Recommended abbreviations for Azure resource types
4/14/2021
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Azure workloads are typically composed of multiple resources and services. Including a naming component in your resource names that represents the type of the Azure resource makes it easier to visually recognize application or service components.
This list provides recommended abbreviations for various Azure resource types to include in your naming conventions. These abbreviations are often used as prefixes in resource names, so each abbreviation is shown below followed by a hyphen (-
), except for resource types that disallow hyphens in the resource name. Your naming convention might place the resource type abbreviation in a different location of the name if it's more suitable for your organization's needs.
General
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
API management service instance
Microsoft.ApiManagement/service
apim-
Managed Identity
Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities
id-
Management group
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups
mg-
Policy definition
Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions
policy-
Resource group
Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups
rg-
Networking
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Application gateway
Microsoft.Network/applicationGateways
agw-
Application security group (ASG)
Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups
asg-
Bastion
Microsoft.Network/bastionHosts
bas-
CDN profile
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles
cdnp-
CDN endpoint
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/endpoints
cdne-
Connections
Microsoft.Network/connections
con-
DNS
Microsoft.Network/dnsZones
dnsz-
DNS zone
Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones
pdnsz-
Firewall
Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls
afw-
ExpressRoute circuit
Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits
erc-
Front Door instance
Microsoft.Network/frontDoors
fd-
Front Door firewall policy
Microsoft.Network/frontdoorWebApplicationFirewallPolicies
fdfp-
Load balancer (internal)
Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers
lbi-
Load balancer (external)
Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers
lbe-
Load balancer rule
Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/inboundNatRules
rule-
Local network gateway
Microsoft.Network/localNetworkGateways
lgw-
Network interface (NIC)
Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces
nic-
Network security group (NSG)
Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups
nsg-
Network security group (NSG) security rules
Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/securityRules
nsgsr-
Network Watcher
Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers
nw-
Private Link
"Microsoft.Network/privateLinkServices
pl-
Public IP address
Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses
pip-
Public IP address prefix
Microsoft.Network/publicIPPrefixes
ippre-
Route filter
Microsoft.Network/routeFilters
rf-
Route table
Microsoft.Network/routeTables
rt-
Service endpoint
Microsoft.serviceEndPointPolicies
se-
Traffic Manager profile
Microsoft.Network/trafficManagerProfiles
traf-
User defined route (UDR)
Microsoft.Network/routeTables/routes
udr-
Virtual network
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks
vnet-
Virtual network peering
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualNetworkPeerings
peer-
Virtual network subnet
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets
snet-
Virtual WAN
Microsoft.Network/virtualWans
vwan-
VPN Gateway
Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways
vpng-
VPN connection
Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/vpnConnections
cn-
VPN site
Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/vpnSites
st-
Virtual network gateway
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways
vgw-
Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy
Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies
waf
Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy rule group
Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies/ruleGroups
wafrg
Compute and Web
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/entity
Abbreviation
App Service environment
Microsoft.Web/sites
ase-
App Service plan
Microsoft.Web/serverFarms
plan-
Availability set
Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets
avail-
Azure Arc enabled server
Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines
arcs-
Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes cluster
Microsoft.Kubernetes/connectedClusters
arck
Cloud service
Microsoft.Compute/cloudServices
cld-
Disk encryption set
Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets
des
Function app
Microsoft.Web/sites
func-
Gallery
Microsoft.Compute/galleries
gal
Managed disk (OS)
Microsoft.Compute/disks
osdisk
Managed disk (data)
Microsoft.Compute/disks
disk
Notification Hubs
Microsoft.NotificationHubs/namespaces/notificationHubs
ntf-
Notification Hubs namespace
Microsoft.NotificationHubs/namespaces
ntfns-
Snapshot
Microsoft.Compute/snapshots
snap-
Static web app
Microsoft.Web/sites
stapp
Virtual machine
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines
vm
Virtual machine scale set
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets
vmss-
VM storage account
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts
stvm
Web app
Microsoft.Web/sites
app-
Containers
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/entity
Abbreviation
AKS cluster
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters
aks-
Container registry
Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries
cr
Container instance
Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups
ci
Service Fabric cluster
Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters
sf-
Databases
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Azure Cosmos DB database
Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlDatabases
cosmos-
Azure Cache for Redis instance
Microsoft.Cache/Redis
redis-
Azure SQL Database server
Microsoft.Sql/servers
sql-
Azure SQL database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases
sqldb-
Azure Synapse Analytics
Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces
syn-
Azure Synapse Analytics Workspaces
Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces
syn-
Azure Synapse Analytics SQL Dedicated Pool
Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/sqlPools
syndw-
Azure Synapse Analytics Spark Pool
Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/sqlPools
synspark-
MySQL database
Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers
mysql-
PostgreSQL database
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers
psql-
SQL Server Stretch Database
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases
sqlstrdb-
SQL Managed Instance
Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances
sqlmi-
Storage
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Storage account
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts
st
Azure StorSimple
Microsoft.StorSimple/managers
ssimp
AI and Machine Learning
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Azure Cognitive Search
Microsoft.Search/searchServices
srch-
Azure Cognitive Services
Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts
cog-
Azure Machine Learning workspace
Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces
mlw-
Analytics and IoT
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Azure Analysis Services server
Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers
as
Azure Databricks workspace
Microsoft.Databricks/workspaces
dbw-
Azure Stream Analytics
Microsoft.StreamAnalytics/cluster
asa-
Azure Data Explorer cluster
Microsoft.Kusto/clusters
dec
Azure Data Explorer cluster database
Microsoft.Kusto/clusters/databases
dedb
Azure Data Factory
Microsoft.DataFactory/factories
adf-
Data Lake Store account
Microsoft.DataLakeStore/accounts
dls
Data Lake Analytics account
Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts
dla
Event Hubs namespace
Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces
evhns-
Event hub
Microsoft.EventHub namespaces/eventHubs
evh-
Event Grid domain
Microsoft.EventGrid/domains
evgd-
Event Grid topic
Microsoft.EventGrid/domains/topics
evgt-
HDInsight - Hadoop cluster
Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters
hadoop-
HDInsight - HBase cluster
Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters
hbase-
HDInsight - Kafka cluster
Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters
kafka-
HDInsight - Spark cluster
Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters
spark-
HDInsight - Storm cluster
Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters
storm-
HDInsight - ML Services cluster
Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters
mls-
IoT hub
Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs
iot-
Provisioning services
Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices
provs-
Provisioning services certificate
Microsoft.Devices/provisioningServices/certificates
pcert-
Power BI Embedded
Microsoft.PowerBIDedicated/capacities
pbi-
Time Series Insights environment
Microsoft.TimeSeriesInsights/environments
tsi-
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
App Configuration store
Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores
appcs-
Azure Static Web Apps
Microsoft.Web/sites
stap-
SignalR
Microsoft.SignalRService/SignalR
sigr
Integration
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Integration account
Microsoft.Logic/integrationAccounts
ia-
Logic apps
Microsoft.Logic/workflows
logic-
Service Bus
Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces
sb-
Service Bus queue
Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/queues
sbq-
Service Bus topic
Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/topics
sbt-
Management and governance
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Automation account
Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts
aa-
Application Insights
Microsoft.Insights/components
appi-
Azure Monitor action group
Microsoft.Insights/actionGroups
ag-
Azure Purview instance
Microsoft.Purview/accounts
pview-
Blueprint
Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprints
bp-
Blueprint assignment
Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprints/artifacts
bpa-
Key vault
Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults
kv-
Log Analytics workspace
Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces
log-
Migration
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Azure Migrate project
Microsoft.Migrate/assessmentProjects
migr-
Database Migration Service instance
Microsoft.DataMigration/services
dms-
Recovery Services vault
Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults
rsv-
Deprecated product names
Asset type
Resource provider namespace/Entity
Abbreviation
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Microsoft.Sql/servers
sqldw-
Next steps
Review recommendations for tagging your Azure resources and assets.