Azure naming · Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks

vnet Virtual network

An Azure virtual network (VNet).

Naming constraints

CAF abbreviationvnet
Resource typeMicrosoft.Network/virtualNetworks
Length2–64 characters
CaseMixed case
Allowed charactersAlphanumerics, underscores, periods, and hyphens. Start with alphanumeric; end with alphanumeric or underscore.
Uniqueness Resource group
SeparatorHyphen

Source: Microsoft Learn, “Naming rules and restrictions for Azure resources”, checked October 2026. Abbreviation from the Cloud Adoption Framework.

Example & copy-ready

A worked name for workload app, env prod, region weu, instance 001.

Example name
vnet-app-prod-weu-001 Valid
Validation regex for CI checks or pre-commit hooks (.NET and JavaScript) 
^(?=.{2,64}$)[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*[A-Za-z0-9_]$
Bicep naming expression 
var name = take('vnet-${workload}-${env}-${region}-${instance}', 64)
Terraform local 
locals {
  name = substr(join("-", compact(["vnet", var.workload, var.env, var.region, var.instance])), 0, 64)
}

Azure Policy can't evaluate regular expressions, so a policy can check the vnet prefix but not the full format. Run the regex in your pipeline, or audit existing names on a schedule.

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Uniqueness scope

Unique within the parent resource group. The same name can be reused in a different resource group.

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