---
title: "Get-VBOAmazonSecurityGroup"
description: "This cmdlet returns the VBOAmazonSecurityGroup object."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/get-vboamazonsecuritygroup.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Archiver Appliances > Get-VBOAmazonSecurityGroup"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Get-VBOAmazonSecurityGroup

## Short Description
Returns a security group that will be associated with the Amazon archiver appliance.

## Syntax
```
Get-VBOAmazonSecurityGroup -VPC <VBOAmazonVpc> [-Name <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns the [`VBOAmazonSecurityGroup`](vboamazonsecuritygroup.md) object.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <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">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a name of the security group. The cmdlet will return the security group with this name.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</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">VPC</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the Amazon VPC.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vboamazonvpc.md"><code>VBOAmazonVpc</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vboamazonvpc.md"><code>Get-VBOAmazonVPC</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vboamazonvpc.md"><code>VBOAmazonVpc</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>
    </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 [`VBOAmazonSecurityGroup`](vboamazonsecuritygroup.md) object that will be associated with the Amazon archiver appliance.

## Examples

::: example
### Getting Security Group

This example shows how to get the security group that will be associated with the Amazon archiver appliance.

```
$S3account = Get-VBOAmazonS3Account -AccessKey "?Iqws8NewidZydk"
$S3connection = New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings -Account $S3account -RegionType Global
$VPC = Get-VBOAmazonVPC -AmazonS3ConnectionSettings $S3connection -RegionId eu-central-1 -Name "VPCName"
Get-VBOAmazonSecurityGroup -VPC $VPC -Name "SecurityGroupName"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Account`](get-vboamazons3account.md) cmdlet. Specify the `AccessKey` parameter value. Save the result to the `$S3account` variable.
2. Run the [`New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3connectionsettings.md) cmdlet. Set the `$S3account` variable as the `Account` parameter value. Specify the `RegionType` parameter value. Save the result to the `$S3connection` variable.
3. Run the [`Get-VBOAmazonVPC`](get-vboamazonvpc.md) cmdlet. Set the `$S3connection` variable as the `AmazonS3ConnectionSettings` parameter value. Specify the `RegionId` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$VPC` variable.
4. Run the `Get-VBOAmazonSecurityGroup` cmdlet. Set the `$VPC` variable as the `VPC` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

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