Category: SharePoint Subscription Edition

Including info on the mysterious ScopedClientIdentifier property in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SPSE). Overview To configure multiple web applications in a single farm to use OIDC authentication with Entra ID, you have two options: Use a single Entra ID app registration for all web apps. Use separate Entra ID app registrations for each web app.

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of the documentation that I have relied on for years discussing network ports required for SharePoint People Picker has been archived due to age.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