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What is the default service account used for backups created with the Maintenance Plan Wizard? I am trying to put the backup files on a share on a different server, and that service account will require access to the folder there.

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If you run a BACKUP query under a certain Windows/SQL Server account, it is actually the SQL Server Agent account which "does" the BACKUP and needs full control permissions to the UNC path (see here).

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