/azure-maps

name: azure-maps
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Maps development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when using Azure Maps Web/REST SDKs, geocoding, routing, traffic, weather tiles, or Power BI visual integrations, and other Azure Maps related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search), Azure IoT (use azure-iot), Azure IoT Central (use azure-iot-central), Azure IoT Edge (use azure-iot-edge).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-10-25"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Maps Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Maps. Covers best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. 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 | |----------|-------|-------------| | Best Practices | L35-L44 | Guidance on secure auth, required attribution, routing and search tuning, accessibility, and performance optimization when building Azure Maps web apps. | | Decision Making | L45-L59 | Guidance on Azure Maps pricing, cost planning, coverage, and how to migrate or replace Bing/Google Maps, Bing SDS, and Power BI maps with Azure Maps services. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L60-L65 | Designing Azure architectures for elevation data services and multi-itinerary route optimization using Azure Maps, open DEM data, and NVIDIA cuOpt for scalable geospatial solutions | | Limits & Quotas | L66-L73 | Coverage limits, data availability, and QPS rate caps for Azure Maps services (geocoding, rendering, routing, traffic, weather), including regional support and tile resolution. | | Security | L74-L88 | Securing Azure Maps: auth methods (keys, Entra ID, SAS), SPA/web/daemon/device scenarios, Power BI visual access/residency, and private network access via Private Link. | | Configuration | L89-L116 | Configuring Azure Maps Web SDK behavior: map styles, layers, markers, popups, zoom/tiles, localization, routing models, spatial formats, browser support, and API version migrations. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L117-L174 | Patterns and code samples for integrating Azure Maps via Web/REST SDKs, migrating from Bing/Google, rendering and styling data (layers, drawing, clustering, heatmaps), and using Power BI/Spatial IO. |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Apply secure authentication best practices in Azure Maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/authentication-best-practices | | Show required Azure Maps copyright attribution correctly | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-show-attribution | | Apply routing best practices with Azure Maps Route service | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-use-best-practices-for-routing | | Apply best practices for Azure Maps Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-use-best-practices-for-search | | Implement accessibility features in Azure Maps apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/map-accessibility | | Optimize performance with Azure Maps Web SDK best practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/web-sdk-best-practices |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose and manage Azure Maps Gen2 pricing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-manage-pricing-tier | | Plan migration from Bing Maps Enterprise to Azure Maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/migrate-bing-maps-overview | | Migrate Bing Truck Route API to Azure Maps routing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/migrate-calculate-truck-route | | Decide how to migrate from Google Maps to Azure Maps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/migrate-from-google-maps | | Migrate Bing Get Imagery Metadata to Azure Maps tiles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/migrate-get-imagery-metadata | | Migrate Azure Maps Render v1.0 to 2024-04-01 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/migrate-render-v1-api | | Choose Azure Maps and Azure services to replace Bing SDS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/migrate-sds-data-source-management | | Convert Power BI Map visuals to Azure Maps visual | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/power-bi-visual-conversion | | Evaluate Azure Maps routing coverage by region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/routing-coverage | | Check Azure Maps traffic data coverage by region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/traffic-coverage | | Plan Azure Maps costs using transaction rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/understanding-azure-maps-transactions |

Architect