Workflow Manager for Sharepoint 2013 from daenet Lead Architect Damir Dobric

1. Workflow Manager 1.0
SharePoint 2013 Workflows
DAMIR DOBRIC
Lead Architect DAENET GmbH
Ms. VTSP for Windows Azure
Ms. Integration MVP
Ms. Connected Technology Advisor
Blog: developers.de
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ddobric

2. Agenda
SPS SPS &
WF 4.5 Distributed Composite Workflow
Applications Symmetry
Workflow Manager
SPS 2013 Workflow Manager
Deep Dive
Workflows Architecture
(undocumented)

3. Demo: Hello Workflow 4.5
Building Workflows 4.5
using Visual Studio 2012
Self-Hosting

4. Distributed Composite Applications
Hosting, Long Running, Persistence,..
Application Application Application
Server 1 Server 2 Server ?
Boundary
Workflow 1 Workflow 2 Workflow 3

5. Workflows in SharePoint 2010
W3wp.exe W3wp.exe
SPS SPS
Server 2 Server 2
WF 3.5 WF 3.5

6. Workflows in SharePoint 2013 in Cloud

7. Workflows in SharePoint 2013 OnPrem
Workflow
Manager
Service Bus
Server

8. Demo: SharePoint 2013 Workflow
Building and extending
SharePoint Workflows using
Visual Studio 2012

9. What is Workflow Manager?
WF Resources
HTTP &
HTTPS
.NET Client WF Gateway WF Backend
(IIS) (.EXE)
Activity Prog Model Activity Prog Model
Core Runtime
Service Bus

10. And where is SharePoint?
WF Resources
HTTP &
HTTPS
WF Gateway WF Backend
SharePoint (.EXE)
(IIS)
Gateway
Fabric Broker

11. SharePoint 2013 Workflows
Visual Studio SharePoint WF
Workflow
WF
SharePoint
Designer
SharePoint
Workflow HTTP /
Authoring OData
Office 365 Windows Azure Workflow
+ +
SharePoint Server Workflow Manager

12. Installation & Configuration
1. Install
• Using WebPI or Download Center
• Works great on Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure VMs!
2. Configure
• Using Workflow Manager Configuration Wizard or PowerShell
• Create/Join a Farm for high availability & scale out

13. 4 Deployment Scenarios
SPS + Workflow Manager
2: Workflow Manager is installed on a server that is
1: Workflow Manager is installed on a server that is
part of the SharePoint 2013 farm. Communication
part of the SharePoint 2013 farm. Communication
takes place by using HTTPS.
takes place by using HTTP.
3: Workflow Manager is installed on a server that is 4: Workflow Manager is installed on a server that is
NOT part of the SharePoint 2013 farm. NOT part of the SharePoint 2013 farm.
Communication takes place by using HTTP. Communication takes place by using HTTPS.

14. Demos: Workflow Manager Deep Dive
Create Workflow
Publish Workflow
Run Workflow
Debug Workflow
Under the hub

15. Resources
• UserVoice: • Docs/Samples [keyword = WF 4.5
http://bit.ly/wfuservoice or Workflow Manager 1.0]:
• WF Blog: • http://msdn.microsoft.com/
http://blogs.msdn.com/workflowteam • http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/
• Facebook: • CodePlex:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/wf4advisors
• http://wf.codeplex.com/
• SharePoint Samples
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en- • Developers.de
us/library/jj164126.aspx www.developers.de
• MSDN Forum ready for use • DAENET GmbH
http://www.daenet.de/de/stream.daenet?sta=3&p
id=179&kat=62

16. Recap
SPS SPS &
WF 4.5 Distributed Composite Workflow
Applications Symmetry
Workflow Manager
SPS 2013 Workflow Manager
Deep Dive
Workflows Architecture
(undocumented)

17. Service Bus
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/72646b45-646f-
4dfb-ab52-e42f187655e7(v=azure.10)#HA