Category: SharePoint 2016

This procedure can also be used to move SharePoint Workflow Manager (SPWFM) databases to a new SQL server, or even to upgrade from “Classic WFM” to SPWFM. Update 7/6/23: I was able to get this content published as “Official Microsoft Documentation”. See SharePoint Workflow Manager Farm Restore and Disaster Recovery. Update 5/16/23: I found that

Use this procedure to remove the connection from SharePoint to SharePoint Workflow Manager (SPWFM) and recreate it.

Update 4/18/23: This content has been published as “official” documentation on learn.microsoft.com. See Reset Certificate Generation Key for SharePoint Workflow Manager. The SharePoint Workflow Manager (SPWFM) Certificate Generation Key is similar to the SharePoint farm passphrase in that you need it to join a SPWFM farm. When joining an existing SPWFM farm, for example during

Update 5/17/23: This content was published to Learn.microsoft.com. See Upgrade from Workflow Manager to SharePoint Workflow Manager on a new farm. When upgrading major versions of SharePoint (like from 2013 to 2019), you will also need to account for the 2013-platform workflows that use Workflow Manager (WFM). Since WFM is no longer supported or available

Some of the documentation that I have relied on for years discussing network ports required for SharePoint People Picker has been archived due to age. However, because the underlying functionality of People Picker hasn’t really changed much, the port requirements haven’t either. Here’s the list that applies to all versions of SharePoint Server: Protocol Ports

Consider the following scenario: You try to delete a user from a site collection, either in the UI (Site Settings | People and Groups | delete users from site collection), or by using the PowerShell command Remove-SPUser. The operation runs for a long time, during which the sites within that content database may suffer severe

I recently went looking for an article showing how to configure People Picker for 1-way trusts and was disappointed with what I found. Many articles reference the cringe-worthy STSADM commands. Others are either incomplete or less than concise. So here’s my take on it: Background: When using Windows authentication within SharePoint, a domain or forest