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title: "Start-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob"
description: "This cmdlet starts backup jobs that protect Microsoft Entra ID tenants."
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dateModified: "2026-08-19"
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# Start-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob

## Short Description
Starts Entra ID tenant backup jobs.

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

## Syntax
```
Start-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob [-Job] <VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob[]> [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts backup jobs that protect Microsoft Entra ID tenants.

## Parameters

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        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
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        <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">Job</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of tenant backup jobs that you want to start.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrentraidtenantbackupjob.md"><code>Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrentraidtenantbackupjob.md"><code>VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RunAsync</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.</p>
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        <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>
    </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 `VBRBackupSession` object that contains information about the job session.

## Examples

::: example
### Starting Entra ID Tenant Backup Job

This example shows how to start the `Tenant Backup` backup job.

```
$backupJob = Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob -Name "Tenant Backup"
Start-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob -Job $backupJob
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob`](get-vbrentraidtenantbackupjob.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backupJob` variable.
2. Run the `Start-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob` cmdlet. Set the `$backupJob` variable as the `Job` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackupJob`](get-vbrentraidtenantbackupjob.md)