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SharePoint Workflow Manager setup

(see also Part1: SharePoint Workflow Manager Review)

Installation (offline) step-by-step

Ensure hardware/software requirements. Ensure/configure your server (time, time zone, IP, hostname, domain, language, region, ESC, updates, event log).

Accounts you need (for example):

  • Svc-WFM-FarmAdm – domain users + local admin on WFM Servers, DBCreator and SecurityAdmin on SQL
  • Svc-WFM-SBAcc – domain users
  • Svc-WFM-WFAcc – domain users

DNS: wfm.contoso.kz points to Workflow Manager Server (or load-balancer)

On an Internet connected machine:

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SharePoint 2013 and Certificates. Quick Guide.

 

SharePoint Apps

wildcard SSL cert (*.contosoapps.com) is needed

$trustCert = Get-PfxCertificate "c:\wfm.cer"
New-SPTrustedRootAuthority -Name "Workflow Manager Farm" -Certificate $trustCert

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SharePoint 2013 Configure an environment for apps Quick Guide

Configure App Management Service Instance and Service Application

purchase a domain name from a domain name provider for your apps, for example, ContosoApps.com
create a forward lookup zone for the app domain name (ContosoApps.com)
create a wildcard Alias (CNAME) record for the new domain name (*.ContosoApps.com -> Portal.contoso.com)
create a wildcard SSL certificate for app domain (*.ContosoApps.com)

Start App Management and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings services.

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SharePoint Workflow Manager quick review and setup guide

What is Workflow Manager

  • Formerly Azure Workflow Server/Services (AWS)
    – Same “code base” as Windows Azure Service Bus
  • Windows Workflow Foundation – .NET 4.5
  • Scalable and reliable workflow engine
  • REST based
  • Multi-tenant capable – logical construct of “scopes” provides partitioning

SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager in comparison with 2010

  • Future of WF
  • Decoupled from SharePoint, and supporting other consuming platforms
  • Declarative only
  • On Premises or Cloud
  • Consistent with .NET Framework Workflow
  • Much more capable
  • App friendly
  • Available in SharePoint Server only

Topologies

One or three servers (Service Bus and quorum implementation)

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WAC FAQ

Office Web Apps = WAC (Web Application Companion)

Outlook Web Access = OWA

Can be used by SharePoint, Exchange, Lync.
Can be shared between SharePoint Farms.
Used Mail.ru, OneDrive and Yammer.
 

Based on new WOPI protocol (open, documented) = Web Application Open Plaform Interface
WOPI hosts (SharePoint…); WOPI Apps/Clients (WAC, Office Web App)

Licensing. Free for viewing. Edit licence comes with Office Std/Pro license.

Support ODF 1.2, PDF.

How WAC/WOPI works:

 

Architecture

3 servers in WAC farm to support high availability and still be able to upgrade/pach the farm.

(recommendation) use session affinity on the load balancer

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SharePoint and CMMi

(статья не закончена)

Как любой большой и сложный продукт, SharePoint можно использовать по-разному: начиная с самых простых сценариев и заканчивая самыми продвинутыми.

Самая большая и самая распространённая ошибка при внедрении SharePoint – это начать использовать весь его функционал сразу, да ещё и попытаться что-то разработать на этой платформе. Не по Сеньке шапка.

А какая шапка по Сеньке? В каком виде SharePoint может быть полезен в данной конкретной организации? Считаю тут уместным привнести понятие CMM ( чтобы как-то классифицировать организации).

CMM

Согласно CMM все организации…

В ноябре 1986 года американский институт Software Engineering Institute (SEI) начал разработку обзора зрелости процессов разработки программного обеспечения (для помощи в улучшении их внутренних процессов).

 

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