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SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager Configuration

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T he configuration adds your machine to a new or existing server cluster, known as a farm. If you decide to create a new farm, you can either choose to use the default settings or enter custom values for settings that identify and configure the farm you are creating.  Creating a new farm 1. Open Workflow Manager Configuration 2. Click Configure Workflow Manager with Custom Settings 3. Leave the database names as defaults 4. Scroll down to Configure service account 5. Use WFService for UserID 6. Under Configure Certificates, Uncheck Auto-generate 7. For Services SSL Certificate, Click Browse 8.  Choose the Certificate we have setup previously 9. For Workflow Manager Outbound Signing Certificate, Click Browse 10. Choose the certificate 11. For Encryption Certificate, Click Browse 12. Choose the certificate 13. Use WFAdmins group for Configure Admin Group 14. Finally Click Test Connection Note : For SSL Connection to SQL Server, it should be enable...

SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager Installation

SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager Installation In this scenario, we are using 3 Servers.  1. SharePoint Server 2013 + Workflow Manager 2. Database Server 3. Active Directory (Will act as the Domain Controller and will be having Certificate Services) Create Accounts and Groups in AD  1. Log in to the AD Server 2. Open Server Manager 3. Under Tools, Click Active Directory Users and Computers 4. Click Add User (Add  WFSetup ) 5. Click Add User (Add  WFService ) 6. Click Add Group (Add  WFAdmins ) 7. Add  WFSetup and  WFService  accounts to  WFAdmins Group Add WFSetup to SQL Server 1. Log in to the SQL Server 2. Open SQL Server Management Studio 3. Expand Security 4. Right click Logins and choose New login 5. Add  WFSetup Account 6. Under Server Roles, enable public and sysadmin Permissions for Workflow Manager 1. Log in to the SharePoint Server 2. Open Server Manager 3. Under Tools, Click Computer Management ...

Install and Configure Workflow for SharePoint 2013

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SharePoint 2013: Install and Configure Workflow A new option exists when you build a workflow for SharePoint Server 2013. This option is called  Platform Type . The figure shows the  Platform Type  option when you are creating a new workflow by using SharePoint Designer 2013. The only platform available when you first install SharePoint Server 2013 is the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform. The SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform and the Project Server platform require additional steps.  Note :  The User Profile Service in SharePoint Server 2013 is required to be setup and functioning properly in order to correctly configure workflow.  The SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not supported in SharePoint Foundation 2013. The SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform requires Workflow Manager and must be installed separately and then configured to work with your SharePoint Server 2013 farm. For Pre requisites and Installation , See Share...