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Azure Governance Made Simple
  • Azure Governance made simple
  • Basic Governance Topics
    • Governance Overview
      • Overview of Azure native features for cloud governance
      • Governance Architecture in Azure
    • Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
    • Naming standards
    • Azure Subscription
      • Overview of Enterprise Scale Landing Zones
    • Resource Groups
    • Resource Tags
    • Role Based Access Control
    • Resource Locks
  • Advanced Governance Topics
    • Azure Policy
      • Azure Policy best practices
      • Governance suggested policies
    • ARM Templates
    • Azure Blueprints
    • Azure Resource Graph
    • Management Groups
    • Cost Management
  • Conclusion
    • Final considerations
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Naming standards

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Last updated 1 year ago

A naming strategy for use with Azure resources is important within the governance approach. The use of some naming conventions will assist in the location and management of resources as well as in the association of costs with the business areas.

There is very comprehensive documentation on defining naming conventions available here:

Likewise, you can find a list of recommended abbreviations for the most diverse types of Azure resources at this link:

Define your naming convention - Cloud Adoption Frameworkdocsmsft
Define your naming convention
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Recommended abbreviations for Azure resource types - Cloud Adoption Frameworkdocsmsft
Recommended abbreviations for Azure resource types
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