About AzureNamer
A free tool for the Azure community.
What is AzureNamer?
AzureNamer is a free tool that generates consistent, compliant Azure resource names following Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) naming conventions.
Instead of manually constructing names and cross-referencing CAF documentation, you fill in your workload, environment, region, and instance, AzureNamer assembles the correct name instantly, for all 200+ Azure resource types.
Why we built it
Naming conventions are one of those things every Azure team needs but few get right consistently. The CAF guidelines are thorough but scattered across documentation pages. We wanted a single, fast tool that removes the guesswork, no login, no subscription, no friction.
What's CAF?
The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework is a set of best practices, guidelines, and tools from Microsoft to help organisations adopt Azure. The naming conventions section defines standard abbreviations and patterns for every Azure resource type, making infrastructure easier to manage, audit, and understand at a glance.
Who built this
AzureNamer is built and maintained by Tushar Verma, an Azure practitioner. It's free to use with no limits, no login, no subscription. You can connect or follow along on LinkedIn, GitHub, and X. Found a bug or have an idea? Report it on GitHub, feedback and suggestions are always welcome.
Contact
The fastest way to reach me is on LinkedIn or X. For bugs, feature requests, or corrections to naming rules, open an issue on the public feedback repository, every report gets read.
Data sources
All naming patterns and resource type abbreviations are sourced directly from the official Microsoft CAF abbreviations reference. We keep them updated as Microsoft adds new resource types.
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