I am currently running MS SQL 2008 R2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. The SQL services are currently running under the NetworkService account and I want to change this to a domain account but I am having some trouble. I have created the domain account and have tried to go into SSCM and change the account there but I get various errors depending on the service I try to change. When changing the account on the SQL Server Service I get an error "Access is Denied"
I am assuming I need to assign some rights to this new account BUT I thought changing the account in SSCM would do that automatically but it looks like that assumption is wrong.
What is the best procedure for changing the SQL Server Service account to a domain account on SQL Server 2008?