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I am working on new sharepoint server 2016. and i have installed Workflow manager inside sharepoint server 2016, by following the steps mentioned here :-

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/34407.sharepoint-2016-step-by-step-installation-of-workflow-manager.aspx

Now i successfully finished the following steps:-

  1. Install the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0
  2. Installation of Workflow Manager 1.0 CU 2
  3. Apply Cumulative Update 3.0 for Workflow Manager 1.0
  4. Configure the Workflow Manager
  5. Install the WorkFlow Manager Client on SharePoint Server

But when i want to do this steps "Register Workflow Proxy for SharePoint Servers", i am not sure what i need to provide for this command:-

Register-SPWorkflowService -SPSite "..." -WorkflowHostUri "..."

i mean what should -SPSite refer to ? and what should -WorkflowHostUri refer to ?

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To register a workflow service to a specific site collection you should run Register-SPWorkflowService cmdlet that requires providing the below parameter values

-SPSite it denotes to the site collection URL that you need to use the workflow service on it.

Note:

It seems that each site collection needs to be registered with workflow service. But actually it’s not 100% correct, once you have registered a workflow service to any SharePoint site collection within the farm, it will be enabled for all SharePoint web applications / site collections. I am pretty sure from this behavior and that what I got on my farm.

-WorkflowHostUri this is the URL of the workflow service that hosted on IIS and created during the configuration of Workflow manager.

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How you can get this information:

  • For -SPSite As mentioned above you just you need to specify your site collection that you need to use the workflow service on it.

  • For -WorkflowHostUri If you have installed the WFM on the same SharePoint farm so the WorkflowHostUri should be as http://"web application":12291 for HTTP and https://"web application":12290. or by opening the IIS to check as above mentioned

Note: this port is specified during configuring WFM at this step

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You can also get it via PowerShell Get-WFFarm | select httpport,httpsport

For more details check

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  • thanks for the reply.. so when you say to specify the site collection i want to use the workflow on it... then what if i need the workflow on more than one site collection ?? i think i am missing something.. – john Gu Mar 27 '17 at 16:48
  • and if i need to only define a single site collection inside the -SPSite parameters.. then should this site collection be a unique site that does not have data inside it.. or i can use existing site collection which is being used by end users?? – john Gu Mar 27 '17 at 17:13
  • @johnG existing site collection or new site collection it doesn't matter – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP♦ Mar 27 '17 at 17:29
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    To avoid the confusion: it seems, each site collection need to be registered with workflow service. But it’s not correct, registering a single SharePoint site collection, will enable workflow manager for all SharePoint web applications/site collections. I am pretty sure from this behavior and that what i got in my farm – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP♦ Mar 27 '17 at 17:53

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