Abbreviation recommendations for Azure resources
This page gives you abbreviation examples for many of the resources in Azure. The following table has abbreviations mapped to resource and resource provider namespace.
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AI + machine learning
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| AI Search | Microsoft.Search/searchServices |
srch |
| Azure AI services | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: AIServices) |
ais |
| Azure AI Studio hub | Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces (kind: Hub) |
hub |
| Azure AI Studio project | Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces (kind: Project) |
proj |
| Azure AI Video Indexer | Microsoft.VideoIndexer/accounts |
avi |
| Azure Machine Learning workspace | Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces |
mlw |
| Azure OpenAI Service | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: OpenAI) |
oai |
| Bot service | Microsoft.BotService/botServices (kind: azurebot) |
bot |
| Computer vision | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: ComputerVision) |
cv |
| Content moderator | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: ContentModerator) |
cm |
| Content safety | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: ContentSafety) |
cs |
| Custom vision (prediction) | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: CustomVision.Prediction) |
cstv |
| Custom vision (training) | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: CustomVision.Training) |
cstvt |
| Document intelligence | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: FormRecognizer) |
di |
| Face API | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: Face) |
face |
| Health Insights | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: HealthInsights) |
hi |
| Immersive reader | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: ImmersiveReader) |
ir |
| Language service | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: TextAnalytics) |
lang |
| Speech service | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: SpeechServices) |
spch |
| Translator | Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts (kind: TextTranslation) |
trsl |
Analytics and IoT
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Analysis Services server | Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers |
as |
| Azure Databricks workspace | Microsoft.Databricks/workspaces |
dbw |
| 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 |
| Azure Digital Twin instance | Microsoft.DigitalTwins/digitalTwinsInstances |
dt |
| Azure Stream Analytics | Microsoft.StreamAnalytics/cluster |
asa |
| Azure Synapse Analytics private link hub | Microsoft.Synapse/privateLinkHubs |
synplh |
| Azure Synapse Analytics SQL Dedicated Pool | Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/sqlPools |
syndp |
| Azure Synapse Analytics Spark Pool | Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/bigDataPools |
synsp |
| Azure Synapse Analytics workspaces | Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces |
synw |
| 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 subscriptions | Microsoft.EventGrid/eventSubscriptions |
evgs |
| Event Grid topic | Microsoft.EventGrid/domains/topics |
evgt |
| Event Grid system topic | Microsoft.EventGrid/systemTopics |
egst |
| 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 |
Compute and web
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| App Service environment | Microsoft.Web/hostingEnvironments |
ase |
| App Service plan | Microsoft.Web/serverFarms |
asp |
| Azure Load Testing instance | Microsoft.LoadTestService/loadTests |
lt |
| Availability set | Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets |
avail |
| Azure Arc enabled server | Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines |
arcs |
| Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes cluster | Microsoft.Kubernetes/connectedClusters |
arck |
| Azure Arc private link scope | Microsoft.HybridCompute/privateLinkScopes |
pls |
| Batch accounts | Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts |
ba |
| Cloud service | Microsoft.Compute/cloudServices |
cld |
| Communication Services | Microsoft.Communication/communicationServices |
acs |
| Disk encryption set | Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets |
des |
| Function app | Microsoft.Web/sites |
func |
| Gallery | Microsoft.Compute/galleries |
gal |
| Hosting environment | Microsoft.Web/hostingEnvironments |
host |
| Image template | Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates |
it |
| 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 |
| Proximity placement group | Microsoft.Compute/proximityPlacementGroups |
ppg |
| Restore point collection | Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections |
rpc |
| Snapshot | Microsoft.Compute/snapshots |
snap |
| Static web app | Microsoft.Web/staticSites |
stapp |
| Virtual machine | Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines |
vm |
| Virtual machine scale set | Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets |
vmss |
| Virtual machine maintenance configuration | Microsoft.Maintenance/maintenanceConfigurations |
mc |
| VM storage account | Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts |
stvm |
| Web app | Microsoft.Web/sites |
app |
Containers
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| AKS cluster | Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters |
aks |
| AKS system node pool | Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/agentPools (mode: System) |
npsystem |
| AKS user node pool | Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/agentPools (mode: User) |
np |
| Container apps | Microsoft.App/containerApps |
ca |
| Container apps environment | Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments |
cae |
| Container registry | Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries |
cr |
| Container instance | Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups |
ci |
| Service Fabric cluster | Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters |
sf |
| Service Fabric managed cluster | Microsoft.ServiceFabric/managedClusters |
sfmc |
Databases
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Cosmos DB database | Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/sqlDatabases |
cosmos |
| Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra account | Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts |
coscas |
| Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB account | Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts |
cosmon |
| Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account | Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts |
cosno |
| Azure Cosmos DB for Table account | Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts |
costab |
| Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin account | Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts |
cosgrm |
| Azure Cosmos DB PostgreSQL cluster | Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/serverGroupsv2 |
cospos |
| 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 SQL Elastic Job agent | Microsoft.Sql/servers/jobAgents |
sqlja |
| Azure SQL Elastic Pool | Microsoft.Sql/servers/elasticpool |
sqlep |
| MariaDB server | Microsoft.DBforMariaDB/servers |
maria |
| MariaDB database | Microsoft.DBforMariaDB/servers/databases |
mariadb |
| 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 |
Developer tools
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| App Configuration store | Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores |
appcs |
| Maps account | Microsoft.Maps/accounts |
map |
| SignalR | Microsoft.SignalRService/SignalR |
sigr |
| WebPubSub | Microsoft.SignalRService/webPubSub |
wps |
DevOps
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Managed Grafana | Microsoft.Dashboard/grafana |
amg |
Integration
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| API management service instance | Microsoft.ApiManagement/service |
apim |
| Integration account | Microsoft.Logic/integrationAccounts |
ia |
| Logic app | Microsoft.Logic/workflows |
logic |
| Service Bus namespace | Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces |
sbns |
| Service Bus queue | Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/queues |
sbq |
| Service Bus topic | Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/topics |
sbt |
| Service Bus topic subscription | Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/topics/subscriptions |
sbts |
Management and governance
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Automation account | Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts |
aa |
| Azure Policy definition | Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions |
<descriptive> |
| Application Insights | Microsoft.Insights/components |
appi |
| Azure Monitor action group | Microsoft.Insights/actionGroups |
ag |
| Azure Monitor data collection rule | Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionRules |
dcr |
| Azure Monitor alert processing rule | Microsoft.AlertsManagement/actionRules |
apr |
| Blueprint (planned for deprecation) | Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprints |
bp |
| Blueprint assignment (planned for deprecation) | Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprints/artifacts |
bpa |
| Data collection endpoint | Microsoft.Insights/dataCollectionEndpoints |
dce |
| Log Analytics workspace | Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces |
log |
| Log Analytics query packs | Microsoft.OperationalInsights/querypacks |
pack |
| Management group | Microsoft.Management/managementGroups |
mg |
| Microsoft Purview instance | Microsoft.Purview/accounts |
pview |
| Resource group | Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups |
rg |
| Template specs name | Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs |
ts |
Migration
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Migrate project | Microsoft.Migrate/assessmentProjects |
migr |
| Database Migration Service instance | Microsoft.DataMigration/services |
dms |
| Recovery Services vault | Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults |
rsv |
Networking
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Application gateway | Microsoft.Network/applicationGateways |
agw |
| Application security group (ASG) | Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups |
asg |
| CDN profile | Microsoft.Cdn/profiles |
cdnp |
| CDN endpoint | Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/endpoints |
cdne |
| Connections | Microsoft.Network/connections |
con |
| DNS | Microsoft.Network/dnsZones |
<DNS domain name> |
| DNS forwarding ruleset | Microsoft.Network/dnsForwardingRulesets |
dnsfrs |
| DNS private resolver | Microsoft.Network/dnsResolvers |
dnspr |
| DNS private resolver inbound endpoint | Microsoft.Network/dnsResolvers/inboundEndpoints |
in |
| DNS private resolver outbound endpoint | Microsoft.Network/dnsResolvers/outboundEndpoints |
out |
| DNS zone | Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones |
<DNS domain name> |
| Firewall | Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls |
afw |
| Firewall policy | Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies |
afwp |
| ExpressRoute circuit | Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits |
erc |
| ExpressRoute gateway | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways |
ergw |
| Front Door (Standard/Premium) profile | Microsoft.Cdn/profiles |
afd |
| Front Door (Standard/Premium) endpoint | Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/afdEndpoints |
fde |
| Front Door firewall policy | Microsoft.Network/frontdoorWebApplicationFirewallPolicies |
fdfp |
| Front Door (classic) | Microsoft.Network/frontDoors |
afd |
| IP group | Microsoft.Network/ipGroups |
ipg |
| 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 |
| NAT gateway | Microsoft.Network/natGateways |
ng |
| 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 |
| Private endpoint | Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints |
pep |
| Public IP address | Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses |
pip |
| Public IP address prefix | Microsoft.Network/publicIPPrefixes |
ippre |
| Route filter | Microsoft.Network/routeFilters |
rf |
| Route server | Microsoft.Network/virtualHubs |
rtserv |
| Route table | Microsoft.Network/routeTables |
rt |
| Service endpoint policy | 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 gateway | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways |
vgw |
| Virtual network manager | Microsoft.Network/networkManagers |
vnm |
| Virtual network peering | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualNetworkPeerings |
peer |
| Virtual network subnet | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets |
snet |
| Virtual WAN | Microsoft.Network/virtualWans |
vwan |
| Virtual WAN Hub | Microsoft.Network/virtualHubs |
vhub |
Security
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Bastion | Microsoft.Network/bastionHosts |
bas |
| Key vault | Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults |
kv |
| Key Vault Managed HSM | Microsoft.KeyVault/managedHSMs |
kvmhsm |
| Managed identity | Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities |
id |
| SSH key | Microsoft.Compute/sshPublicKeys |
sshkey |
| VPN Gateway | Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways |
vpng |
| VPN connection | Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/vpnConnections |
vcn |
| VPN site | Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/vpnSites |
vst |
| Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy | Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies |
waf |
| Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy rule group | Microsoft.Network/firewallPolicies/ruleGroups |
wafrg |
Storage
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Azure StorSimple | Microsoft.StorSimple/managers |
ssimp |
| Backup Vault name | Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults |
bvault |
| Backup Vault policy | Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults/backupPolicies |
bkpol |
| File share | Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares |
share |
| Storage account | Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts |
st |
| Storage Sync Service name | Microsoft.StorageSync/storageSyncServices |
sss |
Virtual desktop infrastructure
| Resource | Resource provider namespace | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual desktop host pool | Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/hostPools |
vdpool |
| Virtual desktop application group | Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/applicationGroups |
vdag |
| Virtual desktop workspace | Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/workspaces |
vdws |
| Virtual desktop scaling plan | Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/scalingPlans |
vdscaling |
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