---
title: "Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount"
description: "This cmdlet modifies settings for the specified Microsoft Azure service account. To modify settings, you need to enter the necessary parameters with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/set-vboazureserviceaccount.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Settings > Microsoft Azure Service Accounts > Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount

## Short Description
Modifies Microsoft Azure service account settings.

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>DefaultParameterSet (Default)</code></p>

```
Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Account <VBOAzureServiceAccount> [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>ParameterSetWithCertificate</code></p>

```
Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Account <VBOAzureServiceAccount> -ApplicationCertificatePath <String>
 [-ApplicationCertificatePassword <SecureString>] [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>ParameterSetConfigureApplication</code></p>

```
Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Account <VBOAzureServiceAccount> -ApplicationCertificatePath <String>
 [-ApplicationCertificatePassword <SecureString>] [-ConfigureApplication] [-Description <String>]
 [-SubscriptionIds <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>ParameterSetWithSecret</code></p>

```
Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Account <VBOAzureServiceAccount> -ApplicationSecret <SecureString>
 [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet modifies settings for the specified Microsoft Azure service account. To modify settings, you need to enter the necessary parameters with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged.

## 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">Account</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a Microsoft Azure service account whose settings you want to modify.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vboazureserviceaccount.md"><code>VBOAzureServiceAccount</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vboazureserviceaccount.md"><code>Get-VBOAzureServiceAccount</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vboazureserviceaccount.md"><code>VBOAzureServiceAccount</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>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ApplicationCertificatePassword</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the certificate password. The cmdlet will use this password to confirm the certificate that you want to import to a Microsoft Entra application.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SecureString</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">ApplicationCertificatePath</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a path to the folder where the certificate is located. The cmdlet will import the certificate that is located in this path to set up a secure connection to Microsoft 365 organization.</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ApplicationSecret</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an application secret. The cmdlet will use an application secret to set up a secure connection to Microsoft 365 organization.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SecureString</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ConfigureApplication</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will configure settings of an existing Microsoft Entra application: grant the required permissions and register the specified certificate in Microsoft Entra ID.</p><p>Default: <em>False</em></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a description of Microsoft Azure service account. The cmdlet will replace the current description with the specified description.</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">SubscriptionIds</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of subscriptions associated with a user account that was used to sign in to Microsoft Entra.</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>
    </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 [`VBOAzureServiceAccount`](vboazureserviceaccount.md) object that contains Microsoft Azure service account details.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1: Modifying Microsoft Entra Application Certificate Path and Password

This example shows how to modify a certificate path and password of a Microsoft Entra application associated with the Microsoft Azure service account.

```
$securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString
Enter your password: **********
$account = Get-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Name "Archiver Appliance App"
Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Account $account -ApplicationCertificatePath "C:\certificate\newcert.pfx" -ApplicationCertificatePassword $securepassword
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Create a new secure password:

   1. Run the [`Read-Host`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/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.
   2. Enter the password.

2. Run the [`Get-VBOAzureServiceAccount`](get-vboazureserviceaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
3. Run the `Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount` cmdlet. Set the `$account` variable as the `Account` parameter value. Specify a new value for the `ApplicationCertificatePath` parameter. Set the `$securepassword` variable as the `ApplicationCertificatePassword` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2: Modifying Microsoft Entra Application Settings

This example shows how to modify settings of the Microsoft Entra application associated with the Microsoft Azure service account.

```
$account = Get-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Name "Archiver Appliance App"
Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount -Account $account -ApplicationCertificatePath "C:\certificate\cert.pfx" -ConfigureApplication -SubscriptionIds "06b735ac3d-d883-4dd8-8de3-98f49d743012"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOAzureServiceAccount`](get-vboazureserviceaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the `Set-VBOAzureServiceAccount` cmdlet. Set the `$account` variable as the `Account` parameter value. Specify the `ApplicationCertificatePath` parameter value. Specify a new value for the `SubscriptionIds` parameter.

:::

## Related Commands

- [``Read-Host``](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/read-host)
- [`Get-VBOAzureServiceAccount`](get-vboazureserviceaccount.md)