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title: "Add-VBOAmazonS3Folder"
description: "This cmdlet creates Amazon S3 folders."
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dateModified: "2026-08-21"
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# Add-VBOAmazonS3Folder

## Short Description
Creates Amazon S3 folders.

## Syntax
```
Add-VBOAmazonS3Folder -Bucket <VBOAmazonS3Bucket> -Name <String> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates Amazon S3 folders.

## Parameters

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      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Bucket</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the Amazon S3 bucket. The cmdlet will add Amazon S3 folder to this bucket.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vboamazons3bucket.md"><code>VBOAmazonS3Bucket</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vboamazons3bucket.md"><code>Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vboamazons3bucket.md"><code>VBOAmazonS3Bucket</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a name of the Amazon S3 folder. The cmdlet will create the Amazon S3 folder with this name.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the [`VBOAmazonS3Folder`](vboamazons3folder.md) object that contains an array of Amazon S3 folders.

## Examples

::: example
### Creating Amazon S3 Folder

This example shows how to create an Amazon S3 folder.

```
$account = Get-VBOAmazonS3Account -Id 26e61916-0257-4a05-8f65-204628d2ed7a
$connection = New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings -Account $account -RegionType Global
$bucket = Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket -AmazonS3ConnectionSettings $connection -RegionId eu-north-1
Add-VBOAmazonS3Folder -Bucket $bucket -Name "February_reports"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Account`](get-vboamazons3account.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3connectionsettings.md) cmdlet. Specify the necessary parameters. Save the result to the `$connection` variable.
3. Run the [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket`](get-vboamazons3bucket.md) cmdlet. Specify the necessary parameters. Save the result to the `$bucket` variable.
4. Run the `Add-VBOAmazonS3Folder` cmdlet. Set the `$bucket` variable as the `Bucket` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Account`](get-vboamazons3account.md)
- [`New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3connectionsettings.md)
- [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket`](get-vboamazons3bucket.md)