Entschlüsseln der Microsoft-Abkürzungen: Ein Leitfaden für den Durchblick

Entschlüsseln der Microsoft-Abkürzungen

Microsoft ist bekannt für seine Vielzahl an Produkten, Programmen und Dienstleistungen. Mit diesen kommen auch unzählige Abkürzungen, die den Alltag der Mitarbeitenden prägen. Für Außenstehende kann es jedoch schnell verwirrend werden, den Überblick über diese Begriffe zu behalten. Wenn du als Microsoft-Partner oder Interessent mit diesen Abkürzungen konfrontiert wirst, dann bist du hier genau richtig.

Dieser Artikel ist dein Schlüssel, um die häufigsten Abkürzungen bei Microsoft zu verstehen. Außerdem erkläre ich, wie du sie in der Praxis anwendest.

Warum Microsoft so viele Abkürzungen verwendet

Im IT-Bereich sind Abkürzungen ein effizienter Weg, komplexe Begriffe zu vereinfachen. Bei Microsoft wird dies auf die Spitze getrieben: Von internen Programmen bis hin zu externen Diensten gibt es für fast alles eine Kurzform. Das spart zwar Zeit, kann aber für Neueinsteiger oder Partner, die mit Microsoft-Lösungen arbeiten, einschüchternd sein.

A

  • AD: Active Directory
  • AAD: Azure Active Directory
  • AADAP: Azure Active Directory App Proxy
  • AADB2B: Azure Active Directory Business to Business
  • AADB2C: Azure Active Directory Business to Consumer
  • AADDS: Azure Active Directory Domain Services
  • AADIP: Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
  • AADP: Azure Active Directory Premium
  • AATP (Legacy): Azure Advanced Threat Analytics
  • AATP: Authorized Academic Training Program
  • ABAC: Attribute-Based Access Control
  • ACA: Azure Customer Adds oder Azure Container Apps
  • ACI: Azure Container Instance
  • ACO: Azure Credit Offer
  • ARA: Azure Readiness Assessment
  • ACR: Azure Consumed Revenue / Azure Container Registry
  • ACS: Azure Communication Services
  • ACV: Annual Contractual Value
  • ADAL (Legacy): Azure Active Directory Authentication Library
  • ADE: Account Delivery Executive
  • ADFS: Active Directory Federation Services
  • ADO: Azure DevOps
  • AE: Account Executive
  • AFD: Azure Front Door
  • AIP (Legacy): Azure Information Protection
  • AKS: Azure Kubernetes Service
  • ALM: Application Lifecycle Management
  • ALT: Azure Load Testing
  • AMM: Azure Migration and Modernization
  • AOG-G: Agreement for Online Services for Government
  • ARM: Azure Resource Manager
  • ARR: Azure Rapid Response
  • ASC: Azure Security Center (Legacy) / Authorized Support Center
  • ASF: Azure Service Fabric
  • ASfP: Advanced Support for Partners
  • ATS: Account Technology Strategist
  • ATU: Account Team Unit
  • AVD: Azure Virtual Desktop
  • AVS: Azure VMware Solution
  • AZ: Availability Zone

B

  • BDM: Business Decision Maker
  • BC: Business Central (Dynamics)
  • BIF: Business Investment Funds
  • BG: Business Group
  • BRL: Business Ready Licensing
  • BYOL: Bring Your Own License
  • BYOPC: Bring-Your-Own-PC

C

  • CA: Conditional Access
  • CAF: Cloud Adoption Framework
  • CASA: Campus and School Agreement
  • CBI: Commitment Based Incentive
  • CCSD: Consumer Channel Sales & Marketing
  • CDM: Common Data Model
  • CDN: Content Delivery Network
  • CDOC: Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center
  • CDP: Customer Data Platform
  • CDS: Common Data Service
  • CDX: Customer Digital Experiences
  • CE: Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement
  • CELA: Corporate, External & Legal Affairs
  • CIEM: Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management
  • CNAPP: Cloud Native App Protection Platform
  • CoE: Center of Excellence
  • CO-OP: Co-Operative (funding)
  • CPOR: Claiming Partner of Record
  • CPC: Cloud PC
  • CPOS: Cloud Point of Sale (Browser-based)
  • CPP: Cloud Product Performance
  • CRM: Customer Relationship Management
  • CR: Compromise Recovery
  • CSA: Cloud Solution Architect
  • CSAM: Customer Success Account Manager
  • CSG: Cybersecurity Solutions Group (Legacy)
  • CSO: Co-Sell Opportunity
  • CSP: Cloud Solution Provider
  • CSPM: Cloud Security Posture Management
  • CSS: Customer Service & Support
  • CSU: Customer Success Unit / Commerce Scale Unit (D365)
  • CTP: Community Technology Preview
  • CU: Cumulative Update
  • CUI: Controlled Unclassified Information
  • CWA: Custom Workflow Activity
  • CWPP: Cloud Workload Protection Platform
  • CXP: Customer Success Experience (Engineering Team)
  • CX: Customer

D

  • D365: Dynamics 365
  • DAP: Delegated Admin Privileges
  • DaRT: Detection & Response Team
  • DBaaS: Database-as-a-Service
  • DCO: Data Center Optimization Team
  • DCR: Design Change Request
  • DSL: Device Subscription License
  • DCU: Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
  • DLP: Data Loss Prevention
  • DMC: Digital Marketing Content
  • DMP: Distribution Managed Partner
  • DPOR: Digital Partner of Record
  • DSR: Data Subject Requests
  • DTA: Digital Transformation Academy
  • DTO: Discretionary Time Off
  • DUNS: Global Data Universal Number System Identifier of Customer
  • DV: Dataverse

E

  • EA: Enterprise Agreement
  • EAP: Early Adopter Program
  • EAS: Enterprise Agreement Subscription
  • EASM: Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
  • EC: Enterprise Commercial
  • ECIF: End Customer Investment Fund
  • EDU: Education
  • EES: Enrollment for Education Services
  • EID: Entra ID
  • EMEA: Europe Middle East and Africa
  • EMS: Enterprise Mobility & Security
  • EO: Executive Order 14028 / Exchange Online
  • EOP: End of Period / Exchange Online Protection (Legacy)
  • EOS: End of Service
  • EOU: Enterprise Operating Unit

F

  • F&O: Finance and Operations
  • F&SCM: Dynamics 365 Field and Supply Chain Management
  • FIDO: Fast Identity Online
  • FinOps: Finance and Operations (Dynamics 365)
  • FSCM: Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management
  • FT oder FTC: FastTrack Center
  • FY: Fiscal Year

G

  • GA: General Availability
  • GBB: Global Black Belt
  • GCC: Government Community Cloud
  • GCC-H oder GCCH: Government Community Cloud – High
  • GDAP: Granular Delegated Admin Privileges
  • GDPR: Global Data Protection Regulation
  • GPS: Global Partner Solutions
  • GRS: Geo-Redundant Storage
  • GSI: Global System Integrator
  • GZRS: Geo-Zone-Redundant Storage

H

  • HCI: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
  • HWM: High-Water Mark

I

  • IaaS: Infrastructure-as-a-Service
  • IDNA: Identity & Network Access
  • IHV: Independent Hardware Vendor
  • IoT: Internet of Things
  • IP: Indirect Provider (CSP) oder Intellectual Property
  • IPCS: Intellectual Property Co-Sell
  • IRM: Insider Risk Management oder Information Rights Management (Legacy)
  • ISD: Industry Solutions Delivery
  • ISV: Independent Software Vendor
  • ITAR: International Traffic in Arms Regulations
  • ITSM: IT Service Management

J

  • JEA: Just Enough Access
  • JIT: Just-in-Time Access

K

  • KQL: Kusto Query Language

L

  • LAR: Large Account Reseller
  • LB: Load Balancer
  • LRS: Local Redundant Storage
  • LSP: Licensing Solution Provider
  • LTSC: Long-Term Servicing Channel

M

  • MAG: Microsoft Azure Government oder Modern Analytics Governance
  • M&O: Marketing & Operations
  • M365: Microsoft 365
  • M365D: Microsoft 365 Defender
  • MAC: Microsoft Administration Center
  • MACC: Microsoft Azure Customer Commitment
  • MAL: Managed Account List
  • MAM: Mobile Application Management
  • MAU: Monthly Active Users
  • MCA: Microsoft Customer Agreement
  • MCAPS: Microsoft Customer & Partner Solutions
  • MCAS (Legacy): Microsoft Cloud App Security
  • MCEM: Microsoft Customer Engagement Methodology
  • MCI: Microsoft Commerce Incentives
  • MCPP: Microsoft Cloud Partner Program
  • MCRA: Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures
  • MCS: Microsoft Consulting Services
  • MDA: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • MDAC: Microsoft Defender Application Control
  • MDAG: Microsoft Defender Application Guard
  • MDATP (Legacy): Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection
  • MDC: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • MDCA: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • MDCG: Microsoft Defender Credential Guard
  • MDDR: Microsoft Digital Defense Report
  • MDE: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • MECM: Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
  • MEID: Microsoft Entra ID
  • MDI: Microsoft Defender for Identity
  • MDM: Mobile Device Management
  • MDO: Microsoft Defender for Office 365
  • MDR: Managed Detection & Response
  • MEM: Microsoft Endpoint Manager
  • ME5: Microsoft 365 E5
  • MEA: Middle East and Africa
  • MFA: Multi-Factor Authentication
  • MEIA: Microsoft Entra Internet Access
  • MEPA: Microsoft Entra Private Access
  • MIAC: Microsoft Intune Admin Center
  • MIG: Microsoft Information Governance
  • MIP: Microsoft Information Protection oder Managed Intellectual Property
  • MIRF: Make It Right Funds
  • MISA: Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
  • MITSC: Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center
  • MMP-C: Microsoft Managed Platform Cloud
  • MOSLG: Microsoft Online Services Licensing Guide
  • MOSA: Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement
  • MOSP: Microsoft Online Subscription Program
  • MVP: Minimum Viable Product oder Most Valuable Professional
  • MPA: Microsoft Partner Agreement
  • MPC: Microsoft Partner Center
  • MPFX: Microsoft Power Fx
  • MPL: Managed Partner List
  • MPN: Microsoft Partner Network (Legacy)
  • MPOS: Modern Point of Sale (App)
  • MPS: Microsoft Professional Services

N

  • NCE: New Commerce Experience
  • NPSA: Net Paid Seat Adds
  • NFP: Not for Profit
  • NSI: National System Integrator
  • NSP: National Service Provider
  • NVA: Network Virtual Appliance

O

  • O365: Office 365
  • OCA: Outsourcer Channel Agreement
  • ODfB: OneDrive for Business
  • ODT: Office Deployment Tool
  • OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
  • OIDC: OpenID Connect
  • OKR: Objective & Key Result
  • OLA: Open License Agreement
  • OSA: Online Services Advisor
  • OSU: Online Services Usage
  • OU: Operating Unit
  • OVS: Open Value Subscription

P

  • PA: PowerApps
  • PaaS: Platform-as-a-Service
  • PAL: Partner Admin Link
  • PAM: Privileged Access Management
  • PAT: Partner Attribution Type
  • PAU: Paid Available Units
  • PAYG: Pay As You Go
  • PAW: Privileged Access Workstation
  • PBI: Power BI
  • PCF: Power Apps Component Framework
  • PCI: Permission Creep Index oder Payment Card Industry
  • PDM: Partner Development Manager
  • PDOC: Partner Delivery Operations Center
  • PEC: Partner Earned Credit
  • PFE: Premier Field Engineer
  • PG: Product Group
  • PGA: Partner Global Account Name
  • PIE: Partner Investment Engine
  • PIM: Privileged Identity Management
  • PL: Partner Led / Pursuit Lead
  • PLD: Partner-Led Deal
  • PLP: Partner-Led Program
  • PLSR: Partner-Led Sales Resource
  • PM: Program, Product oder Project Manager
  • PMA: Partner Marketing Advisor
  • PMC: Partner Marketing Center
  • PO: Dynamics 365 Project Operations
  • POE: Proof of Execution
  • POSH: PowerShell
  • POV: Proof of Validation
  • PP: Power Pages
  • PPAC: Power Platform Admin Center
  • PPAF: Power Platform Adoption Framework
  • PRACR: Partner Reported Azure Consumed Revenue
  • PSA: Project Service Automation
  • PSAS: Partner Sales Acceleration Services Team
  • PSfP: Premier Support for Partners
  • PTO: Paid Time Off
  • PTS: Partner Technology Specialist
  • PUA: Potentially Unwanted Applications
  • PVA: Power Virtual Agents
  • PY: Program Year

R

  • RA-GRS: Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage
  • RA-GZRS: Read-Access Geo-Zone-Redundant Storage
  • RBAC: Role-Based Access Control
  • RBI: Revenue Based Incentive
  • RMS (Legacy): Azure Rights Management Service
  • RPA: Robotic Process Automation

S

  • SA: Software Assurance / Solution Architect / Solution Area
  • SaaS: Software-as-a-Service
  • SAM: Support Account Manager / Security Access Manager
  • SAW: Secure Admin Workstation
  • SARA: Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant
  • SAS: Shared Access Signature
  • SASE: Secure Access Secure Edge
  • SBA: Survivable Branch Appliance
  • SBC: Session Border Controller
  • SCCM (Legacy): System Center Configuration Manager
  • SCE (Legacy): Server & Cloud Enrollment
  • SDE: Software Design Engineer
  • SDET: Software Design Engineer in Test
  • SEM: Strategic Engagement Manager
  • SE: System Engineer
  • SI: System Integrator
  • SIEM: Security Information and Event Management
  • SfMC: Support for Mission Critical
  • SL: Service Level (Azure)
  • SLA: Service Level Agreement
  • SLED: State, Local, Education
  • SLG: State and Local Government
  • SLO: Service Level Offering
  • SMB: Small, Midsized Business
  • SMC: Small, Midsize and Corporate
  • SOA: Service Oriented Architecture
  • SOAR: Security Orchestration Automated Response
  • SOW: Statement of Work
  • SPA: Single-Page Application
  • SPLA: Service Provider Licensing Agreement
  • SPO: SharePoint Online
  • SSL: Services Subscription License
  • SSO: Single Sign On
  • SSP: Solution Sales Professional
  • SSPR: Self Service Password Reset
  • SSSO: Seamless Single Sign-on
  • SSSP: Services Solutions Sales Professional
  • STU: Specialist Team Unit
  • SWA: Azure Static Web App

T

  • TAM: Total Addressable Market / Technical Account Manager (Legacy)
  • TFS: Team Foundation Server
  • TPID: Top Parent Identifier
  • TPOR: Transacting Partner of Record
  • TSP: Technical Sales Professional
  • TTM: Trailing Twelve Month
  • TTP: Technique, Tactics and Procedures
  • TVM: Threat & Vulnerability Management

U

  • UCaaS: Unified Communications-as-a-Service
  • UAL: Unified Audit Log
  • URS: Universal Resource Scheduling
  • USL: User Subscription License
  • UWP: Universal Windows Platform

V

  • VAR: Value Added Reseller
  • VAS: Value Added Services
  • VBD: Value Based Delivery
  • VDI: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
  • VHD: Virtual Hard Disk
  • VL: Volume Licensing
  • VLSC: Volume Licensing Service Center
  • VSTS: Visual Studio Team Services (Legacy)

W

  • W365: Windows 365
  • WAF: Web Application Firewall / Well-Architected Framework
  • WANI: Azure Workload Acquisition & Nurture Incentive
  • WDG: Windows & Devices Group
  • WE: Western Europe
  • WHFB: Windows Hello for Business
  • WINDC: Windows Declared Configurations
  • WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation

X

  • XaaS: Everything-as-a-Service
  • XDR: Extended Detection and Response

Z

  • ZRS: Zone-Redundant Storage
  • ZTNA: Zero Trust Network Access

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