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# DDoS Protection Plan

An Azure DDoS Protection Plan provides enhanced, always‑on network monitoring and automatic mitigation against distributed denial‑of‑service attacks. It protects virtual networks and the resources within them by detecting abnormal traffic patterns and applying real‑time defense mechanisms. This plan offers higher protection levels than the built‑in basic service and includes cost protection, rapid response support, and detailed attack analytics.

```
azure.network_ddos_protection_plan
```

## Fields

| Title               | ID   | Type       | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                | Description |
| ------------------- | ---- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                | core | string     |
| etag                | core | string     | A unique read-only string that changes whenever the resource is updated.                                                                                                                                 |
| id                  | core | string     | Resource ID.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| location            | core | string     | Resource location.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| name                | core | string     | Resource name.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| provisioning_state  | core | string     | The current provisioning state.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| public_ip_addresses | core | json       | The list of public IPs associated with the DDoS protection plan resource. This list is read-only.                                                                                                        |
| resource_group      | core | string     |
| resource_guid       | core | string     | The resource GUID property of the DDoS protection plan resource. It uniquely identifies the resource, even if the user changes its name or migrate the resource across subscriptions or resource groups. |
| subscription_id     | core | string     |
| subscription_name   | core | string     |
| tags                | core | hstore_csv |
| type                | core | string     | Resource type.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| virtual_networks    | core | json       | The list of virtual networks associated with the DDoS protection plan resource. This list is read-only.                                                                                                  |