10 September, 2022
Azure Region Abbreviations
Last updated February 2023.
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 abbreivations 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.
Cloud | Azure Region (displayName) | Azure Region (name) | Short Name (Attestation) | Short Name (Dynamics LCS) | Short Name (Defender for Cloud) | Short Name (Backup) | Short Name (Automation) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Global | Australia Central | australiacentral | acl | ac | |||
Global | Australia Central 2 | australiacentral2 | acl2 | cbr2 | |||
Global | Australia East | australiaeast | eau | eau | eau | ae | ae |
Global | Australia Southeast | australiasoutheast | sau | seau | seau | ase | ase |
Global | Brazil South | brazilsouth | sbr | cq | brs | brs | |
Global | Brazil Southeast | brazilsoutheast | bse | brse | |||
Global | Canada Central | canadacentral | cac | cca | ccan | cnc | cc |
Global | Canada East | canadaeast | cae | eca | cne | ||
Global | Central India | centralindia | cin | cid | inc | cid | |
Global | Central US | centralus | cus | cus | cus | cus | |
Global | Central US EUAP | centraluseuap | cuse | ccy | |||
China | China East | chinaeast | sha | ||||
China | China East 2 | chinaeast2 | mc | sha2 | sha2 | ||
China | China North | chinanorth | bjb | bjb | |||
China | China North 2 | chinanorth2 | bjb2 | bjs2 | |||
China | China North 3 | chinanorth3 | |||||
Global | East Asia | eastasia | eas | ea | ea | ea | |
Global | East US | eastus | eus | eus | eus | eus | eus |
Global | East US 2 | eastus2 | eus2 | eus2 | eus2 | eus2 | |
Global | East US 2 EUAP | eastus2euap | eus2e | ecy | |||
Global | France Central | francecentral | par | frc | fc | ||
Global | France South | francesouth | sfr | frs | mrs | ||
Germany | Germany Central | germanycentral | gec | ||||
Global | Germany North | germanynorth | gn | ||||
Germany | Germany Northeast | germanynortheast | gne | ||||
Global | Germany West Central | germanywestcentral | dewc | gwc | dewc | ||
Global | Japan East | japaneast | ejp | ejp | jpe | jpe | |
Global | Japan West | japanwest | wjp | jpw | jpw | ||
Global | Jio India Central | jioindiacentral | jic | ||||
Global | Jio India West | jioindiawest | jiw | ||||
Global | Korea Central | koreacentral | se | krc | kc | ||
Global | Korea South | koreasouth | krs | ps | |||
Global | North Central US | northcentralus | ncus | ncus | ncus | ncus | |
Global | North Europe | northeurope | neu | neu | neu | ne | ne |
Global | Norway East | norwayeast | eno | noe | nwe | noe | |
Global | Norway West | norwaywest | wno | nww | now | ||
Global | Qatar Central | qatarcentral | |||||
Global | South Africa North | southafricanorth | nza | san | san | ||
Global | South Africa West | southafricawest | wza | saw | |||
Global | South Central US | southcentralus | scus | scus | scus | scus | scus |
Global | South India | southindia | sin | ins | ma | ||
Global | Southeast Asia | southeastasia | sasia | seas | sea | sea | sea |
Global | Sweden Central | swedencentral | sdc | ||||
Global | Switzerland North | switzerlandnorth | swn | nch | chn | szn | |
Global | Switzerland West | switzerlandwest | wch | szw | stzw | ||
Global | UAE Central | uaecentral | uac | auh | |||
Global | UAE North | uaenorth | nae | dxb | uan | uaen | |
Global | UK South | uksouth | uks | suk | suk | uks | uks |
Global | UK West | ukwest | ukw | wuk | ukw | cw | |
US Government | US DoD Central | usdodcentral | udc | ||||
US Government | US DoD East | usdodeast | ude | ||||
US Government | US Gov Arizona | uga | phx | uga | phx | ||
US Government | US Gov Iowa | ugi | |||||
US Government | US Gov Texas | ugt | ussc | ||||
US Government | US Gov Virginia | ugv | ff | ugv | usge | ||
US Government | US Nat East | exe | exe | ||||
US Government | US Nat West | exw | exw | ||||
US Government | US Sec East | rxe | rxe | ||||
US Government | US Sec West | rxw | rxw | ||||
US Government | US Sec West Central | ||||||
Global | West Central US | westcentralus | wcus | wcus | wcus | ||
Global | West Europe | westeurope | weu | weu | weu | we | we |
Global | West India | westindia | inw | ||||
Global | West US | westus | wus | wus | wus | wus | wus |
Global | West US 2 | westus2 | wus2 | wus2 | wus2 | ||
Global | West US 3 | westus3 | wus3 | usw3 |