diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 6e6ab7ec..a2546ddf 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "cSpell.words": [
         "azuredevops",
+        "fabrikam",
         "Kubernetes"
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/server.md b/docs/server.md
index e37936f4..99444912 100644
--- a/docs/server.md
+++ b/docs/server.md
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ The parameters file (`dependabot.parameters.json`):
   "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
   "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
   "parameters": {
+    "name": {
+      "value": "dependabot-fabrikam"
+    },
     "githubToken": {
       "value": "#{DependabotGithubToken}#"
     },
diff --git a/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Consumers/TriggerUpdateJobsEventConsumer.cs b/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Consumers/TriggerUpdateJobsEventConsumer.cs
index 19e3d443..63b9874d 100644
--- a/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Consumers/TriggerUpdateJobsEventConsumer.cs
+++ b/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Consumers/TriggerUpdateJobsEventConsumer.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ public async Task ConsumeAsync(EventContext<TriggerUpdateJobsEvent> context, Can
                 // create the job
                 job = new UpdateJob
                 {
-                    Id = $"job_{KSUID.Ksuid.Generate()}",
+                    // no prefixing/formatting because we use this to create azure resources which have name restrictions
+                    Id = FlakeId.Id.Create().ToString(),
 
                     Created = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
                     Status = UpdateJobStatus.Scheduled,
diff --git a/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Tingle.Dependabot.csproj b/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Tingle.Dependabot.csproj
index cfbcd887..5e1cdc56 100644
--- a/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Tingle.Dependabot.csproj
+++ b/server/Tingle.Dependabot/Tingle.Dependabot.csproj
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Monitor.Query" Version="1.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.ResourceManager.AppContainers" Version="1.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="DistributedLock.FileSystem" Version="1.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FlakeId" Version="1.1.2" /> <!-- TODO: replace with Tingle.Extensions.Primitives -->
     <PackageReference Include="Ksuid" Version="1.0.0" /> <!-- TODO: replace with Tingle.Extensions.Primitives -->
     <PackageReference Include="Macross.Json.Extensions" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="2.21.0" />
diff --git a/server/main.bicep b/server/main.bicep
index fdaf22a0..865ca00b 100644
--- a/server/main.bicep
+++ b/server/main.bicep
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ param location string = resourceGroup().location
 @minLength(5)
 @maxLength(24)
 @description('Name of the resources. Make sure it is unique e.g. dependabotcontoso to avoid conflicts or failures')
-param name string
+param name string = 'dependabot'
 
 @description('JSON array string fo projects to setup. E.g. [{"url":"https://dev.azure.com/tingle/dependabot","token":"dummy","AutoComplete":true}]')
 param projectSetups string = '[]'
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ var fileShares = [
   { name: 'working-dir', writeable: true }
 ]
 
-var storageAccountName = name == 'dependabot' ? 'dependabotstore' : name // dependabot is not available as of 2023-Sep-25 so we change just for the public deployment
+// dependabot is not available as of 2023-Sep-25 so we change just for the public deployment
+var storageAccountName = replace(replace((name == 'dependabot' ? 'dependabotstore' : name), '-', ''), '_', '') // remove underscores and hyphens
 var sqlServerAdministratorLogin = uniqueString(resourceGroup().id) // e.g. zecnx476et7xm (13 characters)
 var sqlServerAdministratorLoginPassword = '${skip(uniqueString(resourceGroup().id), 5)}%${uniqueString('sql-password', resourceGroup().id)}' // e.g. abcde%zecnx476et7xm (19 characters)
 var queueNames = [
diff --git a/server/main.json b/server/main.json
index 10f2e75d..42a70f41 100644
--- a/server/main.json
+++ b/server/main.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     },
     "name": {
       "type": "string",
+      "defaultValue": "dependabot",
       "minLength": 5,
       "maxLength": 24,
       "metadata": {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
         "writeable": true
       }
     ],
-    "storageAccountName": "[if(equals(parameters('name'), 'dependabot'), 'dependabotstore', parameters('name'))]",
+    "storageAccountName": "[replace(replace(if(equals(parameters('name'), 'dependabot'), 'dependabotstore', parameters('name')), '-', ''), '_', '')]",
     "sqlServerAdministratorLogin": "[uniqueString(resourceGroup().id)]",
     "sqlServerAdministratorLoginPassword": "[format('{0}%{1}', skip(uniqueString(resourceGroup().id), 5), uniqueString('sql-password', resourceGroup().id))]",
     "queueNames": [