Step 5. Select Service Account

At this step of the wizard, specify an account that will be used to run Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Proxy Service on the specified computer.

To do this, select one of the following options:

• Local System account. Select this option to use Local System account as the service account.
• Use the following account. Select this option to use an account that already exists and specify the account credentials in the Account and Password fields.

You must manually grant this account the required permissions in advance.

• Create the following user account locally and assign the required permissions. Select this option to create a new account that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will use as the service account. Specify credentials for the account that you want to create in the Account and Password fields. Confirm the password in the Confirm password field.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will create a new service account and automatically grant the required permissions to this account.