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title: "Step 3. Select Account and Data Center"
description: "At the Account step of the wizard, specify AWS user credentials and region: From the AWS account list, select the credentials of the account that will be used to connect to AWS."
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# Step 3. Select Account and Data Center

At the **Account** step of the wizard, specify AWS user credentials and region:

1. From the **AWS account** list, select the credentials of the account that will be used to connect to AWS. This user account must have permissions listed in section [AWS IAM User Permissions](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/restore_amazon_permissions.html).

   When you add AWS user credentials, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure imports information about resources associated with this user. During the restore process, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure accesses these resources and uses them to create a target instance in Amazon EC2.

2. From the **AWS region** list, select the AWS region in which Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure will restore the VM as an Amazon EC2 instance.
3. From the **Data center** list, select the geographic region where Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure will restore the VM.

[![](images/restore_vm_ec2_account.png)](images/restore_vm_ec2_account.png){.toggle scale=60}