10 September, 2022

Azure Region Abbreviations

Last updated July 2025.

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.

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) Physical Location 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 Canberra acl acl ac
Global Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 Canberra acl2 acl2 cbr2
Global Australia East australiaeast New South Wales ae aeu eau eau eau ae ae
Global Australia Southeast australiasoutheast Victoria ase seau sau seau seau ase ase
Global Austria East austriaeast Vienna
Global Brazil South brazilsouth Sao Paulo State brs sbr sbr cq brs brs
Global Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast Rio bse bse brse
Global Brazil US brazilus bru
Global Canada Central canadacentral Toronto cnc cca cac cca ccan cnc cc
Global Canada East canadaeast Quebec cne eca cae eca cne
Global Central India centralindia Pune inc cin cin cid inc cid
Global Central US centralus Iowa cus cus cus cus cus cus
Global Central US EUAP centraluseuap ccy cuse ccy
Global Chile Central chilecentral Santiago clc
Global East Asia eastasia Hong Kong ea eas eas ea ea ea
Global East US eastus Virginia eus eus eus eus eus eus eus
Global East US 2 eastus2 Virginia eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2 eus2
Global East US 2 EUAP eastus2euap ecy eus2e ecy
Global East US STG eastusstg Virginia
Global France Central francecentral Paris frc cfr par frc fc
Global France South francesouth Marseille frs sfr sfr frs mrs
Global Germany North germanynorth Berlin gn nde gn
Global Germany West Central germanywestcentral Frankfurt gwc wcde dewc gwc dewc
Global Indonesia Central indonesiacentral Jakarta idc
Global Israel Central israelcentral Israel ilc ilc
Global Italy North italynorth Milan itn itn
Global Japan East japaneast Tokyo, Saitama jpe ejp ejp ejp jpe jpe
Global Japan West japanwest Osaka jpw wjp wjp jpw jpw
Global Jio India Central jioindiacentral Nagpur jic jic
Global Jio India West jioindiawest Jamnagar jiw jiw
Global Korea Central koreacentral Seoul krc ckr se krc kc
Global Korea South koreasouth Busan krs skr krs ps
Global Malaysia South malaysiasouth mys
Global Malaysia West malaysiawest Kuala Lumpur myw
Global Mexico Central mexicocentral Querétaro State mxc mxc
Global New Zealand North newzealandnorth Auckland nzn nzn
Global North Central US northcentralus Illinois ncus ncus ncus ncus ncus
Global North Europe northeurope Ireland ne neu neu neu neu ne ne
Global Norway East norwayeast Norway nwe eno eno noe nwe noe
Global Norway West norwaywest Norway nww wno wno nww now
Global Poland Central polandcentral Warsaw plc plc
Global Qatar Central qatarcentral Doha qac qac
Global South Africa North southafricanorth Johannesburg san nza nza san san
Global South Africa West southafricawest Cape Town saw wza wza saw
Global South Central US southcentralus Texas scus scus scus scus scus scus
Global South Central US STG southcentralusstg Texas
Global South India southindia Chennai ins sin sin ins ma
Global Southeast Asia southeastasia Singapore sea seas sasia seas sea sea sea
Global Southeast US use
Global Spain Central spaincentral Madrid esc spc
Global Sweden Central swedencentral Gävle sdc sdc
Global Sweden South swedensouth sds sds
Global Switzerland North switzerlandnorth Zurich szn nch swn nch chn szn
Global Switzerland West switzerlandwest Geneva szw wch wch szw stzw
Global Taiwan North twn
Global Taiwan Northwest twnr
Global UAE Central uaecentral Abu Dhabi uac cae uac auh
Global UAE North uaenorth Dubai uan nae nae dxb uan uaen
Global UK South uksouth London uks suk uks suk suk uks uks
Global UK West ukwest Cardiff ukw wuk ukw wuk ukw cw
Global West Central US westcentralus Wyoming wcus wcus wcus wcus
Global West Europe westeurope Netherlands we weu weu weu weu we we
Global West India westindia Mumbai inw inw
Global West US westus wus wus wus wus wus wus wus
Global West US 2 westus2 Washington wus2 wus2 wus2 wus2 wus2
Global West US 3 westus3 Phoenix 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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