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title: "Performing Salesforce Backup"
description: "To perform backup of Salesforce organizations, Veeam Backup for Salesforce runs backup policies. A backup policy is a collection of settings that define the way backup operations are performed: what data to back up, where to store backups, when to..."
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# Performing Salesforce Backup

To perform backup of Salesforce organizations, Veeam Backup for Salesforce runs backup policies. A backup policy is a collection of settings that define the way backup operations are performed: what data to back up, where to store backups, when to start the backup process, and so on.

::: note

Only users assigned the *Administrator* or *Backup Operator* role can perform backup operations in Veeam Backup for Salesforce. However, these users can create and run backup policies within their permission scope only — that is, for companies and organizations whose data they can access.

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## In This Section

- [Creating Backup Policies](creating_backup_policies.md)
- [Starting and Stopping Backup Policies](starting_backup_policies.md)
- [Disabling and Enabling Backup Policies](disabling_backup_policies.md)
- [Editing Backup Policies](editing_backup_policies.md)
- [Reloading Fields and Files](reloading.md)
- [Reloading Metadata](reloading_metadata.md)
- [Removing Backup Policies](removing_backup_policies.md)
- [Viewing Backup Policy Details](viewing_backup_policy_details.md)
- [Viewing Backed-Up Data](viewing_backed_up_data.md)