---
title: "Get-VBRRoleEntity"
description: "Returns roles configured in Veeam Backup & Replication. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet returns roles configured in Veeam Backup & Replication."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrroleentity.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Roles and Users > Get-VBRRoleEntity"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Get-VBRRoleEntity

## Short Description
Returns roles configured in Veeam Backup & Replication.

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

## Syntax
```
Get-VBRRoleEntity [-Name <String[]>] [-BuiltIn] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns roles configured in Veeam Backup & Replication. You can filter the results by name or return only built-in custom roles.

## 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">BuiltIn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will return only built-in roles.</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">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of roles names. The cmdlet will return custom roles with these names.</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>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</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 [`VBRRoleEntity`](vbrroleentity.md) object that contains the custom roles settings.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Getting Built-In Roles

This command returns built-in roles.

```
Get-VBRRoleEntity -BuiltIn
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Assigning Role to User

This example shows how to get a role and assign it to a user.

```
$roleEntity = Get-VBRRoleEntity -Name "BackupOperator"
Add-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Name "Tech\jsmith" -RoleEntity $roleEntity
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the `Get-VBRRoleEntity` cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$roleEntity` variable.
2. Run the [`Add-VBRUserRoleAssignment`](add-vbruserroleassignment.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Set the `$roleEntity` variable as the `RoleEntity` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Add-VBRUserRoleAssignment`](add-vbruserroleassignment.md)