Managing Permissions

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure controls access to its functionality with the help of user roles. A role defines what operations users can perform and what range of data is available to them in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure UI.

There are 3 user roles that you can assign to users working with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure:

Portal Administrator — can perform all configuration actions, and can also act as a Portal Operator and Restore Operator.
Portal Operator — can create, edit and start backup policies, manage the protected data and perform all restore operations.
Restore Operator — can only perform restore operations and view session statistics.

The following table describes the functionality available to users with different roles in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure UI.

Tab	Functionality	Portal Administrator	Portal Operator	Restore Operator
Overview	Dashboard	Full	Full	N/A
Resources	Infrastructure	Full	Full	N/A
Policies	Backup policies	Full	Full	N/A
Protected Data	Restore	Full	Full	Full
	File-level restore	Full	Full	Full
	Remove	Full	Full	N/A
Session Log	Session logs	Full	Full	Full
Session Log	Stop session execution	Full	Full	Full
Configuration
Accounts	Azure service and repository accounts, SQL Server and SMTP accounts, portal users	Full	N/A	N/A
Repositories	Backup repositories	Full	N/A	N/A
Workers	Worker instances	Full	N/A	N/A
Settings	General settings	Full	N/A	N/A
Licensing	Licensing	Full	N/A	N/A
Support Information	Updates and logs	Full	N/A	N/A

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