Permissions

The accounts that Veeam Data Cloud uses to manage Microsoft Entra ID must be granted the following permissions.

Veeam Data Cloud User Account Permissions

A user account that you plan to use when working with Entra ID tenants in Veeam Data Cloud must have at least one of the following Veeam Data Cloud roles assigned: EntraID:Administrator or OrganizationAdmin. For details, see User Roles.

Microsoft Entra Roles and Permissions

Veeam Data Cloud requires a Microsoft Entra service principal whose permissions are used to add Microsoft Entra ID tenants to Veeam Data Cloud and to back up and restore Microsoft Entra ID data. To allow Veeam Data Cloud to create this service principal, you need to authorize Veeam Data Cloud using your Microsoft Entra ID account with the Global Administrator privileges.