AzurePolicyWatch

1.0.0

Private/Utils/Normalize-PolicyName.ps1

                                function Normalize-PolicyName {

    <#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Normalize policy name for consistent matching.

    .DESCRIPTION

        Removes versioning suffixes, preview/deprecated tags, and standardizes formatting

        to enable reliable policy name comparison across different sources.

    .PARAMETER Name

        The policy name to normalize.

    .EXAMPLE

        Normalize-PolicyName "Deploy VM Backup [Preview] v2.1.0"

        Returns: "deploy vm backup"

    .OUTPUTS

        String - Normalized lowercase policy name

    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]

    param(

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]

        [string]$Name

    )

    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Name)) { 

        return "" 

    }

    $n = $Name.Trim()

    # Remove common suffixes

    $n = $n -replace '\s*\[Preview\]\s*$', ''

    $n = $n -replace '\s*\(Deprecated\)\s*$', ''

    $n = $n -replace '\s*\(Preview\)\s*$', ''

    $n = $n -replace '\s*\(.*?version.*?\)\s*$', ''

    $n = $n -replace '\s*\bv?\d+(\.\d+)*\s*$', ''

    # Standardize dashes and spacing

    $n = $n -replace '[–—−]', '-'

    $n = $n -replace '\s*-\s*', ' - '

    $n = $n -replace '\s+', ' '

    return $n.ToLowerInvariant()

}