Workflow Manager Tips & Tricks
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Workflow Manager is a new workflow engine added in SharePoint 2013 which has some tips & tricks, We will see in this session how to go with smooth installation.
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Workflow Manager Tips & Tricks
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- 2. Mai Omar DesoukiWorkflow Manager Tips & Tricks Contacts @MaiOmarDesouki Mai_omar_86@live.com http://maiomardesouki.com Senior SharePoint Consulant Vodafone Egypt Cairo Egypt Avid SharePointer, Global Expert Speaker in most SharePoint Conferences.. Was living in Dubai and worked @ Infusion Founder of Dubai SharePoint User Group
- 4. Flashback
- 5. SharePoint 2010 Workflows If you had 2010 WF, it will continue to work in SP 2013 farm And you still can create a new 2010 WF in SP 2013 Farm
- 6. Hardware Requirements Installation Scenario RAM Processor Hard disk space Single server with a built- in database or single server that uses SQL Server 8 GB 64-bit, 4 cores 80 GB for system drive Single server with a built- in database or single server that uses SQL Server 10 GB 64-bit, 4 cores 80 GB for system drive Single server with a built- in database or single server that uses SQL Server 24 GB 64-bit, 4 cores 80 GB for system drive Web server or application server in a three-tier farm 12 GB 64-bit, 4 cores 80 GB for system drive
- 7. Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 Windows Server 2012 x64 WARNING: Windows 7 SP1 ×64 and Windows 8 ×64 are not supported for production environments, but you can install Workflow 1.0 on them for development purposes.
- 8. SQL Server requirements SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 SQL Server 2012 Note: SQL Server can be installed on the same physical machine with Workflow 1.0 and Service Bus, or on a different one. This flexibility is most valuable for your development environment, minimizing the number of servers or virtual machines you need.
- 9. Requirements for SQL Server TCP/IP, shared memory, or named pipes must be enabled. Port 1443,12290 and 12291 on the firewall must be open to inbound and outbound communications. If named pipes are used, the name of the machine on which the SQL Server instance is running should have a name with no more than 16 characters. Named pipes use NetBIOS names, which carry that restriction. Supported Authentication Integrated Authentication SQL Authentication
- 10. Current user The user that is configuring Workflow Manager must meet this requirements If the machine is domain joined, the user must be a domain user; otherwise the user must be a local user. The user must be an administrator on the computer on which the configuration is running. The user must have DBCreator privilege on this SQL Server instance. Note: Workflow Manager does not support built-in accounts (for example, NETWORK SERVICE).
- 11. Installing & configuring Windows Azure Workflow Manager Install the Windows Azure Workflow Server software Configure a workflow farm Join the SharePoint farm to the workflow farm
- 13. Start Web PI
- 19. Firewall During configuration, Workflow Manager will open ports that are configured by default or set explicitly by the user in the Windows Firewall. If a firewall other than Windows Firewall is used, you will have to make these exceptions manually.
- 26. Database Names Workflow Manager databases WFManagement WFInstanceManagement WFResourceManagement Service Bus databases SBManagement SBGateway SBMessageContainer01
- 28. Once it’s installed, we need to pair it with SharePoint By PowerShell; there is no user interface for this
- 29. Check HTTP and HTTPS ports the Workflow has been installed
- 30. Https certificate For your production environment and communication over HTTPS.. 1. Create a digital certificate 2. configure IIS 3. export the certificate 4. and then import and install the certificate on the SharePoint server This ensures encrypted communication between SharePoint and Workflow Manager
- 31. Tips Register-SPWorkflowService –SPSite http://intranet.contoso.com –WorkflowHostUri http://contososerver.contoso.com:12291 –AllowOAuthHttp When you are ready to pair the farms… Execute the following PowerShell cmdlet using the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell window. The command does not return any output if successful, so no news is good news. This script describes how SharePoint and workflow manager will communicate.
- 32. Important Ports HTTP = 12290 HTTPS = 12291 intranet.contoso.com, then you would use http://intranet.contoso.com:12291
- 33. Testing & Verifying the Workflow Installation
- 34. A new web application called Workflow Management Site under IIS
- 37. Questions?
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- Animated picture list with color text tabs(Intermediate)To reproduce the SmartArt effects on this page, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then clickBlank. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click SmartArt.In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box, in the left pane, click List. In the List pane, double-click Horizontal Picture List (fifth row, second option from the left) to insert the graphic into the slide. Press and hold CTRL, and select the picture placeholder and text shape (top and bottom shape) in one of the objects. Under SmartArt Tools,on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click Add Shape, and then click Add Shape After. Repeat this process one more time for a total of five picture placeholders and text shapes. Select the graphic. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, click Size, and then do the following:In the Height box, enter 4.44”.In the Width box, enter 9.25”.Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, click Arrange, click Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Middle. Click Align Center. Select the graphic, and then click one of the arrows on the left border. In the Type your text here dialog box, enter text.Press and hold CTRL, and then select all five text boxes in the graphic. On the Home tab, in the Font group, select Corbel from the Font list,and then enter 22 in the Font Size box.Select the graphic. Under SmartArtTools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArtStyles group, do the following: Click ChangeColors, and then under Colorful click Colorful Range – Accent Colors 2 to 3 (second option from the left).Click More, and then under Best Match for Document click Moderate Effect (fourth option from the left).Select the rounded rectangle at the top of the graphic. Under SmartArtTools, on the Format tab, in the ShapeStyles group, click the arrow next to ShapeFill, and then under Theme Colors clickWhite, Background 1, Darker 35% (fifth row, first option from the left).Click each of the five picture placeholders in the SmartArt graphic, select a picture, and then click Insert.To reproduce the animation effects on this slide, do the following:On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animations group, click Animation Pane.On the slide, select the graphic. On the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click the More arrow at the Effects Gallery and under Entrance, click Float In.In the Animation group, click Effect Options, and under Sequence, click One by One. In the Timing group, in the Duration list, click 01.00.In the Animation Pane, click the double-arrow below the animation effect to expand the list of effects, then do the following to modify the list of effects:Select the first animation effect, and then do the following:On the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click the More arrow at the Effects Gallery and then click More Entrance Effects. In the Change Entrance Effects dialog box, under Moderate, click Basic Zoom.Click Effect Options, and under Zoom, click Out Slightly. In the Timing group, in the Start list, select With Previous.Also in the Timing group, in the Duration list, click 01.00.Press and hold CTRL, select the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and 11th animation effects (effects for the text shapes), and then do the following:On the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click the More arrow at the Effects Gallery and then click More Entrance Effects. In the Change Entrance Effects dialog box, under Basic, click Peek In, and then click OK. In the Animation group, click Effect Options, and underDirection, click From Top.In the Timing group, in the Duration list, click 01.00.Press and hold CTRL, select the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and 10th animation effects (effects for the pictures). In the Timing group, in the Start list, selectAfter Previous.To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Down (first row, second option from the left).Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until two stops appear on the slider, then customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following:In the Position box, enter 0%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 130, Green: 126, and Blue: 102.Select the last stop on the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 71%.Click the button next to Color, and then click Black, Text 1(first row, second option from the left).