---
title: "Add-VBRAmazonAccount"
description: "This cmdlet creates the VBRAmazonAccount object. This object contains AWS credentials records to access the following services: Amazon S3 Amazon EC2 S3 compatible (including IBM Cloud object storage)"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbramazonaccount.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Cloud Credentials > Amazon S3 Accounts > Managing Amazon Accounts > Add-VBRAmazonAccount"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Add-VBRAmazonAccount

## Short Description
Creates AWS credentials records.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

**Product Edition**: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Add-VBRAmazonAccount -AccessKey <String> -SecretKey <String> [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the `VBRAmazonAccount` object. This object contains AWS credentials records to access the following services:

- Amazon S3
- Amazon EC2
- S3 compatible (including IBM Cloud object storage)

## 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">AccessKey</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an access key. The cmdlet will use this key to add AWS credentials records to Veeam Backup & Replication.</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">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a description for AWS credentials records.</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">SecretKey</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a secret key. The cmdlet will use this secret key to add the Amazon credentials records to Veeam Backup & Replication.</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>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the `VBRAmazonAccount` object that contains AWS credentials records.

## Examples

::: example
### Creating AWS Credentials Record

This command creates an AWS credentials record.

```
Add-VBRAmazonAccount -AccessKey "ABCDEFGHIGKLMNOP" -SecretKey "vmdkflvm8908GUIEIE" -Description "Amazon credentials"
```

:::