---
title: "Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository"
description: "This cmdlet adds Azure Blob object storage repository to the backup infrastructure."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbrazureblobrepository.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Object Storage Repositories > Adding Microsoft Azure Object Storage > Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository"
dateModified: "2026-08-20"
---

# Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository

## Short Description
Adds Azure Blob object storage repository to the backup infrastructure.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

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

## Syntax
```
Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository [-Name <String>] [-Description <String>] -AzureBlobFolder <VBRAzureBlobFolder>
 -Connection <VBRAzureBlobConnection> [-EnableSizeLimit] [-SizeLimit <Int32>] [-EnableCoolAccessTier]
 [-EnableBackupImmutability] [-ImmutabilityMode <VBRRepositoryImmutabilityMode>] [-ImmutabilityPeriod <Int32>]
 [-MountServerOptions <VBRRepositoryMountServerOptions[]>] [-AzureProxySpec <VBRAzureComputeProxyAppliance>]
 [-EnableConcurrentTasksLimit] [-MaxConcurrentTasks <Int32>] [-ForceOwnershipChange] [-EnableReadOnlyMode]
 [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet adds Azure Blob object storage repository to the backup infrastructure.

## 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">AzureBlobFolder</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an Azure Blob folder. The cmdlet will map object storage repository to this folder.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRAzureBlobFolder</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrazureblobfolder.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureBlobFolder</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrazureblobfolder.md"><code>VBRAzureBlobFolder</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">AzureProxySpec</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a helper appliance. Veeam Backup & Replication will use this appliance to perform a health check of backup files and apply retention to file backup job files.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRAzureComputeProxyAppliance</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbrazurecomputeproxyappliance.md"><code>New-VBRAzureComputeProxyAppliance</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrazurecomputeproxyappliance.md"><code>VBRAzureComputeProxyAppliance</code></a></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">Connection</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an active session with Azure Blob storage that you want to add as the backup repository.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRAzureBlobConnection</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="connect-vbrazureblobservice.md"><code>Connect-VBRAzureBlobService</code></a> cmdlet and set the <code>CapacityTier</code> property as the <code>ServiceType</code> parameter value.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRAzureBlobConnection</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 Azure Blob storage. The cmdlet will add Azure Blob storage to the backup infrastructure 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">EnableBackupImmutability</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will enable the immutability option.</p><p>Default: <code>False.</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">EnableConcurrentTasksLimit</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Enables limits for concurrent tasks that can be processed by the object storage repository.</p><p>Use the <code>MaxConcurrentTasks</code> parameter to specify the number of tasks.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">EnableCoolAccessTier</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will keep blocks of data in the Cool access tier.</p><p>Default: <code>False.</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">EnableReadOnlyMode</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will add the object storage repository in the read-only mode. If you enable this option, Veeam Backup & Replication will not write or modify data in the object storage repository. You can use the object storage repository for restore operations only.</p><p>Default: <code>False</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">EnableSizeLimit</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will enable size limits for an Azure Blob storage that you want to add as a backup repository.</p><p>Use the <code>SizeLimit</code> parameter to specify the size limits.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will add an object storage repository without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">ForceOwnershipChange</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will force ownership change of the object storage folder.</p><p>If you do not provide this parameter and the object storage folder is owned by another host, you will not be able to add object storage to the backup infrastructure.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">ImmutabilityMode</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the immutability retention period:</p><ul><li><code>BackupRetention</code>: Use this option if you want the immutability period to depend on the backup job retention.</li><li><code>RepositoryRetention</code>: Use this option if you want to ignore the job retention and specify the immutability period explicitly.</li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRRepositoryImmutabilityMode</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">ImmutabilityPeriod</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the <code>EnableBackupImmutability</code> parameter.</p><p>Defines the immutability period in days.</p><p>Default: 30 days.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</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">MaxConcurrentTasks</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a maximum number of concurrent tasks that can be processed at once by the object storage repository.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</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">MountServerOptions</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies settings of a mount server for object storage repositories.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: This parameter is required for object storage repositories that you want to add as performance extents to a scale-out backup repository.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrrepositorymountserveroptions.md"><code>VBRRepositoryMountServerOptions[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName)</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 an object storage. The cmdlet will add Azure Blob storage to the backup infrastructure with this name.</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">SizeLimit</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the <code>EnableSizeLimit</code> parameter.</p><p>Specifies size limits in GB for data blocks that you want to store in Azure Blob storage that you want to add as an object storage repository.</p><p>Permitted value: <code>1024 - 1073741824</code>.</p><p>Default: <code>10240</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</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
[`VBRAzureBlobRepository`](vbrazureblobrepository.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Adding Microsoft Azure Object Storage [Mapping to Existing Folder]

This example shows how to add Microsoft Azure Object Storage to the backup infrastructure and map object storage repository to an existing folder.

```
$account = Get-VBRAzureBlobAccount -Name "Azure Blob"
$connect = Connect-VBRAzureBlobService -Account $account -RegionType Global -ServiceType CapacityTier
$container = Get-VBRAzureBlobContainer -Connection $connect
$folder = Get-VBRAzureBlobFolder -Container $container -Connection $connect
Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository -AzureBlobFolder $folder[3] -Connection $connect
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureBlobAccount`](get-vbrazureblobaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`Connect-VBRAzureBlobService`](connect-vbrazureblobservice.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Account`, `RegionType` and `ServiceType` parameter values. Save the result to the `$connect` variable.
3. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureBlobContainer`](get-vbrazureblobcontainer.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Connection` parameter value. Save the result to the `$container` variable.
4. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureBlobFolder`](get-vbrazureblobfolder.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Container` and `Connection` parameter values. Save the result to the `$folder` variable.

   The `Get-VBRAzureBlobFolder` cmdlet will return an array of folders. Mind the ordinal number of the necessary folders (in our example, it is the fourth restore point in the array).

5. Run the `Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository` cmdlet. Set the `$folder` variable as the `AzureBlobFolder` parameter value. Set the `$connect` variable as the `Connection` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Adding Microsoft Azure Object Storage [Mapping to New Folder]

This example shows how to add Microsoft Azure Object Storage to the backup infrastructure and map object storage repository to a new folder. The cmdlet will map object storage repository to the `Images` folder.

```
$account = Get-VBRAzureBlobAccount -Name "Azure Blob"
$connect = Connect-VBRAzureBlobService -Account $account -RegionType Global -ServiceType CapacityTier
$container = Get-VBRAzureBlobContainer -Connection $connect
$folder = New-VBRAzureBlobFolder -Container $container -Connection $connect -Name "Images"
Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository -AzureBlobFolder $folder -Connection $connect
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureBlobAccount`](get-vbrazureblobaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`Connect-VBRAzureBlobService`](connect-vbrazureblobservice.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Account`, `RegionType` and `ServiceType` parameter values. Save the result to the `$connect` variable.
3. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureBlobContainer`](get-vbrazureblobcontainer.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Connection` parameter value. Save the result to the `$container` variable.
4. Run the [`New-VBRAzureBlobFolder`](new-vbrazureblobfolder.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Container`, `Connection` and `Name` parameter values. Save the result to the `$folder` variable.
5. Run the `Add-VBRAzureBlobRepository` cmdlet. Set the `$folder` variable as the `AzureBlobFolder` parameter value. Set the `$connect` variable as the `Connection` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRAzureBlobAccount`](get-vbrazureblobaccount.md)
- [`Connect-VBRAzureBlobService`](connect-vbrazureblobservice.md)
- [`Get-VBRAzureBlobContainer`](get-vbrazureblobcontainer.md)
- [`Get-VBRAzureBlobFolder`](get-vbrazureblobfolder.md)
- [`New-VBRAzureBlobFolder`](new-vbrazureblobfolder.md)