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Managed DevOps Pool naming convention

The CAF abbreviation for Managed DevOps Pool is mdp. Names can be 1 to 80 characters long and allow alphanumerics, hyphens and underscores. The name must be unique within the resource group.

Naming rules

CAF abbreviation mdp
Length 1 to 80 characters
Allowed characters Alphanumerics (a-z, A-Z, 0-9), hyphens, underscores
Scope of uniqueness Unique within the resource group
CAF pattern mdp-{workload}-{environment}-{region}-{instance}

Rules follow Microsoft's resource naming rules and CAF abbreviations. Some resource types have extra start/end character restrictions, so verify against the official docs before locking in a convention.

Example names

Generated by the same engine as the name generator, so length and character rules are already applied.

Scenario Generated name Length
Payments API, production mdp-payments-prod-eus-001 25/80
Web app, development mdp-webapp-dev-weu-002 22/80
Analytics with company prefix mdp-contoso-analytics-stage-uks-001 35/80

Naming in Terraform and Bicep

Build the name from variables so one module produces the right name in every environment.

Terraform
locals {
  managed_devops_pool_name = "mdp-${var.workload}-${var.environment}-${var.region}-001"
}
Bicep
var managedDevopsPoolName = 'mdp-${workload}-${environment}-${region}-001'

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Related DevOps resources

See the full list of Azure resource naming rules or read the complete CAF naming guide.