/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 web/REST/Power BI SDKs, geocoding/routing/weather APIs, tiles/rendering, or multi-stop route optimization, and other Azure Maps related development tasks.
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-08-09"
  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-L45 | Best practices for Azure Maps apps: auth/security, routing and search usage, static image rendering, performance tuning, accessibility, and correct copyright/attribution. | | Decision Making | L46-L57 | Guidance on pricing, billing, and migrating maps apps to Azure Maps from Bing, Google, Power BI visuals, and older Azure Maps APIs, including routing, tiles, and search replacements | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L58-L63 | 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 | L64-L73 | Coverage, limits, and capabilities of Azure Maps services: QPS rate limits, and regional support for geocoding, rendering/tiles, routing, traffic, and weather data. | | Security | L74-L88 | Securing Azure Maps access: auth methods (keys, SAS, Entra ID), SPA/daemon/device scenarios, Power BI visual governance, and network isolation with Private Link. | | Configuration | L89-L113 | Configuring Azure Maps web maps, styles, layers, data sources, routing models, localization, browser support, and migrating or updating to newer Azure Maps APIs and services. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L114-L175 | Patterns and code for integrating Azure Maps: Web/REST/Power BI SDK usage, layers and drawing, geocoding/routing/weather, Spatial IO/WMS, and migrations from Bing/Google/legacy SDKs. |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Apply authentication best practices for Azure Maps apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/authentication-best-practices | | Render custom data on Azure Maps static raster images | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-render-custom-data | | Show required Azure Maps copyright attribution correctly | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-show-attribution | | Apply best practices for 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 | |-------|-----| | Select and manage Azure Maps pricing tiers | 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 | | 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 | | Interpret Azure Maps transaction billing and usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/understanding-azure-maps-transactions |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Build elevation data services on Azure using open DEM data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/elevation-data-services | | Architect a multi-itinerary optimization service with Azure Maps and NVIDIA cuOpt | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/itinerary-optimization-service |

Limits & Quotas

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