Add-VBOBackupApplication - Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference

Add-VBOBackupApplication -Organization <VBOOrganization> -BackupApplications <VBOBackupApplication[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Organization	Specifies a Microsoft organization. The cmdlet will add backup application settings to the specified Microsoft organization.	Accepts the VBOOrganization object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False
BackupApplications	Specifies an array of backup applications. The cmdlet will add these backup applications to a Microsoft organization.	Accepts the VBOBackupApplication[] object. To create this object, run the New-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Accept Wildcard Characters

Organization

Specifies a Microsoft organization. The cmdlet will add backup application settings to the specified Microsoft organization.

Accepts the VBOOrganization object.

To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

False

BackupApplications

Specifies an array of backup applications. The cmdlet will add these backup applications to a Microsoft organization.

Accepts the VBOBackupApplication[] object.

To create this object, run the New-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

False

This example shows how to add a backup application to an application pool of Microsoft organization.

$securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString

Enter your password: **********

$org = Get-VBOOrganization

$app = Get-VBOApplication -Organization $org

$newApp = New-VBOBackupApplication -Application $app -ApplicationCertificatePath "C:\certificate\cert.pfx" -ApplicationCertificatePassword $securepassword

Add-VBOBackupApplication -Organization $org -BackupApplications $newApp

Perform the following steps:

Specify the secure password:

Run the Read-Host cmdlet. Specify the message that the console will display as a prompt. Provide the AsSecureString parameter. Save the result to the $securepassword variable.
Enter the password.

Get an application:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VBOApplication cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Save the result to the $app variable.

Run the New-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet. Specify the Application, ApplicationCertificatePath and ApplicationCertificatePassword parameters. Save the result to the $newApp variable.
Run the Add-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Set the $newApp variable as the BackupApplications parameter value.