• - if the service account of the source server has write authority at the target servers backup location, you can initiate the backup to that location without a problem, or create a local backup and xcopy / robocopy it to the target servers backup folder. (last one is how I would prefer)

    - if the service account of the target server have auth to read the .bak file on the source location, you can initiate the restore without a problem.

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