---
title: "New-VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials"
description: "This cmdlet defines a user account that will be explicitly used to connect to the specific machine guest OS. This account must have local Administrator privileges on this machine guest OS."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrindividualguestoscredentials.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Continuous Data Protection (CDP) > VMware CDP Policy > New-VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials

## Short Description
Defines a user account that will be explicitly used to connect to specific machine guest OSes.

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

## Syntax
```
New-VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials -IndividualMachine <Object> -MachineCredentials <CCredentials> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet defines a user account that will be explicitly used to connect to the specific machine guest OS. This account must have local Administrator privileges on this machine guest OS.

## 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">IndividualMachine</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a machine to which guest OS you want to connect.</p><p>Accepts the <code>Object</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvientity.md"><code>Find-VBRViEntity</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </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">MachineCredentials</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies credentials of a user account that the cmdlet will use to connect to a machine guest OS.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CCredentials</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrcredentials.md"><code>Get-VBRCredentials</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CCredentials</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
The cmdlet returns the `VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials` object that defines a user account that will be used to connect to the VM guest OS.

## Examples

::: example
### Defining User Account To Connect to VM Guest OS

This example shows how to use the `CDP Admin` user account to connect to the `WinSrv2073` VM guest OS.

```
$vm = Find-VBRViEntity -Name "WinSrv2073"
$credentials = Get-VBRCredentials -Name "CDP Admin"
New-VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials -IndividualMachine $vm -MachineCredentials $credentials
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$vm` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRCredentials`](get-vbrcredentials.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$credentials` variable.
3. Run the `New-VBRIndividualGuestOSCredentials` cmdlet. Set the `$vm` variable as the `IndividualMachine` parameter value. Set the `$credentials` variable as the `MachineCredentials` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md)
- [`Get-VBRCredentials`](get-vbrcredentials.md)