10 September, 2022
Azure Region Abbreviations
Last updated April 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.
Recommendation: if you are going to use short names, use the CAF 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.
| Cloud | Azure Region (displayName) | Azure Region (name) | Short Name (CAF) | 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 | acl | acl | ac | ||||
| Global | Australia Central 2 | australiacentral2 | acl2 | acl2 | cbr2 | ||||
| Global | Australia East | australiaeast | ae | aeu | eau | eau | eau | ae | ae |
| Global | Australia Southeast | australiasoutheast | ase | seau | sau | seau | seau | ase | ase |
| Global | Brazil South | brazilsouth | brs | sbr | sbr | cq | brs | brs | |
| Global | Brazil Southeast | brazilsoutheast | bse | bse | brse | ||||
| Global | Canada Central | canadacentral | cnc | cca | cac | cca | ccan | cnc | cc |
| Global | Canada East | canadaeast | cne | eca | cae | eca | cne | ||
| Global | Central India | centralindia | inc | cin | cin | cid | inc | cid | |
| Global | Central US | centralus | cus | cus | cus | cus | cus | cus | |
| Global | Central US EUAP | centraluseuap | ccy | cuse | ccy | ||||
| Global | East Asia | eastasia | ea | eas | eas | ea | ea | ea | |
| Global | East US | eastus | eus | eus | eus | eus | eus | eus | eus |
| Global | East US 2 | eastus2 | eus2 | eus2 | eus2 | eus2 | eus2 | eus2 | |
| Global | East US 2 EUAP | eastus2euap | ecy | eus2e | ecy | ||||
| Global | France Central | francecentral | frc | cfr | par | frc | fc | ||
| Global | France South | francesouth | frs | sfr | sfr | frs | mrs | ||
| Global | Germany North | germanynorth | gn | nde | gn | ||||
| Global | Germany West Central | germanywestcentral | gwc | wcde | dewc | gwc | dewc | ||
| Global | Japan East | japaneast | jpe | ejp | ejp | ejp | jpe | jpe | |
| Global | Japan West | japanwest | jpw | wjp | wjp | jpw | jpw | ||
| Global | Jio India Central | jioindiacentral | jic | jic | |||||
| Global | Jio India West | jioindiawest | jiw | jiw | |||||
| Global | Korea Central | koreacentral | krc | ckr | se | krc | kc | ||
| Global | Korea South | koreasouth | krs | skr | krs | ps | |||
| Global | North Central US | northcentralus | ncus | ncus | ncus | ncus | ncus | ||
| Global | North Europe | northeurope | ne | neu | neu | neu | neu | ne | ne |
| Global | Norway East | norwayeast | nwe | eno | eno | noe | nwe | noe | |
| Global | Norway West | norwaywest | nww | wno | wno | nww | now | ||
| Global | Poland Central | polandcentral | |||||||
| Global | Qatar Central | qatarcentral | qac | ||||||
| Global | South Africa North | southafricanorth | san | nza | nza | san | san | ||
| Global | South Africa West | southafricawest | saw | wza | wza | saw | |||
| Global | South Central US | southcentralus | scus | scus | scus | scus | scus | scus | |
| Global | South India | southindia | ins | sin | sin | ins | ma | ||
| Global | Southeast Asia | southeastasia | sea | seas | sasia | seas | sea | sea | sea |
| Global | Sweden Central | swedencentral | sdc | sdc | |||||
| Global | Sweden South | swedensouth | sds | ||||||
| Global | Switzerland North | switzerlandnorth | szn | nch | swn | nch | chn | szn | |
| Global | Switzerland West | switzerlandwest | szw | wch | wch | szw | stzw | ||
| Global | UAE Central | uaecentral | uac | cae | uac | auh | |||
| Global | UAE North | uaenorth | uan | nae | nae | dxb | uan | uaen | |
| Global | UK South | uksouth | uks | suk | uks | suk | suk | uks | uks |
| Global | UK West | ukwest | ukw | wuk | ukw | wuk | ukw | cw | |
| Global | West Central US | westcentralus | wcus | wcus | wcus | wcus | |||
| Global | West Europe | westeurope | we | weu | weu | weu | weu | we | we |
| Global | West India | westindia | inw | inw | |||||
| Global | West US | westus | wus | wus | wus | wus | wus | wus | wus |
| Global | West US 2 | westus2 | wus2 | wus2 | wus2 | wus2 | wus2 | ||
| Global | West US 3 | westus3 | wus3 | wus3 | usw3 | ||||
| 🇨🇳 China | China East | chinaeast | sha | sha | |||||
| 🇨🇳 China | China East 2 | chinaeast2 | sha2 | cne2 | mc | sha2 | sha2 | ||
| 🇨🇳 China | China North | chinanorth | bjb | bjb | bjb | ||||
| 🇨🇳 China | China North 2 | chinanorth2 | bjb2 | cnn2 | bjb2 | bjs2 | |||
| 🇨🇳 China | China North 3 | chinanorth3 | bjb3 | ||||||
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Germany Central | germanycentral | gec | gec | |||||
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Germany Northeast | germanynortheast | gne | gne | |||||
| 🇺🇸 US Government | US DoD Central | usdodcentral | udc | udc | udc | ||||
| 🇺🇸 US Government | US DoD East | usdodeast | ude | ude | ude | ||||
| 🇺🇸 US Government | US Gov Arizona | usgovarizona | uga | uga | phx | uga | phx | ||
| 🇺🇸 US Government | US Gov Iowa | usgoviowa | ugi | ugi | |||||
| 🇺🇸 US Government | US Gov Texas | usgovtexas | ugt | ugtx | ugt | ussc | |||
| 🇺🇸 US Government | US Gov Virginia | usgovvirginia | 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 |