Last reviewed: April 9, 2025

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✅ Complete List of Significant Resources

This page lists all Azure resource types currently recognized as significant by ArchTechLytics. These are the services that meaningfully impact a system’s architecture, including resiliency, security, cost, performance, and operational integrity.

🛠️ Not all significant resources are currently scored.
ArchTechLytics evaluates architecture across all significant resources, but scoring requires TechLytics implementation per type.
See Scored Resource Types for what’s scored today.


☁️ Azure

Product Resource Type Category
Microsoft Entra Domain Services Microsoft.AAD/DomainServices Identity
Azure Analysis Services Microsoft.AnalysisServices/servers Data
API Management Microsoft.ApiManagement/service Integration
App Connected Environments Microsoft.App/connectedEnvironments Compute
Azure Container Apps Microsoft.App/containerApps Compute
Managed Environments Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments Compute
App Configuration Stores Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores Data
Azure Spring Apps Microsoft.AppPlatform/Spring Compute
Automation Accounts Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts Management
Azure VMware Solution Microsoft.AVS/privateClouds Compute
Microsoft Entra External ID Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory/b2cDirectories Identity
Arc Data Controllers Microsoft.AzureArcData/DataControllers Data
Arc PostgreSQL Instances Microsoft.AzureArcData/PostgresInstances Data
Arc SQL Managed Instances Microsoft.AzureArcData/SqlManagedInstances Data
Arc SQL Servers Microsoft.AzureArcData/SqlServerInstances Data
Arc SQL Databases Microsoft.AzureArcData/SqlServerInstances/Databases Data
Azure Fleet Microsoft.AzureFleet/fleets Compute
Large Storage Instances Microsoft.AzureLargeInstance/azureLargeStorageInstances Storage
Bare Metal Instances Microsoft.BareMetalInfrastructure/bareMetalInstances Compute
Bare Metal Storage Microsoft.BareMetalInfrastructure/bareMetalStorageInstances Storage
Batch Accounts Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts Compute
Bot Services Microsoft.BotService/botServices Compute
Cache for Redis Microsoft.Cache/Redis Data
Cache for Redis Enterprise Microsoft.Cache/redisEnterprise Data
CDN Profiles Microsoft.Cdn/profiles Network
Chaos Studio Microsoft.Chaos/experiments Management
Cognitive Services Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts Data
Communication Services Microsoft.Communication/CommunicationServices Integration
Virtual Machines Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines Compute
Virtual Machines Scale Sets Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets Compute
Confidential Ledger Microsoft.ConfidentialLedger/Ledgers Security
Container Instances Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups Compute
Container Registry Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries Compute
Kubernetes Fleet Microsoft.ContainerService/fleets Compute
Kubernetes Service Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters Compute
Databricks Microsoft.Databricks/workspaces Data
Data Factory Microsoft.DataFactory/factories Data
Data Lake Analytics Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics/accounts Data
Backup Vaults Microsoft.DataProtection/BackupVaults Management
Database for MariaDB Microsoft.DBforMariaDB/servers Data
Database for MySQL Flexible Server Microsoft.DBforMySQL/flexibleServers Data
Database for MySQL Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers Data
Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers Data
Database for PostgreSQL Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers Data
Virtual Desktop Host Pools Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/hostpools Compute
Deployment Environments Microsoft.DevCenter/devcenters Compute
Digital Twins Microsoft.DigitalTwins/digitalTwinsInstances Data
Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Microsoft.DocumentDB/cassandraClusters Data
Cosmos DB Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts Data
Cosmos DB for MongoDB Microsoft.DocumentDB/mongoClusters Data
Azure Monitor for Elastic Microsoft.Elastic/monitors Data
Elastic SAN Microsoft.ElasticSan/elasticSans Storage
Event Grid Domains Microsoft.EventGrid/domains Integration
Event Grid Namespaces Microsoft.EventGrid/namespaces Integration
Event Grid System Topics Microsoft.EventGrid/systemTopics Integration
Event Grid Topics Microsoft.EventGrid/topics Integration
Event Hubs Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces Integration
Cloud HSM Clusters Microsoft.HardwareSecurityModules/cloudHsmClusters Security
HDInsight Microsoft.HDInsight/clusters Data
Application Insights microsoft.insights/components Management
IoT Central Microsoft.IoTCentral/IoTApps Compute
Managed HSMs Microsoft.KeyVault/managedHSMs Security
Key Vault Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults Security
Arc-Enabled Kubernetes Microsoft.Kubernetes/connectedClusters Compute
Data Explorer Microsoft.Kusto/clusters Data
Logic Apps Integration Accounts Microsoft.Logic/integrationAccounts Integration
Logic Apps ISE Microsoft.Logic/integrationServiceEnvironments Integration
Machine Learning Model Registry Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/registries Data
Machine Learning Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces Data
NetApp Files Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts Storage
DNS Zones Microsoft.Network/dnszones Network
Application Gateway Microsoft.Network/applicationGateways Network
Azure Firewall Microsoft.Network/azureFirewalls Network
Azure Bastion Microsoft.Network/bastionHosts Network
ExpressRoute Circuits Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits Network
ExpressRoute Gateways Microsoft.Network/expressRouteGateways Network
Azure Front Door Microsoft.Network/frontdoors Network
Azure IP Groups Microsoft.Network/ipGroups Network
Azure Load Balancer Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers Network
NAT Gateways Microsoft.Network/natGateways Network
Network Virtual Appliances (NVA) Microsoft.Network/networkVirtualAppliances Network
Network Watchers Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers Network
Point-to-Site VPN Gateways Microsoft.Network/p2sVpnGateways Network
Private DNS Zones Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones Network
Traffic Manager Profile Microsoft.Network/trafficmanagerprofiles Network
Virtual Hubs Microsoft.Network/virtualHubs Network
Virtual Network Gateways Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways Network
Virtual Networks Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks Network
Virtual Routers Microsoft.Network/virtualRouters Network
Virtual WANs Microsoft.Network/virtualWans Network
VPN Gateways Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways Network
Notification Hubs Namespaces Microsoft.NotificationHubs/namespaces Integration
Log Analytics Dedicated Clusters Microsoft.OperationalInsights/clusters Management
Log Analytics Workspaces Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces Management
Internet Peerings Microsoft.Peering/peerings Network
Peering Services Microsoft.Peering/peeringServices Network
Power BI Dedicated Microsoft.PowerBIDedicated/capacities Data
Recovery Services Vaults Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults Management
Red Hat OpenShift Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift/OpenShiftClusters Compute
Azure Relay Microsoft.Relay/namespaces Integration
Cognitive Search Microsoft.Search/searchServices Data
Defender for Cloud Connectors Microsoft.Security/connectors Security
Service Bus Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces Integration
Service Fabric Clusters Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters Compute
Service Fabric Managed Clusters Microsoft.ServiceFabric/managedclusters Compute
SignalR Service Microsoft.SignalRService/SignalR Integration
SQL Managed Instances Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances Data
SQL Managed Instance Databases Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances/databases Data
SQL Servers Microsoft.Sql/servers Data
SQL Databases Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases Data
SQL Elastic Pools Microsoft.Sql/servers/elasticpools Data
SQL Virtual Clusters Microsoft.Sql/virtualClusters Data
SQL Virtual Machines Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine/SqlVirtualMachines Data
Storage Accounts Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts Storage
Stream Analytics Microsoft.StreamAnalytics/clusters Data
Synapse Analytics Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces Data
Container Apps Microsoft.Web/containerApps Compute
App Service Environments (ASE) Microsoft.Web/hostingEnvironments Compute
App Services Microsoft.Web/sites Compute
Static Web Apps Microsoft.Web/staticSites Compute

🧮 Total Significant Azure Resources Tracked: 120


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