---
title: "Add-VBRAzureAccount"
description: "This cmdlet adds a credentials record for Microsoft Azure compute account to Veeam Backup & Replication and imports information about subscriptions and resources associated with the Microsoft Azure compute account."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbrazureaccount.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Cloud Credentials > Microsoft Azure Accounts > Managing Azure Compute Account > Add-VBRAzureAccount"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Add-VBRAzureAccount

## Short Description
Adds a Microsoft Azure compute account to Veeam Backup & Replication.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

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

```
Add-VBRAzureAccount [-Region <VBRAzureRegionType>] [-AzureCredentials <CCredentials>] -Name <String>
 [-Description <String>] [-TenantId <String>] [-ApplicationId <String>] [-SecretKey <String>]
 [-CertificatePath <String>] [-Password <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>AzureStack</code></p>

```
Add-VBRAzureAccount [-AzureCredentials <CCredentials>] -ResourceManagerEndpoint <String> -Name <String>
 [-Description <String>] [-TenantId <String>] [-ApplicationId <String>] [-SecretKey <String>]
 [-CertificatePath <String>] [-Password <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet adds a credentials record for Microsoft Azure compute account to Veeam Backup & Replication and imports information about subscriptions and resources associated with the Microsoft Azure compute account.

You can add the following types of the accounts:

- Microsoft Azure account
- Microsoft Azure Stack Hub compute account

The cmdlet will open a Microsoft Azure wizard. Follow the steps of the wizard to add the account.

::: important

Consider the following:

- This cmdlet does not create a Microsoft Azure compute account. You must set up the Microsoft Azure account beforehand.
- This cmdlet does not support Microsoft Azure compute accounts with the Azure Service Manager (ASM, also known as a "classic" type).

:::

## 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">ApplicationId</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the ID of the AD application. The cmdlet will use this application to connect to Microsoft Azure.</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">AzureCredentials</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p><strong>Note</strong>: This parameter is obsolete and will be deprecated in next version.</p><p>Specifies an exiting Azure AD application. Veeam Backup & Replication will use this Azure AD application to connect to Microsoft Azure.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CCredentials</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">CertificatePath</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For certificate-based authentication.</p><p>Specifies a path to the folder where the certificate is located. The cmdlet will use it to authenticate against Azure.</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">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a description of credentials record for Microsoft Azure compute account. The cmdlet will add credentials record with this 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">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a name of credentials record for for Microsoft Azure compute account. The cmdlet will add credentials record with this name.</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">Password</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For certificate-based authentication.</p><p>Specifies a password that the cmdlet will use it to authenticate against Azure.</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">Region</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the region type of the Microsoft Azure account. You can select the following types of regions:</p><ul><li><code>Global</code></li><li><code>China</code></li><li><code>Government</code></li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRAzureRegionType</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">ResourceManagerEndpoint</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>To connect to Microsoft Azure Stack Hub compute account.</p><p>Specifies the virtual IP address of Azure Resource Manager. The account will connect to this resource manager.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: You must specify the IP address in the following format: <code>management.&lt;region&gt;.&lt;FQDN&gt;</code>.</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">SecretKey</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the password-based authentication.</p><p>Specifies the application secret that the cmdlet will use to authenticate against Microsoft Azure.</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">TenantId</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For existing account connection type.</p><p>Specifies an ID of a tenant (directory) where the AD application resides. The cmdlet will use this tenant ID to connect to the Azure AD application.</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 [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
[`VBRAzureAccount`](vbrazureaccount.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Adding Microsoft Azure Compute Account

This command adds the Microsoft Azure compute account into your Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure with the following settings:

- The name of the account is `Azure Compute Administrator.`
- The ID of a tenant (directory) where the AD application resides is `XXXXXXXX.`
- The ID of the application is `42f83f98.`
- The application secret is `XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.`
- The region type is `Global.`

```
Add-VBRAzureAccount -Name "Azure Compute Administrator" -TenantId "XXXXXXXX" -ApplicationId "42f83f98" -SecretKey "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" -Region Global
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Adding Microsoft Azure Stack Hub Compute Account

This command adds the Microsoft Azure Stack Hub compute account named `Azure Stack Administrator`. The account connects to the `management.local.veeamstack.external` virtual IP address of Azure Resource Manager.

```
Add-VBRAzureAccount -ResourceManagerEndpoint "management.local.azurestack.external" -Name "Azure Stack Administrator"
```

:::

## Notes
This cmdlet does not create Microsoft Azure account.
You must set up the Microsoft Azure account beforehand.