Install and Configure the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Platform.

Steps to install SharePoint 2013 workflow platform type with the new workflow engine.

Let’s begin the installation and configuration-

1. Download the workflow manager from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252092
2. Run workflowmanager.exe as admin.
3. Click on "Install" button.

4. Click "I Accept" on the Prerequisites screen.

5. When the Workflow Manager 1.0 installation process has completed. Click "Continue" on  the configuration screen.

6. You will get "Workflow Manager Configuration Wizard" after this. Choose "Configure Workflow  Manager with Default Settings (Recommended)".

7. On "New Farm Configuration" (not to be confused with SharePoint Farm), enter the SQL server  instance and the credentials as required.

8. In the "Configure Service Account" section, enter the appropriate service account to run the  Workflow Manager.

9. Check the Allow Workflow Management over HTTP on this computer (for development), but you  don’t need to do it on production.

10. In the "Certificate Generation Key" section, enter a unique key and press the right  arrow to continue.

11. In the "Summary" dialogue box, verify all information entered and click OK (tick mark). Also, you  can save it by clicking on the "Copy" link button.

12. Now the "Configuration Process" will start.

13. If all the configuration processes are right, then you will get a screen similar to the one below.

14. Verify that the following services are running:
             a. Workflow Manager Backend.
             b. Windows Fabric Host Service.
             c. Service Bus Gateway.

15. Open IIS and check if "Workflow Management Site" is working or not. We get two ports  configured as:
             a. *:12290 (https)
             b. *:12291 (http)

16. To check the proper configuration, open the following link in your browser.
             a. http://servername:12291
             b. https://servername:12290

17. All the required databases are created as given below.

18. Open "SharePoint Management Shell" and run the following command.

 

19. After successful execution of the command, a new service application will be created and  its administrator will be set by the user provided while doing workflow configuration (optional).

20. If the service application is correct, you will get the screen as given below.

21. After the successful installation of "SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager" a new platform  called SharePoint 2013 Workflow will come.

It provides the following features, as shown below:

Now take the full advantage of the SharePoint 2013 Workflow engine.

🚀 "Happy Coding" 🚀