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title: "Adding Connections"
description: "To connect to an AWS account, do the following: Switch to the Configuration page. Navigate to Security > Key Management Service. Click Add KMS Connection."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup_salesforce/userguide/adding_kms_connections.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Configuring Veeam Backup for Salesforce > Configuring Encryption Settings > Managing AWS KMS Connections > Adding Connections"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Adding Connections

To connect to an AWS account, do the following:

1. Switch to the **Configuration** page.
2. Navigate to **Security** > **Key Management Service**.
3. Click **Add KMS Connection**.
4. In the **Connect to Key Management Service** window:

   1. In the **Access Key Id** and **Secret Access Key** fields, specify an access key pair that will be used to authenticate requests to the AWS account managing this master key.
   2. From the **Company** drop-down list, select a company to which you want to connect the AWS account.

      For a company to be displayed in the list of available companies, it must be created as described in section [Adding Companies](adding_companies.md).

   3. Click **Save**. 

[![Adding AWS KMS Connections](images/encryption.png "Adding AWS KMS Connections")](images/encryption.png){.toggle scale=55}