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title: "Configuring Veeam Backup for Salesforce"
description: "To start working with Veeam Backup for Salesforce, perform a number of steps for its configuration: Add companies to the configuration database. Connect to Salesforce organizations that you want to protect."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Configuring Veeam Backup for Salesforce"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Configuring Veeam Backup for Salesforce

To start working with Veeam Backup for Salesforce, perform a number of steps for its configuration:

1. [Add companies to the configuration database](managing_companies.md).
2. [Connect to Salesforce organizations that you want to protect](managing_organizations.md).
3. [Add users to control access to Veeam Backup for Salesforce](managing_permissions.md).
4. [Connect to PostgreSQL databases that will be used to store backed-up data and metadata of Salesforce organizations](managing_databases.md).
5. [Configure IdP and SSO settings](configuring_security_settings.md).
6. [Create alerts and configure notification settings](managing_notifications.md).
7. [[Optional] Create templates to mask sensitive data](managing_data_masking_templates.md).
8. [[Optional] Connect to AWS accounts to encrypt data using an AWS KMS master key](configuring_encryption_settings.md).
9. [[Optional] Configure advanced settings](advanced_settings.md).