Managing Tenant Accounts

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager offers the following types of vSphere Self-Service Backup Portal tenant accounts: User, Group, External User and External Group.

Managing Tenant Accounts
Type	Description	How to Sign In	Name Format
User	AD user	By specifying a user name and password	Windows-based Enterprise Manager: DOMAIN\Username (domain is optional) Linux-based Enterprise Manager: Username@DOMAIN (domain is mandatory for AD users)
Group	AD group	By specifying a user name and password	Windows-based Enterprise Manager: DOMAIN\Groupname (domain is optional) Linux-based Enterprise Manager: Groupname@DOMAIN (domain is mandatory for AD groups)
External User	IdP user	By using single sign-on*	Username@Suffix
External Group	IdP group	By using single sign-on*	Free-form string

* For more information on the single sign-on capability, see SAML Authentication Support.

Note

You cannot create a vSphere Self-Service Backup Portal tenant account for a local user account.

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager administrators can perform the following tasks with the tenant accounts: