10 September, 2022

Azure Region Abbreviations

Last updated March 2026.

The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework's recommended naming convention includes the full name of the region.

Most people want to abbreviate region names. Unfortunately, Microsoft don't have a standard abbreviation for reach region. Instead, different Microsoft product teams have created their own abbreviations, and so the abbreviations for each region is different depending on the service you're using.

To illustrate this, the below table lists all the current regions, and what abbreviations I could find.

...you poor unfortunate souls using Canada Central.

Update 2026: the CAF Terraform library has been deprecated, so my new recommendation is:

Recommendation: if you are going to use short names, use the AVM Terraform library as your template. Most of the names are copied from Azure Backup, and at the very least, it's (mostly) complete and (mostly) consistent. Unless you use a National cloud, in which case... I dunno?

Cloud Azure Region (displayName) Azure Region (name) Physical Location Short Name (CAF) Short Name (AVM) Short Name (Power Platform) Short Name (Attestation) Short Name (Dynamics LCS) Short Name (Defender for Cloud) Short Name (Backup) Short Name (Automation)
Global Australia Central australiacentral Canberra acl acl acl ac
Global Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 Canberra acl2 acl2 acl2 cbr2
Global Australia East australiaeast New South Wales ae ae aeu eau eau eau ae ae
Global Australia Southeast australiasoutheast Victoria ase ase seau sau seau seau ase ase
Global Austria East austriaeast Vienna aue
Global Belgium Central belgiumcentral Brussels bec
Global Brazil South brazilsouth Sao Paulo State brs brs sbr sbr cq brs brs
Global Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast Rio bse bse bse brse
Global Brazil US brazilus bru
Global Canada Central canadacentral Toronto cnc cnc cca cac cca ccan cnc cc
Global Canada East canadaeast Quebec cne cne eca cae eca cne
Global Central India centralindia Pune inc inc cin cin cid inc cid
Global Central US centralus Iowa cus cus cus cus cus cus cus
Global Central US EUAP centraluseuap ccy ccy cuse ccy
Global Chile Central chilecentral Santiago clc clc
Global Denmark East denmarkeast Copenhagen dke
Global East Asia eastasia Hong Kong ea ea eas eas ea ea ea
Global East US eastus Virginia eus eus eus eus eus eus eus eus
Global East US 2 eastus2 Virginia eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2
Global East US 2 EUAP eastus2euap ecy ecy eus2e ecy
Global East US STG eastusstg Virginia
Global France Central francecentral Paris frc frc cfr par frc fc
Global France South francesouth Marseille frs frs sfr sfr frs mrs
Global Germany North germanynorth Berlin gn gn nde gn
Global Germany West Central germanywestcentral Frankfurt gwc gwc wcde dewc gwc dewc
Global Indonesia Central indonesiacentral Jakarta idc idc
Global Israel Central israelcentral Israel ilc ilc ilc
Global Italy North italynorth Milan itn itn itn
Global Japan East japaneast Tokyo, Saitama jpe jpe ejp ejp ejp jpe jpe
Global Japan West japanwest Osaka jpw jpw wjp wjp jpw jpw
Global Jio India Central jioindiacentral Nagpur jic jic jic
Global Jio India West jioindiawest Jamnagar jiw jiw jiw
Global Korea Central koreacentral Seoul krc krc ckr se krc kc
Global Korea South koreasouth Busan krs krs skr krs ps
Global Malaysia South malaysiasouth mys
Global Malaysia West malaysiawest Kuala Lumpur myw myw
Global Mexico Central mexicocentral Querétaro State mxc mxc mxc
Global New Zealand North newzealandnorth Auckland nzn nzn nzn
Global North Central US northcentralus Illinois ncus ncus ncus ncus ncus ncus
Global North Europe northeurope Ireland ne ne neu neu neu neu ne ne
Global Norway East norwayeast Norway nwe nwe eno eno noe nwe noe
Global Norway West norwaywest Norway nww nww wno wno nww now
Global Poland Central polandcentral Warsaw plc plc plc
Global Qatar Central qatarcentral Doha qac qac qac
Global South Africa North southafricanorth Johannesburg san san nza nza san san
Global South Africa West southafricawest Cape Town saw saw wza wza saw
Global South Central US southcentralus Texas scus scus scus scus scus scus scus
Global South Central US STG southcentralusstg Texas
Global Southeast Asia southeastasia Singapore sea sea seas sasia seas sea sea sea
Global South India southindia Chennai ins ins sin sin ins ma
Global Spain Central spaincentral Madrid esc spc spc
Global Sweden Central swedencentral Gävle sdc sdc sdc
Global Sweden South swedensouth sds sds
Global Switzerland North switzerlandnorth Zurich szn szn nch swn nch chn szn
Global Switzerland West switzerlandwest Geneva szw szw wch wch szw stzw
Global UAE Central uaecentral Abu Dhabi uac uac cae uac auh
Global UAE North uaenorth Dubai uan uan nae nae dxb uan uaen
Global UK South uksouth London uks uks suk uks suk suk uks uks
Global UK West ukwest Cardiff ukw ukw wuk ukw wuk ukw cw
Global West Central US westcentralus Wyoming wcus wcus wcus wcus wcus
Global West Europe westeurope Netherlands we we weu weu weu weu we we
Global West India westindia Mumbai inw inw inw
Global West US westus California wus wus wus wus wus wus wus wus
Global West US 2 westus2 Washington wus2 wus2 wus2 wus2 wus2 wus2
Global West US 3 westus3 Phoenix wus3 wus3 wus3 usw3
🇨🇳 China China East chinaeast Shanghai sha sha
🇨🇳 China China East 2 chinaeast2 Shanghai sha2 cne2 mc sha2 sha2
🇨🇳 China China East 3 chinaeast3 Nantong sha3 sha3
🇨🇳 China China North chinanorth Beijing bjb bjb bjb
🇨🇳 China China North 2 chinanorth2 Beijing bjb2 cnn2 bjb2 bjs2
🇨🇳 China China North 3 chinanorth3 Zhangjiakou bjb3 bjb3 cnn3
🇩🇪 Germany Germany Central germanycentral gec gec
🇩🇪 Germany Germany Northeast germanynortheast gne gne
🇺🇸 US Government US DoD Central usdodcentral Iowa udc udc udc
🇺🇸 US Government US DoD East usdodeast Virginia ude ude ude
🇺🇸 US Government US Gov Arizona usgovarizona Arizona uga uga phx uga phx
🇺🇸 US Government US Gov Iowa usgoviowa Iowa ugi ugi
🇺🇸 US Government US Gov Texas usgovtexas Texas ugt ugtx ugt ussc
🇺🇸 US Government US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia Virginia ugv ugva ugv ff ugv usge
🇺🇸 US Government US Nat East usnateast exe eex exe exe
🇺🇸 US Government US Nat West usnatwest exw wex exw exw
🇺🇸 US Government US Sec East usseceast rxe erx rxe rxe
🇺🇸 US Government US Sec West ussecwest rxw wrx rxw rxw
🇺🇸 US Government US Sec West Central
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