---
title: "POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.AppConfiguration/checkNameAvailability"
method: POST
path: "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.AppConfiguration/checkNameAvailability"
---

# POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.AppConfiguration/checkNameAvailability

`POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.AppConfiguration/checkNameAvailability`

Checks whether the configuration store name is available for use.

## Parameters

- `../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter` — unresolved $ref
- `../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/components/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter` — unresolved $ref

## Request body

- CheckNameAvailabilityParameters — Parameters used for checking whether a resource name is available.
  - `name` string, required — The name to check for availability.
  - `type` 'Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores', required — The resource type to check for name availability.

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- NameAvailabilityStatus — The result of a request to check the availability of a resource name.
  - `nameAvailable` boolean — The value indicating whether the resource name is available.
  - `message` string — If any, the error message that provides more detail for the reason that the name is not available.
  - `reason` string — If any, the reason that the name is not available.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2019-02-01-preview) `f409c3fed862` — 2 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `subscriptionId`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `api-version`
  - api tag `Operations` removed

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/appconfiguration-microsoft-appconfiguration-appconfiguration/changes/subscriptions/:subscriptionId/providers/Microsoft.AppConfiguration/checkNameAvailability/post.md)

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