How to Start and Stop the Distributed Cache service

To start and stop the Distributed Cache service by using Central Administration

1. In Central Administration, click Application Management.

2. In Service Applications, click Manage Services on Server.

3. On the Services on Server page, locate the Distributed Cache service.

4. If the Distributed Cache service is started and you want to stop the service, under Action, click Stop. If the Distributed Cache service is stopped and you want to start the service, under Action, click Start.

To start the Distributed Cache service by using SharePoint 2013 Management Shell

At the SharePoint Management Shell command prompt, run the following command:

1. $instanceName ="SPDistributedCacheService Name=AppFabricCachingService"

2. $serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {($_.service.tostring()) -eq $instanceName -and ($_.server.name) -eq $env:computername}

3. $serviceInstance.Provision()

Related Topic : SharePoint Distributed Cache

SharePoint Distributed Cache

SharePoint 2013 introduces a new concept called Distributed Cache. The Distributed Cache service, which is built on Windows Server AppFabric Cache, is set to run in a collocated mode on all SharePoint 2013 Servers by default, using up to 10% of the server's total physical memory. It’s essential for maintaining the large amounts of information on your SharePoint Server, ensuring that the information is fresh and readily available for the end user.

The Distributed Cache service provides caching functionality to features (not to be
confused with site features) in SharePoint Server 2013. The Distributed Cache service is either required by or improves performance of the following features:

• Authentication
• Newsfeeds
• OneNote client access
• Security Trimming
• Page load performance

Caching functionalities, provided by the Distributed Cache service, enable the SharePoint features listed above to quickly retrieve data without any dependency on databases stored in SQL Server, as everything is stored in memory.

Related Topic : Start and Stop the Distributed Cache service

How to find the Workflow Service URL for a SharePoint 2013 Farm using Powershell

To find the registered workflow service address for a SharePoint 2013 farm :

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
[Void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::loadwithpartialname("Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServicesBase")
$web = Get-SPSite -Limit 1 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Get-SPWeb
$wfm = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.WorkflowServicesManager($web)
$wfm | SELECT *

The above powershell commands returns the below value :

https://abc.xyz.com:12290/SharePoint/

The /SharePoint/ segment of the URL is added by SharePoint during registration process, you should not add segment to your registration URL.

How to create a SharePoint Subscription Settings Service application through PowerShell

This example assumes that a managed account for DOMAIN\ManagedAccount already exists. 

$AppPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name SettingsServiceAppPool -Account (Get-SPManagedAccount DOMAIN\ManagedAccount)

$App = New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplication -ApplicationPool $appPool -Name SettingsServiceApp -DatabaseName SettingsServiceDB

$proxy = New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplicationProxy -ServiceApplication $App

Get-SPServiceInstance | where{$_.TypeName -eq "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service"} | Start-SPServiceInstance

This example creates

- an application pool

- a new subscription settings service application

- a subscription settings service application proxy

- and starts the service instance on the local machine.