In this article, we will see a solution for the error The specified user “username” is a local account. Local accounts should only be used in standalone mode. This error comes while installing SharePoint 2010/2013/2016.
The error comes because when you are installing SharePoint 2010/2013/2016 or SharePoint 2019, you need a domain account. It should be an active directory domain account.
The specified user “username” is a local account. Local accounts should only be used in standalone mode
To solve this make sure you have the domain account like SP\Bijay
- Canceled the configuration wizard.
- Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell. [Go to Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and SharePoint 2010 Management Shell]
- Run New-SPConfigurationDatabase command in the PowerShell command window.
- Entered SharePoint_ConfigDB for the DatabaseName.
- Entered the Database server name.
- Entered the username and password for the Database Access Account into the dialog.
- Entered a valid passphrase.
After that once again start the configuration wizard and it will not give any error.
Solution: The specified user “username” is a local account
If the above solution did not work, then you can use SPConfigurationDatabase command to create the configuration database.
New-SPConfigurationDatabase -DatabaseName SharePoint_ConfigDB -DatabaseServer [ServerName] -AdministrationContentDatabaseName SharePoint_ContentDB -Passphrase (ConvertTo-SecureString [password] -AsPlaintext -Force) -FarmCredentials (Get-Credential) -localserverrole SingleServerFarm
The above solution you can try in SharePoint 2016/2019.
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Hope this SharePoint tutorial helps to solve The specified user “username” is a local account. Local accounts should only be used in standalone mode error in SharePoint.
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