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Prompt examples

Example natural-language prompts you can use with an AI agent (Claude, Copilot, etc.) connected to the az-scout MCP server.

Discovery

  • Which Azure tenants can I access? Am I authenticated to all of them?
  • List my Azure subscriptions in the Contoso LRI tenant.
  • Which Azure regions support Availability Zones?

Zone mappings

  • Compare the zone mappings for my two production subscriptions in West Europe. Will zone 1 land on the same physical datacenter?
  • Show me the logical-to-physical zone mapping for all my subscriptions in France Central.
  • I have three subscriptions. In which region do they all share the same physical zone for logical zone 2?

SKU availability & quota

  • Is Standard_D4s_v5 available in all zones in France Central? Do I have enough vCPU quota to deploy 8 instances?
  • Show me all VMs with 4–8 vCPUs and at least 16 GB RAM available in Sweden Central.
  • Which D-series v5 SKUs are unrestricted in East US zone 3?
  • How much vCPU quota do I have left for the Dv5 family in West Europe?

Pricing

  • Give me the full pricing breakdown for Standard_E8s_v5 in North Europe — PayGo, Spot, Reserved and Savings Plan.
  • Compare the hourly cost of Standard_D4s_v5 vs Standard_D4as_v5 in West Europe, including Spot pricing.
  • What is the cheapest 4-vCPU VM I can run in France Central with at least 16 GB RAM? Show prices in EUR.

Spot placement

  • What are the Spot placement scores for Standard_D2s_v3 and Standard_E4s_v5 in East US?
  • Which of these SKUs has the best chance of getting a Spot VM in West Europe: D2s_v5, D4s_v5, E2s_v5?

Multi-step planning

  • I need to deploy Standard_DC1s_v3 in UK South across two subscriptions. Check zone mappings and SKU availability to recommend which zones to target so both subscriptions land on the same physical datacenter.
  • Find a 4-vCPU VM available in all three zones of France Central with Spot pricing under $0.05/hr and enough quota to run 10 instances.
  • I want to deploy a GPU VM in Sweden Central. List available N-series SKUs, check my quota, and show pricing for the cheapest option.
  • Compare D4s_v5 availability, zone mappings, quota and pricing between West Europe and North Europe for my subscription, then recommend the best region.
  • I'm planning a multi-region deployment across France Central and West Europe. For each region, find all E-series VMs with 8+ vCPUs, check zone availability and restrictions, and summarize which SKUs are available everywhere.