New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings - Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference

New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings -Credential <PSCredential> [-GrantRolesAndPermissions] [-VeeamAADApplicationUsed] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
AppCredential	For the modern authentication type. Specifies credentials. The cmdlet will use these credentials to connect to a Microsoft 365 organization.	PSCredential	True	Named	False	False
ApplicationCertificatePassword	For the modern authentication type. Specifies the certificate password. The cmdlet will use these credentials to connect to a Microsoft 365 organization.	SecureString	False	Named	False	False
ApplicationCertificatePath	For the modern authentication type. Specifies a path to the application certificate. The cmdlet will use this path to get the application certificate and to connect to a Microsoft 365 organization.	String	True	Named	False	False
ApplicationId	For the modern authentication type. Specifies an application ID. The cmdlet will use an application ID to connect to a Microsoft 365 organization.	Guid	True	Named	False	False
ApplicationSecret	For the modern authentication type. Specifies an application secret. The cmdlet will use an application secret to connect to a Microsoft 365 organization.	SecureString	True	Named	False	False
Credential	Note: This parameter is obsolete. Specifies credentials. The cmdlet will use these credentials to connect to a Microsoft 365 organization.	PSCredential	True	Named	False	False
GrantRolesAndPermissions	Defines that the cmdlet will grant required permissions and assign appropriate roles to the account.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False	False
VeeamAADApplicationUsed	Defines that the cmdlet will use the Veeam application to connect to Microsoft Graph. Note: You must set this parameter to True for the following Microsoft Azure regions: China Germany Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False	False

This example shows how to define Microsoft 365 organization connection settings with the basic authentication.

$credentials = Get-Credential

New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings -Credential $credentials -GrantRolesAndPermissions

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-Credential cmdlet to create a credential object. Enter credentials you want to use for authenticating to a Microsoft 365 organization. Save the result to the $credentials variable.
Run the New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings cmdlet. Set the $credentials variable as the Credential parameter value. Provide the GrantRolesAndPermissions parameter.

This example shows how to define Microsoft 365 organization connection settings with a modern authentication using an application secret.

$Credentials = Get-Credential

$ApplicationSecret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "fCblKbIf+kY10+uB+rROD+wZPT/WxcDNX+EU2O33Q1s=" -AsPlainText -Force

New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings -AppCredential $Credentials -ApplicationId d052f06e-1cfa-42ff-9636-9da5e7aa1fd -ApplicationSecret $ApplicationSecret -GrantRolesAndPermissions

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-Credential cmldet to create a credential object. Enter credentials you want to use for authenticating to a Microsoft 365 organization. Save the result to the $Credentials variable.
Run the ConvertTo-SecureString cmdlet to convert the plain text to the secure string. Specify the String parameter value. Provide the AsPlainText parameter to turn the plain text to the secure string. Provide the Force parameter. Save the result to the $ApplicationSecret variable.
Run the New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $Credentials variable as the AppCredential parameter value.
Specify the ApplicationId parameter value.
Set the $ApplicationSecret variable as ApplicationSecret parameter value.
Provide the GrantRolesAndPermissions parameter.

This example shows how to define Microsoft 365 organization connection settings with a modern authentication using an application certificate.

$Credentials = Get-Credential

$ApplicationCertificatePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "fCblKbIf+kY10+uB+rROD+wZPT/WxcDNX+EU2O33Q1s=" -AsPlainText -Force

New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings -AppCredential $Credentials -ApplicationId d052f06e-1cfa-42ff-9636-9da5e7aa1fd1 -ApplicationCertificatePath "C:\ApplicationCertificate.pfx" -ApplicationCertificatePassword $ApplicationCertificatePassword -GrantRolesAndPermissions

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-Credential cmldet to create a credential object. Enter credentials you want to use for authenticating to a Microsoft 365 organization. Save the result to the $Credentials variable.
Run the ConvertTo-SecureString cmdlet to convert the plain text to the secure string. Specify the String parameter value. Provide the AsPlainText parameter to turn the plain text to the secure string. Provide the Force parameter. Save the result to the $ApplicationSecret variable.
Run the New-VBOOffice365ConnectionSettings cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $Credentials variable as the AppCredential parameter value.
Specify the ApplicationId parameter value.
Specify the ApplicationCertificatePath parameter value.
Set the $ApplicationCertificatePassword variable as the ApplicationCertificatePassword parameter value.
Provide the GrantRolesAndPermissions parameter.