/azure-digital-twins

name: azure-digital-twins
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Digital Twins development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when modeling with DTDL, querying twin graphs, integrating IoT Hub/Functions, or migrating control plane APIs, and other Azure Digital Twins related development tasks. Not for Azure IoT Hub (use azure-iot-hub), Azure IoT Central (use azure-iot-central), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge), Azure IoT Operations (use azure-iot-operations).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-02-28"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Digital Twins Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Digital Twins. 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

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

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 | L37-L46 | Diagnosing and fixing common Azure Digital Twins issues: 403/404 errors, Explorer auth problems, CLI parse failures, known bugs, and performance troubleshooting. | | Best Practices | L47-L53 | Guidance on modeling best practices: converting RDF/OWL ontologies to DTDL, extending DTDL for Azure Digital Twins, and designing effective tagging patterns for twin graphs. | | Decision Making | L54-L59 | Guidance on selecting DTDL-based industry ontologies for your twin models and instructions for migrating from Azure Digital Twins preview control plane APIs to current APIs. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L60-L65 | Patterns for routing data into/out of Azure Digital Twins, plus strategies for high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning and configuration. | | Limits & Quotas | L66-L71 | Details on Azure Digital Twins query unit usage, plus service limits, throttling behavior, and how to view/request changes to adjustable quotas. | | Security | L72-L80 | Security guidance for Azure Digital Twins: auth with Entra app registrations, client authentication, Private Link setup, and handling customer personal data and best practices. | | Configuration | L81-L105 | Configuring and operating Azure Digital Twins: instance setup, security, endpoints/routes, data history, monitoring, graph/twin/model management, Explorer/3D tools, and query language usage. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L106-L122 | APIs, SDKs, CLI, and query usage; integrating IoT Hub, Azure Data Explorer, Functions, Power Platform; coding .NET clients and validating DTDL models for Azure Digital Twins. | | Deployment | L123-L126 | Guidance for moving an Azure Digital Twins instance to a different region, including prerequisites, supported scenarios, and step-by-step migration procedures. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Fix Azure Digital Twins 403 Forbidden errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/troubleshoot-error-403-digital-twins | | Fix Azure Digital Twins 404 sub-domain not found errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/troubleshoot-error-404-digital-twins | | Resolve Azure Digital Twins Explorer authentication errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/troubleshoot-error-azure-digital-twins-explorer-authentication | | Resolve Azure Digital Twins CLI parse failed errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/troubleshoot-error-cli-parse | | Resolve known issues in Azure Digital Twins | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/troubleshoot-known-issues | | Troubleshoot Azure Digital Twins performance issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/troubleshoot-performance |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Convert RDF/OWL ontologies to DTDL models | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/concepts-ontologies-convert | | Extend DTDL ontologies for Azure Digital Twins | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/concepts-ontologies-extend | | Implement tagging patterns for Azure Digital Twins | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/how-to-use-tags |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose DTDL-based industry ontologies for Digital Twins | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/concepts-ontologies-adopt | | Migrate from Azure Digital Twins preview control plane APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/resources-migrate-from-preview-apis |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Design data ingress and egress for Digital Twins | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/digital-twins/concepts-data-ingress-egress | | Plan high availabil