evh Event hubAn event hub inside a namespace.
| CAF abbreviation | evh |
| Resource type | Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces/eventhubs |
| Length | 1–256 characters |
| Case | Mixed case |
| Allowed characters | Alphanumerics, periods, hyphens, and underscores. Start and end with a letter or number. |
| Uniqueness | Parent resource |
| Separator | Hyphen |
Source: Microsoft Learn, “Naming rules and restrictions for Azure resources”, checked October 2026. Abbreviation from the Cloud Adoption Framework.
A worked name for workload app, env prod, region weu, instance 001.
evh-app-prod-weu-001
Valid
^(?=.{1,256}$)[A-Za-z0-9](?:[A-Za-z0-9._-]*[A-Za-z0-9])?$var name = take('evh-${workload}-${env}-${region}-${instance}', 256)locals {
name = substr(join("-", compact(["evh", var.workload, var.env, var.region, var.instance])), 0, 256)
}Azure Policy can't evaluate regular expressions, so a policy can check the evh prefix but not the full format. Run the regex in your pipeline, or audit existing names on a schedule.
Unique within its parent resource only, for example a subnet within its virtual network or a database within its server.
Open in the name generator