version: "1.0.5" 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 from VS Code, managing IonQ/Quantinuum/Rigetti targets, configuring simulators/noise models, or using the Quantum Resource Estimator, and other Azure Quantum related development tasks. compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-08-16" 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
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, session limits/timeouts, and Rigetti-specific target capacities and hardware constraints. | |
| 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 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 | |
| Protect Azure Quantum resources with ARM locks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-set-resource-locks | |
| Share Azure Quantum workspace using RBAC roles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-share-access-quantum-workspace | |
| Configure Azure Quantum workspace access control | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/manage-workspace-access | |
| Authenticate to Azure Quantum using managed identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/optimization-authenticate-managed-identity | |
| Authenticate to Azure Quantum using service principals | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/optimization-authenticate-service-principal | |
| Manage Azure Quantum workspace access keys securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/security-manage-access-keys | |
Configuration
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Configure Azure Quantum workspaces with Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-with-the-azure-cli | |
| Use the QDK neutral atom device visualizer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-use-neutral-atom-visualizer | |
| Install and configure QDK quantum simulators | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-qdk-quantum-simulators | |
| Configure and use IonQ targets in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-ionq | |
| Configure hardware architecture models for the Quantum resource estimator | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-build-architecture-models | |
| Define error correction and magic state models for resource estimation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-build-error-correction-models | |
| Build custom application models for the Quantum resource estimator | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-custom-applications | |
| Access and customize Quantum resource estimator output | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-estimation-results | |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Connect to Azure Quantum workspace via qdk.azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-connect-workspace | |
| Visualize Q# and OpenQASM circuits with QDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-visualize-circuits | |
| Run integrated hybrid quantum jobs with Adaptive RI in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/hybrid-computing-integrated | |
| Configure neutral atom noise models with QDK Python APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/neutral-atom-noise-models | |
| Run OpenQASM programs with Azure Quantum QDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-openqasm-integration | |
| Build and configure QDK simulator noise models in Python | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-simulator-noise-models | |
| Create application models from quantum frameworks for resource estimation | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qre-supported-applications | |
| Submit Cirq circuits to Azure Quantum with QDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-cirq | |
| Submit QIR, OpenQASM, and Pulser circuits to Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-provider-format | |
Deployment
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Deploy Azure Quantum workspaces using Bicep templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-using-bicep | |
| Submit and run Q# programs on Azure Quantum from VS Code | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-submit-jobs | |