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title: "Managing Service Accounts"
description: "For each data protection and disaster recovery operation performed for an Azure resource, you must specify a service account that has access to the resource and a set of permissions that determine what operations are allowed for the resource."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdcazure/userguide/settings_azure_accounts_service.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Configuring General Settings > Configuring Backup Settings > Managing Azure Accounts > Managing Service Accounts"
dateModified: "2026-11-06"
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# Managing Service Accounts

For each data protection and disaster recovery operation performed for an Azure resource, you must specify a service account that has access to the resource and a set of permissions that determine what operations are allowed for the resource.

::: important

You can only add service accounts that belong to the Microsoft tenancy to which you connected Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure during [self-service onboarding](onboarding.md).

:::

## In this section

- [Creating Service Accounts](settings_azure_accounts_service_create.md)
- [Editing Service Accounts](settings_azure_accounts_service_edit.md)
- [Deleting Service Accounts](settings_azure_accounts_service_delete.md)