This is an archive version of the document. Starting from version 9, the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure User Guide is part of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.

Managing Accounts

To perform data protection and disaster recovery operations, and to add objects to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure, you must first create the following types of accounts:

Service accounts — to get access to Azure resources that you want to protect.
SMTP and Database accounts — to authenticate against SMTP servers and Azure databases.