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Veeam Metric

User

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Unit
User
Aliases
per User
Definition
Licensed object: "A user account in all organizations as reported by the management Software. Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and/or Salesforce." License unit: "One (1) license unit is consumed by each user account in all organizations as reported by the management software." (Licensing Policy v19, §3.7–3.8.)
Counting rules
Entra ID standalone: "All enabled member users in the organization must be licensed; partial user coverage is not allowed by Entra ID. Guest users do not require a license." Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365: per User account; not required for shared, resource and group mailboxes or external SharePoint users. Veeam Backup for Salesforce: "100% of used Salesforce licenses must be covered"; sandbox users are not licensed (§1.1–1.2).
Floors / minimums
Minimum of 10 users (Entra ID standalone, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Veeam Backup for Salesforce) (§1.1–1.2).
Applies to products
  • Entra ID standalone, self-managed
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
  • Veeam Backup for Salesforce
Product category
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