SQL Agent Job - “Run As” drop down list is empty

Question

Why is the \"Run As\" drop down list is always empty when I try to set up a SQL Agent Job? I am trying to set up some SQL Agent Jobs to run using a proxy account. I am a member

Answer 1

No, you shouldn't. Memebers of the roles you just mentioned can only create jobs that run as themselfes because they are non-administrative roles. If you want to run a job using antoher user, you'll need access to a proxy account. If I'm not mistaken, the only group that has access to create proxy accounts is sysadmin, so you'll need an admin to do that for you.

Members of the sysadmin role have permission to create job steps that do not specify a proxy, but instead run as the SQL Server Agent service account, which is the account that is used to start SQL Server Agent.