Commented Unassigned: Distributed Cache service account (during setup) [22458]

Hi Brian,

Thank you for the incredible effort that you have put in to create this tool! It makes deployment such a piece of cake!!

Just realized that when the Distributed Cache service is being setup, the script is using the app pool account for the service; specifically it uses the ManagedAccount with CommonName="spservice".

I am referring to line# 1681 in the "AutoSPInstallerFunctions.ps1", function "UpdateProcessIdentity".
Specifically it is as shown below:
$managedAccountGen = Get-SPManagedAccount | Where-Object {$_.UserName -eq $($spservice.username)}

However the TechNet article (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219613.aspx#changesvcacct) suggests that the "Farm Account" is used to setup the service.

Should this be changed to the default Farm Account?

Thank you
Ashok
Comments: ** Comment from web user: brianlala **

No, that's the whole idea - SharePoint by default sets it to the Farm Account, but it's advised to change it to something else which Is exactly what AutoSPInstaller does. We use spservice to avoid a proliferation of accounts and because it's well-suited for this purpose. It would be overkill to use separate accounts for each and every service.

Brian