Applications • Re: Permissions Required for Backup and Restore of Active Directory

Hi Richard,

As stated on this page:

To back up Microsoft Active Directory data, the account must be a member of the built-in Administrators group.

You can also use a gMSA, you may refer to this page to get more details about gMSA usage.

Speaking about potential restore option, please note that Veeam Explorers do not support data recovery using gMSAs. The account used for data recovery must be a member of the Domain Administrators group. You can find more information about the required permissions on this page of the Veeam Explorers user guide.

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by PetrM — Jul 17, 2025 9:26 pm

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