---
title: "New-VBRAzureContainer"
description: "Defines a scope of Azure VMs, Azure tags or Azure Availability Zone for a protection group. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet defines the VBRAzureContainer object."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrazurecontainer.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Agent Management > Working with Protection Groups > Veeam Agent Management Protection Scope > New-VBRAzureContainer"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRAzureContainer

## Short Description
Defines a scope of Azure VMs, Azure tags or Azure Availability Zone for a protection group.

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

## Syntax
```
New-VBRAzureContainer -Subscription <VBRAzureSubscription> -Location <VBRAzureLocation> -Entity <Object[]>
 [-ExcludeEntities] [-ExcludedEntity <Object[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet defines the [`VBRAzureContainer`](vbrazurecontainer.md) object. This object contains a scope of Azure VMs, Azure tags or Azure Availability Zone for a protection group.

Use this object to create a protection group with the [`Add-VBRProtectionGroup`](add-vbrprotectiongroup.md) cmdlet. After you create a protection group, Veeam Backup & Replication will deploy Veeam Agent on Azure VMs, Azure tags or Azure Availability Zone added to the scope of the protection group.

## 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">Entity</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of the following entities that the cmdlet till add to a scope of a protection group:</p><ul><li>Azure VMs.</li><li>Azure tags.</li><li>Azure Availability Zone.</li></ul><p>Accepts the <code>Object</code>[] object. To get this object, run the following  cmdlets:</p><ul><li><a href="get-vbrazurevm.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureVM</code></a></li><li><a href="new-vbrazuretag.md"><code>New-VBRAzureTag</code></a></li><li><a href="get-vbrazurelocation.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureLocation </code></a></li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Object[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ExcludedEntity</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of the following entities that the cmdlet will exclude from a scope of a protection group:</p><ul><li>Azure VMs.</li><li>Azure tags.</li><li>Azure Availability Zone.</li></ul><p>Accepts the <code>Object[]</code> object. To get this object, run the following  cmdlets:</p><ul><li><a href="get-vbrazurevm.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureVM</code></a></li><li><a href="new-vbrazuretag.md"><code>New-VBRAzureTag</code></a></li><li><a href="get-vbrazurelocation.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureLocation</code></a></li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Object[]</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ExcludeEntities</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of the following entities that the cmdlet will exclude from a scope of a protection group:</p><ul><li>Azure VMs.</li><li>Azure tags.</li><li>Azure Availability Zone.</li></ul>
        </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>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Location</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies Microsoft Azure region.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRAzureLocation</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrazurelocation.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureLocation</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrazurelocation.md"><code>VBRAzureLocation</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 (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Subscription</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies subscriptions associated with a Microsoft Azure account.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRAzureSubscription</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrazuresubscription.md"><code>Get-VBRAzureSubscription</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrazuresubscription.md"><code>VBRAzureSubscription</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 (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
[`VBRAzureContainer`](vbrazurecontainer.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Defining Scope of Azure VMs for Protection Group

This example shows how to define the scope of Azure VMs to add them to a protection group.

```
$account = Get-VBRAzureAccount -Type ResourceManager -Name "AzureRM@tech.com" 
$subscription = Get-VBRAzureSubscription -Account $account
$location = Get-VBRAzureLocation -Subscription $subscription
$VMs = Get-VBRAzureVM -Subscription $subscription -Location $location
$scope = New-VBRAzureContainer -Subscription $subscription -Location $location -Entity $VMs
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureAccount`](get-vbrazureaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Type` and the `Name` parameter values. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureSubscription`](get-vbrazuresubscription.md) cmdlet. Set the `$account` variable as the `Account` parameter value. Save the result to the `$subscription` variable.
3. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureLocation`](get-vbrazurelocation.md) cmdlet. Set the `$subscription` variable as the `Subscription` parameter value. Save the result to the `$location` variable.
4. Run the [`Get-VBRAzureVM`](get-vbrazurevm.md) cmdlet.  Set the `$subscription` variable as the `Subscription` parameter value. Set the `$location` variable as the `Location` parameter value. Save the result to the `$VMs` variable.
5. Run the `New-VBRAzureContainer` cmdlet. Set the `$subscription` variable as the `Subscription` parameter value. Set the `$location` variable as the `Location` parameter value. Set the `$VMs` variable as the `Entity` parameter value. Save the result to the `$scope` variable.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRAzureAccount`](get-vbrazureaccount.md)
- [`Get-VBRAzureSubscription`](get-vbrazuresubscription.md)
- [`Get-VBRAzureLocation`](get-vbrazurelocation.md)
- [`Get-VBRAzureVM`](get-vbrazurevm.md)