Notification Hub namespace should use Standard or higher SKU

Medium Azure General namespaces-notification-hub-namespace-standard

Applies to

Microsoft.NotificationHubs/namespaces

What CGPulse checks

A resource passes this rule when skuName must be one of ["Standard","Premium"]. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.

How to fix it

Upgrade to Standard or Premium SKU for enhanced security features and telemetry. In Azure Portal: Notification Hub namespace > Pricing tier > select Standard or Premium. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-push-notification-overview

CLI

az notification-hub namespace show --ids "{id}" --query "sku.name" -o tsv

Bicep

// SKU cannot be changed — create new namespace with Standard tier
resource nhNamespace 'Microsoft.NotificationHubs/namespaces@2023-10-01-preview' = {{
  name: '{name}'
  location: resourceGroup().location
  sku: {{
    name: 'Standard'
  }}
  properties: {{}}
}}

Terraform

resource "azurerm_notification_hub_namespace" "{name}" {
  name                = "{name}"
  resource_group_name = "{rg}"
  location            = var.location
  namespace_type      = "NotificationHub"
  sku_name            = "Standard"
}

Compliance frameworks

Cloud Security: Azure Foundations

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