SQL Server 2012 Maintenance Plan - SQL Server Agent Access to Network Share

Dear All,

I am using SQL Server 2012 and I am setting up a Meintenance Plan for backup.

I want to set the backup destination as a shared network location, so someting like this..

\\MYSERVER\IT\BACKUPS\

When I set the location (The default is on the C drive) and hit next and I get an error...

"The Database Engine service could not resolve the specified folder location. Either the location does not exist, or the current login account does not have access to it. Verify that the folder exists, and that the login account has permissions on it."

So when I dig further I see that the SQL Server Agent (which controls backup and restore) runs with some sort of SQL Account called "NT Servive\SQLSERVICEAGENT".

So I think the solution it to run the agent with an account that has access to the shared folder location!?

So to my question:

If I run the SQL...