolve common Azure Managed Redis management issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/management-faq
Diagnose and fix Azure Managed Redis common errors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/monitor-troubleshoot-faq
Resolve Azure Managed Redis client-side performance issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/troubleshoot-client
Troubleshoot connectivity issues in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/troubleshoot-connectivity
Diagnose and mitigate data loss in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/troubleshoot-data-loss
Troubleshoot Azure Managed Redis server resource issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/troubleshoot-server
Diagnose latency and timeout problems in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/troubleshoot-timeouts

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply client library best practices for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-client-libraries
Design resilient connections to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-connection
Apply development best practices for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-development
Apply best practices for Flash Optimized Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-flash-optimized
Host Kubernetes clients for Azure Managed Redis effectively	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-kubernetes
Optimize memory management in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-memory-management
Run performance testing for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-performance
Apply scaling best practices for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-scale
Monitor and manage Azure Managed Redis server load	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/best-practices-server-load
Resolve common Azure Managed Redis development issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/development-faq
Handle failover and patching for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/failover
Apply patterns and best practices for Azure Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/faq

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Choose migration options to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-options
Plan migration from Basic/Standard/Premium to Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-overview
Compare Azure Cache tiers with Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-understand
Choose migration options from Redis Enterprise to Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-options
Plan migration from Redis Enterprise to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-overview
Understand differences between Redis Enterprise and Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-understand
Select an approach to migrate to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migration-guide
Plan Azure Managed Redis deployments and capacity	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/planning-faq
Choose and purchase Azure Managed Redis reservations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/reserved-pricing

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Understand Azure Managed Redis architecture internals	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/architecture

Security

Topic	URL
Configure custom Redis ACL permissions in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/configure-access-permissions
Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/entra-for-authentication
Configure customer-managed disk encryption for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-encryption
Secure Azure Managed Redis with Private Link endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/private-link
Apply security best practices to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/secure-azure-managed-redis
Apply Azure Policy compliance controls to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/security-controls-policy
Configure TLS settings for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/tls-configuration

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Azure Managed Redis instance settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/configure
Configure built-in Grafana dashboards for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/grafana-dashboards
Set up active geo-replication for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-active-geo-replication
Administer Azure Managed Redis using PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-manage-redis-cache-powershell
Configure persistence options for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-persistence
Configure Azure migration tooling for Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-with-tooling
Configure monitoring and alerts for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/monitor-cache
Reference metrics and logs for Azure Managed Redis monitoring	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/monitor-cache-reference
Configure diagnostic settings for Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/monitor-diagnostic-settings
Configure Redis modules on Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/redis-modules
Manage Azure Managed Redis via Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/scripts/create-manage-cache

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Integrate Azure Functions with Azure Redis services using bindings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-cache
Secure ASP.NET Core Web API with Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/aspnet
Configure ASP.NET Core output caching with Azure Cache for Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/aspnet-core-output-cache-provider
Connect .NET apps to Azure Managed Redis with Entra ID	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/dotnet
Use Redis keyspace notifications in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/enable-redis-keyspace-notifications
Integrate Go applications with Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/go-get-started
Import and export Azure Managed Redis data via Blob	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-import-export-data
Use Azure Managed Redis from Node.js TypeScript	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/nodejs-get-started
Connect Python applications to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/python-get-started

Deployment

Topic	URL
Upgrade Redis versions in Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/how-to-upgrade
Execute migration from Basic/Standard/Premium to Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-basic-standard-premium-self-service
Execute Redis Enterprise to Azure Managed Redis migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-self-service
Use built-in tooling to migrate Redis Enterprise to Azure Managed Redis	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/migrate/migrate-redis-enterprise-with-tooling
Deploy Azure Managed Redis using ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/redis-cache-arm-provision
Deploy Azure Managed Redis with Bicep templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/redis-cache-bicep-provision
Configure maintenance windows for Azure Managed Redis updates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/scheduled-maintenance