---
title: "Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region"
description: "Returns AWS Regions and datacenters. Platform: VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet returns an array of AWS Regions and datacenters."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbramazonec2region.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Data Recovery > Restore to Amazon EC2 > Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region

## Short Description
Returns AWS Regions and datacenters.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

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

## Syntax
```
Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region -Account <VBRAmazonAccount> -RegionType <VBRAmazonRegionType> [-Name <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns an array of AWS Regions and datacenters.

## Parameters

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      <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 AWS credentials records. Veeam Backup & Replication will use these credentials to connect to the AWS account.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRAmazonAccount</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbramazonaccount.md"><code>Get-VBRAmazonAccount</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbramazonaccount.md"><code>VBRAmazonAccount</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>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 the AWS datacenter. The cmdlet will return the datacenter with the specified 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">RegionType</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the AWS Regions type:</p><ul><li><code>Global</code></li><li><code>Government</code></li><li><code>China</code></li></ul><p>Veeam Backup & Replication will get an array of Amazon EC2 Regions based on the specified type.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRAmazonRegionType</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
[`VBRAmazonEC2Region`](vbramazonec2region.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Getting All AWS Regions by Region Type

This example shows how to get an array of all AWS Regions for the `Global` region type.

```
$account = Get-VBRAmazonAccount -Id "936edf7c-7cf3-4dbd-9895-c7485ef4bb2c"
Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region -Account $account -RegionType Global -Name "eu-west-3"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRAmazonAccount`](get-vbramazonaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the `Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region` cmdlet. Set the `$account` variable as the `Account` parameter value. Set the `Global` value as the `RegionType` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRAmazonAccount`](get-vbramazonaccount.md)