Starting PowerShell Sessions from Veeam Products

You can start a PowerShell session directly from Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 user interface.

In this case, you will be able to perform actions with Veeam Explorers cmdlets without any additional configuration steps. As soon as you run a PowerShell session either from Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, all related PowerShell modules are automatically imported into the active memory.

For more information on the Veeam Backup & Replication PowerShell module, see the Getting Started section of the Veeam PowerShell Reference.

For more information on the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell module, see the Getting Started section of the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference.

To start a PowerShell session, do one of the following:

  • In the main menu of Veeam Backup & Replication, select Console > PowerShell.

Starting PowerShell from Backup Console

  • In the main menu of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, select Console > PowerShell.

Starting PowerShell from Backup Console

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