---
title: "Add-VBOBackupItem"
description: "This cmdlet adds a list of objects to a backup job. The job will process these objects. Before you add an object to a backup job, consider the following restrictions: Only one job can back up an entire organization."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/add-vbobackupitem.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > Organizations Management > Organization Objects > Add-VBOBackupItem"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Add-VBOBackupItem

## Short Description
Adds a list of objects to a backup job.

## Syntax
```
Add-VBOBackupItem -Job <VBOJob> -BackupItem <VBOBackupItem[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet adds a list of objects to a backup job. The job will process these objects.

::: note

Before you add an object to a backup job, consider the following restrictions:

- Only one job can back up an entire organization.
- Several jobs cannot back up the same items if you schedule them to run within the same period. If their schedules overlap, the items will be backed up by the job that starts earlier.
- If you add an object that has already been added to the backup job again, a new object will replace the old object.

:::

## Parameters

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          <p>Parameter</p>
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          <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>
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        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">BackupItem</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of objects. The cmdlet will add them to a list of included objects.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbobackupitem.md"><code>VBOBackupItem</code></a><code>[]</code> object.</p><ul><li>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbobackupitem.md"><code>Get-VBOBackupItem</code></a> cmdlet.</li><li>To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbobackupitem.md"><code>New-VBOBackupItem</code></a> cmdlet.</li></ul>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbobackupitem.md"><code>VBOBackupItem[]</code></a></p>
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          <p>True</p>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Job</span></p>
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        <td>
          <p>Specifies a backup job. The cmdlet will add an array of objects to this job.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbojob.md"><code>VBOJob</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbojob.md"><code>Get-VBOJob</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbojob.md"><code>VBOJob</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>
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`<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.

## Examples

::: example
### Adding User Backup Item to Backup Job

This example shows how to add an organization user *UserAlpha* backup item to the *TestJob* backup job.

```
$org = Get-VBOOrganization -Name "ABC Company"
$user = Get-VBOOrganizationUser -Organization $org -DisplayName "UserAlpha"
$backupItemUser = New-VBOBackupItem -User $user -Mailbox:$True -ArchiveMailbox:$false -OneDrive:$false
$job = Get-VBOJob -Name "TestJob"
Add-VBOBackupItem -Job $job -BackupItem $backupItemUser
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOOrganization`](get-vboorganization.md) cmdlet to get an organization. Save the result to the `$org` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBOOrganizationUser`](get-vboorganizationuser.md) cmdlet to get an organization user. It will be used as a backup item. Save the result to the `$user` variable.
3. Run the [`New-VBOBackupItem`](new-vbobackupitem.md) cmdlet to select the item for the backup job. Save the result to the `$backupItemUser` variable.
4. Run the [`Get-VBOJob`](get-vbojob.md) cmdlet to select the backup job for modification. Save the result to the `$job` variable.
5. Run the `Add-VBOBackupItem` cmdlet with the `$job` and `$backupItemUser` variables to add the selected user to the specified backup job.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBOOrganization`](get-vboorganization.md)
- [`Get-VBOOrganizationUser`](get-vboorganizationuser.md)
- [`New-VBOBackupItem`](new-vbobackupitem.md)
- [`Get-VBOBackupItem`](get-vbobackupitem.md)
- [`Get-VBOJob`](get-vbojob.md)