Launching Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory

You can launch Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory in any of the following ways:

• To open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory and automatically add databases to the application scope, follow the procedures, described in the Obtaining Active Directory Database Files section.
• To open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory as an individual application, go to Start and double-click Veeam Explorer icon.

By default, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory connects to the localhost. When starting Veeam Explorer from the standalone console, provide the following:

1. The Veeam backup server name or the server IP-address.
2. A port number. By default, the port number is 9232.
3. Credentials to connect to the remote server. If you want to use your current account, select Use Windows session authentication.

4. Click Connect.

You can save the connection shortcut by clicking Save shortcut link. The shortcut will be saved to the Desktop.