SharePoint Soup

Author: John

  • New Way to Install Workflow Manager On-Premises

    With Web Platform Installer riding off to the sunset, the old ways of installing Workflow Manager no longer apply.

    I recently encountered this while trying to install Workflow Manager on SharePoint 2019 on-prem. As of the new year (2023), we no longer have access to the product installers in WebPI. More information on that can be found here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/429383/web-platform-installer-end-of-support-and-sunsetti

    After some research I found that Microsoft actually released a new package that simplifies the old process. They call it SharePoint Workflow Manager. It is what now powers the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform and replaces Microsoft Workflow Manager 1.0 and Service Bus 1.1.

    The installation was straightforward and only requires the prerequisite of downloading and installing Azure Service Fabric Runtime and then running a PowerShell command to create an Azure Service Fabric Cluster.

  • Deleted Extended SharePoint Web Application in IIS

    Let’s say someone accidentally deleted an extended Web Application via IIS Manager rather than Central Administration. You’ll find out you’re going to have a bad time. I tried extending said web application using the same name as before and was presented with the error  “The IIS Web Site you have selected is in use by SharePoint. You must select another port or hostname.”

    To fix this issue you can go to Central Administration > Application Management. Select the Web Application that was extended. Click on the Delete dropdown and select Remove SharePoint from IIS Web Site. In the following window, choose the site you want to delete from the dropdown and under Delete IIS web sites select Yes. This will completely remove the files associated with the extended web application allowing you to extend it again using the same name.