---
title: "Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority"
description: "This cmdlet returns external authentication providers configured in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/get-vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > External Authentication Providers > Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority

## Short Description
Returns external authentication providers.

## Syntax
```
Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority [-Id <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns external authentication providers configured in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.

## 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">Id</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an ID of the external authentication provider. The cmdlet will return the external authentication provider with this ID.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Guid</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>
    </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 [`VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority`](vbofederatedauthenticationauthority.md) object that contains settings for an external authentication provider.

## Examples

::: example
### Getting All External Authentication Providers

This command returns a list of all external authentication providers.

```
Get-VBOFederatedAuthenticationAuthority
```

:::