Permissions for a new Service Account

  • I would like to change the service account running SQL to be something that has access to some network shares so it can copy backups there.

    so say i create mydomain\SQLServiceAccount, and we grant it access to the backup server.

    on the server itself, how do i make sure it has access to the right folders for SQL Server? like the data and Backup folders under Program Files?

    do i have to add it explicitly?

  • If you make the change in SQL Server Configuration Manager, all the permissions will be assigned automagically.

    John

  • John Mitchell-245523 (1/10/2017)


    If you make the change in SQL Server Configuration Manager, all the permissions will be assigned automagically.

    John

    Do this. Do not try to set these yourself.

    Create a domain account, add it in SQL Configuration Manager as the service account. Grant additional file share permissions as needed, but I'd say use a group in AD, not changing the user permissions.

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