Distributed Cache Service does not support this operation from Central Administration. Please use Sharepoint Powershell commandlets

In this article, I will solve the below SharePoint issue

Distributed Cache Service does not support this operation from Central Administration. Please use Sharepoint Powershell commandlets.

Scenario

When I tried to change the distributed cache service account via Central Administration, by following:

Go to Central Administration > Security > Configure Service Accounts.

Configure Service Account in SharePoint

On the Service Accounts page > Select Windows Service – Distributed Cache.

Service Accounts Component list In SharePoint

In the “Select an account” list > Choose an appropriate account for this component > OK. I got the following error

Distributed Cache Service does not support this operation from Central Administration. Please use Sharepoint Powershell commandlets

Cause

The Distributed Cache Service Account must be changed using PowerShell, you can’t change it from Central Administration.

Solution

How to change the Distributed Cache Service account In SharePoint using SharePoint PowerShell Cmdlets

Run SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator.

Run SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator

Run the following cmdlets one by one (don’t forget to update <domain\user> with your service account)

$farm = Get-SPFarm
$cacheService = $farm.Services | where {$_.Name -eq "AppFabricCachingService"}
$accnt = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity 
$cacheService.ProcessIdentity.CurrentIdentityType = "SpecificUser"
$cacheService.ProcessIdentity.ManagedAccount = $accnt
$cacheService.ProcessIdentity.Update()
$cacheService.ProcessIdentity.Deploy()