/azure-quantum

name: azure-quantum
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Quantum development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when running Q# jobs on IonQ/Quantinuum/Rigetti, managing quotas, RBAC access, hybrid jobs, or resource estimation, and other Azure Quantum related development tasks. Not for Azure HDInsight (use azure-hdinsight), Azure Databricks (use azure-databricks), Azure Machine Learning (use azure-machine-learning), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines).
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 Quantum Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Quantum. 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-L44 | Troubleshooting Azure Quantum provider issues: diagnosing job failures and support/escalation policies and limits for IonQ, Quantinuum, and Rigetti hardware on Azure Quantum. | | Best Practices | L45-L49 | Tools and techniques for testing, debugging, and validating quantum programs with the Azure Quantum Development Kit (QDK), including simulators, logging, and troubleshooting. | | Decision Making | L50-L56 | Guidance on Azure Quantum costs, provider pricing and regions, workspace migration, choosing Q# dev tools, and planning quantum-safe cryptography with the resource estimator. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L57-L61 | Guidance on designing hybrid quantum-classical workflows in Azure Quantum, including architecture options, orchestration patterns, and when to offload tasks to quantum hardware. | | Limits & Quotas | L62-L68 | Managing Azure Quantum quotas, job/session limits, timeouts, and Rigetti-specific hardware constraints and target capabilities. | | Security | L69-L79 | Managing secure access to Azure Quantum workspaces: RBAC and access control, bulk user assignment, ARM locks, managed identities, service principals, and secure handling of access keys. | | Configuration | L80-L91 | Configuring Azure Quantum workspaces, QDK tools, simulators, and hardware targets, plus setting up and customizing Quantum Resource Estimator models and outputs. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L92-L104 | Integrating quantum frameworks (Q#, OpenQASM, QIR, Qiskit, Cirq, Pulser) with Azure Quantum, configuring simulators/noise models, visualization, hybrid jobs, and resource estimation. | | Deployment | L105-L109 | Deploying Azure Quantum workspaces with Bicep and running/submitting Q# quantum programs from VS Code to Azure Quantum backends |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Diagnose and resolve common Azure Quantum issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-common-issues | | Support and escalation policy for IonQ on Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-ionq | | Support policy for Quantinuum on Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-quantinuum | | Support policy for Rigetti on Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-rigetti |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Test and debug quantum programs with QDK tools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/testing-debugging |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Migrate Azure Quantum workspace data between regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/migration-guide | | Compare Azure Quantum provider pricing plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing | | Check regional availability of Azure Quantum providers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-global-availability |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose hybrid quantum computing architectures in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/hybrid-computing-overview |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Review and manage Azure Quantum usage quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-quotas | | Manage Azure Quantum sessions and avoid timeouts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-work-with-sessions | | Rigetti provider targets and hardware limits in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-rigetti |

Security

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Bulk assign Azure Quantum workspace access via CSV | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/bulk-add-users-to-a-workspace | | Pro