Workflow Manager Supportability with SharePoint Server
Update: Workflow Manager CU5 was released on January 16th, 2018 and adds support for TLS protocol versions 1.1 and 1.2. See KB4077554 for more information.
This post is intended to aggregate supportability information for Workflow Manager when used with a SharePoint Server farm and should not be viewed as an authoritative source. Please see the resources below for links to the official documentation.
| WFM CU3 | WFM CU4 | WFM CU5 | |
| SQL Server Version | |||
| SQL Server 2008R2 | Yes | Yes | No |
| SQL Server 2012 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Server 2014 | Yes | Yes | No |
| SQL Server 2016 | No | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Server High Availability | |||
| SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups (synchronous-commit) | No | Yes | Yes |
| SQL AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Mirroring (synchronous-commit)1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Server Disaster Recovery | |||
| SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups (asynchronous-commit) | No | No | No |
| SQL Log Shipping | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Backup/Restore | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Mirroring (asynchronous-commit)1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Version | |||
| Windows Server 2008R2 Service Pack 1 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Windows Server 2012 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2012R2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2016 | No | Yes | Yes |
| .NET Version | |||
| .NET 4 Platform Update 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| .NET4.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| .NET 4.6 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Workflow Manager Farm | |||
| Maximum number of nodes | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| End of extended support when used with a SharePoint 2013 farm2 | 4/11/2023 | 4/11/2023 | 4/11/2023 |
| End of extended support when used with a SharePoint 2016 farm2 | 10/10/20233 | 7/14/2026 | 7/14/2026 |
- SQL Mirroring is deprecated and not recommended.
- When Workflow Manager is a component of SharePoint Server 2016 or SharePoint Server 2013, it will be supported according to the end of support dates of the respective SharePoint Server version.
- Extended support for Workflow Manager ends on 7/14/2026 when used with a SharePoint 2016 farm. However, extended support for Windows Server 2012R2, the maximum Windows version for Workflow Manager CU3, ends on 10/10/2013
Resources
Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search
Workflow Manager 1.0 Cumulative Update 4 (WFM CU4) is now available on the Microsoft Download Center
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/workflowteam/2017/07/25/wfm-cu4-is-now-available-on-microsoft-download-center/
Workflow Manager 1.0 Now Supported on Windows Server 2016 with CU4 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/workflowteam/2017/07/25/workflow-manager-1-0-now-supported-on-windows-server-2016-with-cu4/
Description of the Cumulative Update 4 for Workflow Manager 1.0 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4019220/description-of-the-cumulative-update-4-for-workflow-manager-1-0
Workflow Manager 1.0 Cumulative Update 3 (WFM CU3) is now available on Microsoft Download Center https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/workflowteam/2016/01/25/workflow-manager-1-0-cumulative-update-3-wfm-cu3-is-now-available-on-microsoft-download-center/
Description of the Cumulative Update 3 for Workflow Manager 1.0 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3104066/description-of-the-cumulative-update-3-for-workflow-manager-1-0
An update is available for Service Bus for Windows Server 1.1 for the .NET Framework 4.6 (KB3086798) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3086798
Supported Platforms (Workflow Manager 1.0) https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj193487(v=azure.10).aspx
Disaster Recovery and Scope Restore in Workflow Manager 1.0 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj730570.aspx
Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint Server 2016 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(v=office.16).aspx<
Comments
- Anonymous
October 02, 2018
Up to 5 nodes!? Someone want to let @harbars know to update his Workflow Walkthrough on his blog? I would love to see an updated guide.