# Glossary

Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms for the Azure Verified Modules (AVM) program

Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms This page holds a table of all the terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that are used across this site.
Term/Abbreviation/Acronym Definition AVM Azure Verified Modules IaC Infrastructure-as-Code CARML Common Azure Resource Modules Library - Azure/ResourceModules TFVM Terraform Verified Modules - Azure/terrafrom-azure-mdoules FY Microsoft Fiscal Year (July to June) CY Calendar Year (January to December) CSU Microsoft Customer Success Unit ISD Microsoft Industry Solution Delivery CSS Microsoft Customer Services & Support LZA Landing Zone Accelerators - e.g., Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Azure VMware Solution (AVS), etc. RP/RPs Azure Resource Providers PG/PGs Microsoft Product Group(s) AAC Azure Architecture Center WAF Well-Architected Framework One Microsoft “We are a family of individuals united by a single, shared mission. It’s our ability to work together that makes our dreams believable and, ultimately, achievable. We will build on the ideas of others and collaborate across boundaries to bring the best of Microsoft to our customers as one. We are proud to be part of team Microsoft.” See Microsoft cultural attributes FTE/FTEs Full Time Employee(s) GA Generally Available MDFC Microsoft Defender for Cloud MCSB Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark MCR Microsoft Container Registry. Which is what the Bicep Public Registry uses to publish it’s modules via. PR Pull Request Primary Resource A primary resource is the main Azure service/product a Resource Module provides / is built around. 

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