Available services by region types and categories
Availability of services across Azure regions depends on a region's type. There are two types of regions in Azure: recommended and alternate.
- Recommended regions provide the broadest range of service capabilities and currently support availability zones. In the Azure portal, recommended regions are designated as Recommended.
- Alternate regions extend Azure's footprint within a data residency boundary where a recommended region currently exists. Alternate regions help to optimize latency and provide a second region for disaster recovery needs but don't support availability zones. Azure conducts regular assessments of alternate regions to determine if they should become recommended regions. In the Azure portal, alternate regions are designated as Other.
Service categories across region types
Azure services are grouped into three categories: foundational, mainstream, and strategic. Azure's general policy on deploying services into any given region is primarily driven by region type, service categories, and customer demand.
- Foundational: Available in all recommended and alternate regions when the region is generally available, or within 90 days of a new foundational service becoming generally available.
- Mainstream: Available in all recommended regions within 90 days of the region general availability. Demand-driven in alternate regions, and many are already deployed into a large subset of alternate regions.
- Strategic (previously Specialized): Targeted service offerings, often industry-focused or backed by customized hardware. Demand-driven availability across regions, and many are already deployed into a large subset of recommended regions.
To see which services are deployed in a region and the future roadmap for preview or general availability of services in a region, see Products available by region.
If a service offering isn't available in a region, contact your Microsoft sales representative for more information and to explore options.
| Region type | Non-regional | Foundational | Mainstream | Strategic | Availability zones | Data residency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended | Y | Y | Y | Demand-driven | Y | Y |
| Alternate | Y | Y | Demand-driven | Demand-driven | N/A | Y |
Available services by region category
Azure assigns service categories as foundational, mainstream, and strategic at general availability. Typically, services start as a strategic service and are upgraded to mainstream and foundational as demand and use grow.
Azure services are presented in the following lists by category. Note that some services are non-regional, which means that they're available globally regardless of region. For information and a complete list of non-regional services, see Products available by region.
Foundational services
- Azure Application Gateway
- Azure Backup
- Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
- Azure Event Hubs
- Azure ExpressRoute
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Load Balancer
- Azure NAT Gateway
- Azure Public IP
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure Service Fabric
- Azure Site Recovery
- Azure SQL
- Azure Storage Accounts
- Azure Storage Data Lake Storage
- Azure Storage: Blob Storage
- Azure Storage: Disk Storage
- Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Virtual Network
- Azure VPN Gateway
- Virtual Machines: Av2-series
- Virtual Machines: Bs-series
- Virtual Machines: Ddv5 and Ddsv5-series
- Virtual Machines: Dv2 and DSv2-series
- Virtual Machines: Dv3 and DSv3-series
- Virtual Machines: Dv5 and DSv5-series
- Virtual Machines: Edv5 and Edsv5-series
- Virtual Machines: Ev3 and Esv3-series
- Virtual Machines: Ev5 and Esv5-series
Mainstream services
- Azure AI Search
- Azure API Management
- Azure App Configuration
- Azure App Service
- Azure Bastion
- Azure Batch
- Azure Cache for Redis
- Azure Container Instances
- Azure Container Registry
- Azure Data Explorer
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Database for MySQL
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Azure DDoS Protection
- Azure DNS Private Resolver
- Azure Event Grid
- Azure Firewall
- Azure Firewall Manager
- Azure Functions
- Azure HDInsight
- Azure IoT Hub
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Media Services
- Azure Monitor: Application Insights
- Azure Monitor: Log Analytics
- Azure Network Watcher
- Azure Private Link
- Azure Storage: Files Storage
- Azure Storage: Premium Blob Storage
- Azure Virtual WAN
- Microsoft Entra Domain Services
- Virtual Machines: Ddsv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Ddv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Dsv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Dv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Edsv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Edv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Esv4-series
- Virtual Machines: Ev4-series
- Virtual Machines: Fsv2-series
- Virtual Machines: M-series
Strategic services
- Azure AI services
- Azure Analysis Services
- Azure API for FHIR
- Azure Automation
- Azure Container Apps
- Azure Data Share
- Azure Database for MariaDB
- Azure Database Migration Service
- Azure Databricks
- Azure Dedicated HSM
- Azure Digital Twins
- Azure HPC Cache
- Azure Lab Services
- Azure Machine Learning
- Azure Managed HSM
- Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
- Azure NetApp Files
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift
- Azure Remote Rendering
- Azure SignalR Service
- Azure Spring Apps
- Azure Storage: Archive Storage
- Azure Storage: Azure File Sync
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Ultra Disk Storage
- Azure VMware Solution
- Microsoft Azure Attestation
- Microsoft Purview
- SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
- SQL Server Stretch Database
- Virtual Machines: Bsv2-series
- Virtual Machines: Dasv5 and Dadsv5-series
- Virtual Machines: Dav4 and Dasv4-series
- Virtual Machines: DCsv2-series
- Virtual Machines: Easv5 and Eadsv5-series
- Virtual Machines: Eav4 and Easv4-series
- Virtual Machines: FX-series
- Virtual Machines: HBv2-series
- Virtual Machines: HBv3-series
- Virtual Machines: HCv1-series
- Virtual Machines: Lsv2-series
- Virtual Machines: Lsv3-series
- Virtual Machines: Mv2-series
- Virtual Machines: NCasT4_v3-series
- Virtual Machines: NCv3-series
- Virtual Machines: NDasrA100_v4-Series
- Virtual Machines: NDm_A100_v4-Series
- Virtual Machines: NDv2-series
- Virtual Machines: NP-series
- Virtual Machines: NVv3-series
- Virtual Machines: NVv4-series
- Virtual Machines: SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
Older generations of services or virtual machines aren't listed. For more information, see Previous generations of virtual machine sizes.
To learn more about preview services that aren't yet in general availability and to see a listing of these services, see Products available by region. For a complete listing of services that support availability zones, see Azure services that support availability zones.