EdVassie (8/12/2013)

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Using a domain user account for SQL Agent works fine in SQL 2012 (and SQL 2005, 2008, 2008R2, 2014), you just have to give it the correct rights.

It needs:

Act as part of the operating system

Adjust memory quotas for a process

Bypass traverse checking

Log on as a batch job

Log on as a service

Replace a process level token

It does not need to be a member of the windows Administrator group unless you enable the 'Automatically start SQL Server / SQL Agent if it fails'.

The Agent account will also need to be a Sysadmin account in SQL Server.