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title: "Step 5. Specify Service Account Credentials"
description: "At the Service Account step of the wizard, enter credentials of an account under which the Veeam Data Platform – Premium Edition services will run. The account must be a member of the local Administrators group."
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# Step 5. Specify Service Account Credentials

At the **Service Account** step of the wizard, enter credentials of an account under which the Veeam Data Platform – Premium Edition services will run. The account must be a member of the local *Administrators* group. The user name must be specified either in the *DOMAIN\\USERNAME* or in the *USERNAME* format.

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