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Summarizing Points Covered in Videos 2 and 3 of Microsoft’s Six Video Set on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for Sharepoint Server 2013

The next 2 videos in Microsoft’s instructional presentation, Video series: Install and configure Workflow in SharePoint Server 2013 cover the following topics, organized by the number of the respective video in the series:

Episode 2, Pre-install steps

  1. Create Workflow Set Up and Service Accounts in Active Directory
  2. Create the Workflow Administrators Group in Active Directory
  3. Add the Service Account to the Workflow Administrator Group
  4. Add the Set Up Account, with Administrator Privileges, to SQL Server with SQL Server Management Studio
  5. and, finally, add the Set Up Account to the Workflow Administrator Group on the Workflow Server

Episode 3, Install and Configure Workflow Manager

  1. Log into the Workflow Server using the Workflow Set Up Account
  2. With a web browser, install Workflow Manager as a Web Platform Installer (PI) Link from the SharePoint 2013 Resource Center
  3. Install the Cumulative Patch, dated March, 2013 Update for Workflow Manager 1.0 and the Workflow Manager Client from the Microsoft Download Center. Be sure to include the cumulative updates for the Client as well.
  4. Install the latest patch for the Service Bus from the Microsoft Download Center. This step requires a separate query for “Service Bus” with the Search Box for the Download Center.
  5. Configure Workflow Manager over an encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) browser session between Workflow Manager and SQL Server 20123. Be sure to use the Certificate Snap In from the Microsoft Management Console to request a new certificate (for a fully qualified domain name) from the certificate authority. Click “Start” and type in “mmc” to access the Microsoft Management Console from one’s local system. The video demonstrates the steps required to request the new certificate from the certificate authority
  6. Once the new certificate has been located, return to the Workflow Manager Configuration Program to configure the service.
  7. Enter the name address for SQL Server 2012
  8. Set SSL for type of communication between Workflow Manager and SQL Server
  9. Specify the user account as the Workflow Service Account set up earlier in the process
  10. Uncheck the box for “auto generate” certificates and enter the certificate requested earlier
  11. Set the user group as the Workflow Admins Group created earlier in the process
  12. Test the Connection to verify communication with SQL Server. The narrator recommends checking to make sure the Firewall settings permit SQL Server SSL encrypted traffic
  13. Once communication has been verified with SQL Server, proceed to the Service Bus configuration, which should also be conducted with the newly generated SSL certificates
  14. Once the Service Bus has also been configured, Visit the Configuration Summary page to verify everything has been correctly set for Workflow Manager and the Service Bus

Ira Michael Blonder

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