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.

Azure Files Permissions

To allow Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure to protect Azure file shares, the service account that will be used for backup and restore operations with the file shares must have the following permissions.

Azure Files Snapshot and Restore Permissions

{

"permissions": [

{

"actions": [

"Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/read",

"Microsoft.Insights/eventtypes/values/Read",

"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",

"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listKeys/action",

"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read"

"notActions": [],

"dataActions": [],

"notDataActions": []

}

]

}