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To make this happen, you need to give the computer domain account on which you have SQL Server installed rights to write to the share [Folder] on [ComputerName].

Say you have a computer SRV-SQLSERVER, and SQL services you run with NT Service*, but in some situation you can't create a domain account for them. But you need to store backups on other domain server \SRV-BACKUP.

To have this working, create an share on \\SRV-BACKUP\Folder and give write permission for SQL box domain account DOMAIN\SRV-SQLSERVER$.

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How to grant network access to LocalSystem account?

Once you get the code straightened out for the local drive, you'll need to set permissions on the network share for the server's computer account since you are using the default NT Service account for the services. The computer account is the server's name and then a dollar sign.

Example: Domain1\MyServerName$

MyServerName must be the name of the server, not the name of the SQL instance. Get the server name via hostname in a cmd window.

You would set the permissions on the remote server. RDP to it, navigate to the share and grant the access there. I am not sure for Azure how it works. But if this were a hosted server instead of a cloud server, it would be on the actual folder and not on the mapped network drive.