Add-VBOBackupApplication

Short Description

Adds backup application settings to an application pool.

Syntax

Add-VBOBackupApplication -Organization <VBOOrganization> -BackupApplications <VBOBackupApplication[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds backup application settings to an application pool.

Add-VBOBackupApplication Important

This cmdlet will run only for Microsoft organizations that are added to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 infrastructure using modern app-only authentication method.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Organization	Specifies a Microsoft organization. The cmdlet will add backup application settings to the specified Microsoft organization.	Accepts the VBOOrganization object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False
BackupApplications	Specifies an array of backup applications. The cmdlet will add these backup applications to a Microsoft organization.	Accepts the VBOBackupApplication[] object. To create this object, run the New-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Accept Wildcard Characters

Organization

Specifies a Microsoft organization. The cmdlet will add backup application settings to the specified Microsoft organization.

Accepts the VBOOrganization object.

To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

False

BackupApplications

Specifies an array of backup applications. The cmdlet will add these backup applications to a Microsoft organization.

Accepts the VBOBackupApplication[] object.

To create this object, run the New-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue)

False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBOBackupApplication object that contains backup application settings that are added to Microsoft organizations.

Examples

Add-VBOBackupApplication Example 1. Adding Backup Application to Microsoft Organization

This example shows how to add a backup application to an application pool of Microsoft organization.

$securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString

Enter your password: **********

$org = Get-VBOOrganization

$app = Get-VBOApplication -Organization $org

$newApp = New-VBOBackupApplication -Application $app -ApplicationCertificatePath "C:\certificate\cert.pfx" -ApplicationCertificatePassword $securepassword

Add-VBOBackupApplication -Organization $org -BackupApplications $newApp

Perform the following steps:

Specify the secure password:

Run the Read-Host cmdlet. Specify the message that the console will display as a prompt. Provide the AsSecureString parameter. Save the result to the $securepassword variable.
Enter the password.

Get an application:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VBOApplication cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Save the result to the $app variable.

Run the New-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet. Specify the Application, ApplicationCertificatePath and ApplicationCertificatePassword parameters. Save the result to the $newApp variable.
Run the Add-VBOBackupApplication cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Set the $newApp variable as the BackupApplications parameter value.

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