azure-notification-hubs
Azure Notification Hubs Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Notification Hubs. Covers troubleshooting, 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), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools 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_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L36-L40 | Diagnosing why push notifications are dropped or not delivered in Notification Hubs, including common causes, logging, and step-by-step troubleshooting and fixes. |
| Best Practices | L41-L48 | Guidance on designing Notification Hubs apps: registration patterns, tags and routing, templates, and implementation FAQs for scalable, targeted push notifications. |
| Decision Making | L49-L53 | Guidance on choosing and switching Notification Hubs pricing tiers, comparing feature limits, scale, and cost implications for different workloads. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L54-L58 | Guidance on designing large-scale, multi-tenant, and geo-distributed push notification architectures with Azure Notification Hubs, including patterns, best practices, and integration approaches. |
| Limits & Quotas | L59-L63 | Scheduling push notifications in Azure Notification Hubs, including creating, managing, and sending time-based or recurring notifications across platforms |
| Security | L64-L72 | Security, encryption, TLS, and network isolation for Notification Hubs: data-at-rest encryption, EU data boundary, SAS/role-based access, TLS version planning, and Private Link setup. |
| Configuration | L73-L92 | Configuring Notification Hubs: PNS credentials (APNS, FCM/FCM v1, WNS, MPNS, Baidu), IaC setup (Bicep/ARM/Terraform), monitoring/logging, iOS push changes, and PowerShell management. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L93-L119 | Implementing and migrating push notification integrations (FCM v1, APNS, WNS), device/user targeting, templates, localization, and using REST/SDKs (Java, PHP, Python, UWP, Android, iOS). |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Diagnose and fix dropped notifications in Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-push-notification-fixer |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design and implementation FAQs for Azure Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-push-notification-faq |
| Choose registration patterns for Azure Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-push-notification-registration-management |
| Use tags and routing expressions in Azure Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-tags-segment-push-message |
| Design and use Notification Hubs templates for push | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-templates-cross-platform-push-messages |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Select and change Azure Notification Hubs pricing tiers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/change-pricing-tier |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design enterprise push architectures with Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-enterprise-push-notification-architecture |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use scheduled notifications in Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-send-push-notifications-scheduled |
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Azure Notification Hubs data-at-rest encryption details | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/encrypt-at-rest |
| Understand EU Data Boundary behavior in Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/eu-data-boundary |
| Apply Notification Hubs security model and access rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-push-notification-security |
| Plan for TLS version support in Azure Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-tls12 |
| Configure Private Link for Azure Notification Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/private-link |
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
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