SQL Server 2008 – Service account for backups

I am setting up a backup software to backup all the databases on my MS SQL Server 2008.

I want to configure a service account with administrator rights on the database. The service account have already been created in the AD, but has no rights at the moment.

How can I give database rights to my service account so that he will be able to launch backup tasks?

USE [master]
GO
CREATE LOGIN [DOMAIN\USER] FROM WINDOWS WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master]
GO
EXEC master..sp_addsrvrolemember @loginame = N'DOMAIN\USER', @rolename = N'sysadmin'
GO

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