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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