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Recipe: Add a new Microsoft Azure Storage Account

Expected deliverables:

A new Microsoft Azure Storage Account to connect an Microsoft Azure Blob storage for Capacity/Archive Tier.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• Azure Storage Account.

Before you start:

Make sure the user whose credentials you plan to use have proper privileges to interact with Azure Storage resources. General-purpose V1, General-purpose V2, BlobStorage and BlockBlobStorage account types are supported.

Assumptions: You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed.

Method:

1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
2. From the main menu, select Credentials and Passwords > Cloud Credentials.
3. Click Add > Microsoft Azure storage account.
4. In the Account field, enter the storage account name.
5. In the Shared key field, enter the storage account shared key.
6. In the Description field, enter a description for the created credentials record.
7. Click OK to complete the process.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums
• Microsoft Documentation

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