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[Open data] Azure Advisor recommendation types

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Since Oct 10, 2025.

OKR: 2.1 Adoption Skill: DevOps Status: 🔬 Code review Tool: New tool Tool: Open data Type: Feature 💎
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Tool name

RecommendationTypes.csv

Description

Azure Advisor doesn't expose details about the different recommendations that are available. We should include a new open data file that includes the recommendation type details to describe each recommendation made available in Azure Advisor.

Use case

Organize and provide additional context for Azure Advisor recommendations.

Services used

None

Dependencies

This information can be parsed out of Microsoft Learn docs in GitHub via a PowerShell script. There are no runtime dependencies.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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