Hossein Zahed

SharePoint 2013 Configuration Wizard Error – The specified user is a local account . Local account should only be used in stand alone mode

I was going through installation of SharePoint 2013 on my local machine as a Single Server farm (both SP and Database on same server)

Its a VM setup on Hyper-V with the following environment:

Windows Server 2012 R2
SharePoint 2013 SP1
SQL Server 2012 SP2

After installation of SQL Server and SharePoint, I was going through the SharePoint Configuration Wizard. When I tried to create a new farm, I got “Specify Confguration Database Settings” page, where I typed the DB Server, DB name, Username and Password. But when I clicked Next, I got this error

“The specified user is a local account . Local account should only be used in stand alone mode”

Since I dont have a domain or AD setup here, I had to go with a different route.

I opened the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell from Windows Server Metro Tiles and typed the following:

Dont panic if it takes longer to get to the prompt, as it has to create the Admin and the ConfigDB in the Database.

Once complete, you can reopen the Configuration Wizard and run again. You will now see the Database as configured before and can proceed with next steps.

This article applies in a situation when you don’t have internet access in your SharePoint server , I have placed all the direct download links for the installers you might need.

This article assumes you are having a new fresh installation of windows server 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 R2

If you tried to run the installer , The following should be installed (but you cant install them directly from here since you don’t have internet)

in this case you can download and install SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites offline and run them manually as below:

I have placed what needs to be installed on a clean Window server 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 R2 , you should not need more than this:

Prerequisite	Direct Link
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 (Full Stand alone package)	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=225702 Or Download tFx45_Full_x86_x64.exe from stand alone section from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5a4x27ek.aspx
Windows Management Framework 3.0	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client	Download 1033\x64\sqlncli.msi from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26728
Windows Identity Foundation (KB974405)	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=226830
Windows Identity Extensions	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252368
Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=224449
Windows Server AppFabric	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235496 (Note: don’t install WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64_6.1 this is not the correct version that SharePoint installer seeks) Download it but don’t install it by yourself since it needs configuration, hence install all other prerequisites in this article (except this one) then let the prerequisite installer to install AppFabric and configure it manually for you by running the following command from command prompt: prerequisiteInstaller.exe /appfabric:[Full AppFabric Installer path] D: is the CD drive where SharePoint installer is placed
Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=219568
Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29306
Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763	Download AppFabric1.1-RTM-KB2671763-x64-ENU.exe from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29241 You need to Install AppFabric from above first then run this update, dont run this update if appFabric above is not installed yet

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SharePoint 2013 Configuration Wizard Error

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