Starting PowerShell Sessions

To run Veeam Explorers cmdlets in the Windows PowerShell console, you must install on your machine one of the following components:

  • Veeam backup server
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server
  • Veeam Backup & Replication console
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell

After that, you can start the PowerShell session either from Veeam products or Windows PowerShell.

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