Azure Icons Reference - All 284 Icons Searchable

The Problem: You're building architecture diagrams, documentation, or presentations and need the right Azure icon. You know Microsoft publishes them somewhere. You spend 20 minutes clicking through GitHub repos, icon collections, and outdated documentation trying to find "that Storage Account icon" or "whatever that Kubernetes thing is called."

The Solution: All 284 Azure service icons in one searchable interactive table. See the icon, service name, and description. Filter, search, export. Done.

What You Get

Interactive Table Reference ← Open this now

• 284 Azure service icons with visual thumbnails
• Real-time search filtering
• Download filtered results to Excel or CSV
• Clean table format (Service Name | Description | Icon URL)
• Works offline after first load

Excel Spreadsheet Download

• Same 284 icons with direct SVG URLs
• Searchable by service name or description
• Enable filters, sort, analyze

The Interactive Table

The HTML table shows all 284 icons in a clean format - just like Microsoft docs pages. Search instantly, see icon thumbnails, export your filtered results.

See it live →

Press Ctrl+K to jump to search from anywhere.

Why This Exists

I was documenting a migration architecture. Needed icons. Found Ben Coleman's excellent Azure icon collection - it's the de facto standard. But I wanted searchable metadata with visual thumbnails, not just a grid.

Built what I needed: scraped the collection, added service names and descriptions based on actual Azure service definitions, packaged it as both interactive HTML and Excel.

You're welcome to use it.

Quick Icon Reference Table

Here's a sample of commonly-used services. Full list is in the interactive table.

Icon	Service Name	Description
	Virtual Machines	On-demand scalable computing resources with choice of OS
	Storage Accounts	Cloud storage for objects, files, disks, queues, and tables
	Azure Active Directory	Cloud-based identity and access management service
	Virtual Networks	Isolated private network in Azure for resource communication
	Azure Key Vault	Secure storage for secrets, keys, and certificates with HSM support
	App Services	HTTP-based platform for hosting web applications and REST APIs
	Azure SQL Database	Fully managed PaaS database engine with AI-powered features
	Azure Kubernetes Service	Managed Kubernetes container orchestration service
	Azure Functions	Serverless compute service for event-driven code
	Azure Cosmos DB	Globally distributed multi-model NoSQL database
	Application Gateway	Layer 7 load balancer with WAF and SSL termination
	Azure Firewall	Managed cloud-based network security service
	Azure Load Balancer	Layer 4 load balancer distributing traffic across VMs
	Azure Monitor	Comprehensive monitoring solution for telemetry and analytics
	Log Analytics Workspace	Centralized repository for log data and KQL queries
	Application Insights	Application Performance Management (APM) service
	Azure DevOps	Suite of development tools for CI/CD and project management
	Recovery Services Vault	Backup and disaster recovery container
	Azure Policy	Governance service for enforcing standards and compliance
	Cost Management	FinOps platform for monitoring and optimizing cloud spending

How to Use It

Option 1: Interactive Table (Fastest)

1. Open the table: azure-icons-table.html
2. Search: Type "storage" or "key vault" or "network"
3. Browse: Scroll through all icons visually
4. Export: Click "Download Excel" or "Download CSV"

Option 2: Excel Spreadsheet

1. Download the spreadsheet
2. Filter by any column (Service Name, Description, or Icon URL)
3. Copy the Icon URL for use in diagrams or documentation
4. Search using Excel's Ctrl+F

Use Cases

Architecture Diagrams
- Visio: Insert → Pictures → From File → paste icon URL
- PowerPoint: Same - SVG scales perfectly
- Draw.io: Arrange → Insert → Image → paste URL

Documentation
- Markdown: ![Service Name](icon-url)
- Confluence: Insert image from URL
- Internal wikis: Direct SVG links work everywhere

Presentations
- Copy/paste directly from URL
- SVG format = no pixelation at any size
- Consistent Microsoft branding

Full Icon Categories Included

The reference covers every Azure service category:

• Compute: VMs, App Service, Functions, AKS, Batch
• Storage: Blob, Files, Disks, Data Lake, NetApp Files
• Networking: VNets, Load Balancers, Firewalls, ExpressRoute, Front Door
• Databases: SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB
• Identity: Azure AD, B2C, Conditional Access, Roles
• Security: Key Vault, Sentinel, Security Center, DDoS Protection
• Monitoring: Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Workbooks
• DevOps: Azure DevOps, Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts
• Integration: Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, API Management
• AI/ML: Cognitive Services, Machine Learning, Bot Service
• IoT: IoT Hub, IoT Central, Digital Twins, Sphere
• Hybrid: Azure Arc, Stack, Stack Edge
• Management: Policy, Blueprints, Cost Management, Resource Groups
• And 10+ more categories...

Icon Source Attribution

Icons sourced from Ben Coleman's Azure Icon Collection - the definitive open-source collection of official Microsoft Azure icons. Ben maintains these icons and keeps them updated with new Azure services.

If you need the raw icon files (not just URLs), visit his GitHub repo: github.com/benc-uk/icon-collection

Icon Naming Conventions

Microsoft's icon naming is... inconsistent. Some observations from cataloging 284 icons:

Classic vs. Modern
- Services with "(Classic)" suffix are legacy (avoid in new designs)
- Example: "Virtual-Machines-(Classic).svg" vs "Virtual-Machine.svg"

Service Renames
- Azure Security Center → Microsoft Defender for Cloud (icon still says Security-Center)
- Windows Virtual Desktop → Azure Virtual Desktop (icon says Windows-Virtual-Desktop)
- SQL Data Warehouse → Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool

Missing Icons
- Some preview services don't have official icons yet
- Very new services lag by 2-3 months
- Ben's collection is updated regularly but isn't instant

File Naming vs Display Name
- File: "Azure-Database-PostgreSQL-Server.svg"
- Service: "Azure Database for PostgreSQL"
- Be ready for slight variations

Useful Icon Patterns

Identifying Resource Types

Most icons follow visual patterns:

• Cylinders = Databases (SQL, Cosmos DB, MySQL)
• Cubes = Compute (VMs, App Service, Functions)
• Shields = Security (Firewall, Key Vault, Sentinel)
• Gears = Management (Automation, Policy, Monitor)
• Networks = Networking (obvious)

Colors
- Blue = Core Azure services
- Green = Monitoring/healthy states
- Red/Orange = Alerts/security
- Purple = Data/analytics

When Icon Names Don't Match Portal

You'll notice some icons have names that don't perfectly match what you see in the Azure Portal. Examples:

• "App-Services" → Shows as "App Service" in portal (no plural)
• "Azure-AD-B2C" → Official name is "Azure Active Directory B2C"
• "HDInsight-Clusters" → Portal calls it "Azure HDInsight"

Use the Description column to find the right icon. I wrote descriptions based on actual portal names and service definitions.

Interactive Table Features

What makes the HTML table great:

1. Visual Scanning
2. See 20-30 icons at once
3. Quick visual identification

4. Familiar table format

5. Fast Search

6. Type-ahead filtering
7. Searches name AND description

8. Results update instantly

9. One-Click Export

10. Download Excel (.xls format)
11. Download CSV (.csv format)

12. Exports your current filtered view

13. Professional Look

14. Clean Microsoft-style design
15. Responsive (works on mobile)
16. Sticky header while scrolling

Real-World Usage

Where I Actually Use This

1. Migration Documentation
2. Architecture diagrams for 44-subscription consolidation
3. Before/after infrastructure comparisons

4. Executive presentations with consistent branding

5. Runbook Templates

6. Standard operating procedures with service icons
7. Quick visual identification of resource types

8. Internal wiki documentation

9. Cost Reporting

10. FinOps dashboards showing service spending
11. Icons help business users recognize services

12. Better than text-only cost breakdowns

13. Incident Response

14. Visual service maps during outages
15. Quickly identify affected components
16. Clear stakeholder communication

Download

Interactive Table Reference ← Best option
Excel Spreadsheet ← For data analysis

284 icons. Fully searchable. Direct URLs. No hunting through Microsoft docs.

Credits

• Icons: Ben Coleman's Azure Icon Collection
• Descriptions: Written from Azure documentation and real-world usage
• Table Format: Custom HTML/JavaScript
• Excel Generation: Python openpyxl
• Maintenance: Ben Coleman updates the source icons regularly

If this saves you time, thank Ben. His collection is the foundation that makes this possible.

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