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title: "Adding Database Accounts"
description: "To add a new database account, do the following: From the main menu, navigate to Settings > Backup Settings > Azure SQL Server Accounts. On the Azure SQL Server Accounts page, click Create. In the Name field, enter a name for the account."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdcazure/userguide/settings_azure_accounts_db_create.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Configuring General Settings > Configuring Backup Settings > Managing Azure Accounts > Managing Database Accounts > Adding Database Accounts"
dateModified: "2026-11-06"
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# Adding Database Accounts

To add a new database account, do the following:

1. From the main menu, navigate to **Settings** > **Backup Settings** > **Azure SQL Server Accounts**.
2. On the **Azure SQL Server Accounts** page, click **Create**.
3. In the **Name** field, enter a name for the account.

   The maximum length of the account name is 32 characters. The following characters are supported: Latin letters, numeric characters, underscores and dashes. The following characters are not supported: \\ / " ' [ ] : | < > + = ; , ? \* @ & $.

4. In the **Description** field, enter a description of the account for future reference.
5. In the **Username** field, enter a user account that will be used to connect to SQL server.
6. In the **Password** field, enter the password for the user account that will be used to connect to SQL server.

::: important

When you add a new database account, consider the following:

- The specified credentials must belong to a user account that has the following roles assigned: The ##MS_DatabaseManager##, ##MS_LoginManager##, ##MS_DatabaseConnector## and ##MS_DefinitionReader## server-level roles, and the *db_owner* database-level role. Consider that the *db_owner* database-level role is required for backup operations only. For more information on [server-level roles](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/server-level-roles?view=sql-server-ver16) and [database-level roles](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/database-level-roles?view=sql-server-ver16), see Microsoft Docs.
- Microsoft Entra ID authentication is not supported.

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