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Iron Contributor

Nov 07, 2016

Will Workflow Manager support W2016 and SQL2016 anytime soon?

Hi folks. Currently WFM doesn't seem to support Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016, per the req. document. Do we have any information, ETA or else when this support might arrive? It ...

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Ali Salih

Iron Contributor

Nov 12, 2016

Yup I saw that one.

zakirhc_18

Copper Contributor

Jul 19, 2017

Yes it does support. I have successfully installed Workflow Manager 1.0 on SharePoint Server 2016 which was using SQL 2016 as DB server. Make sure you install all the latest patches on SharePoint Server and SQL 2016 and the most important you must download and install is the latest CU for Workflow Manager and Service Bus.

I am able to create SharePoint 2013 workflow through SharePoint Designer 2013 without any issues on my SharePoint 2016 with SQL 2016 as DB server.

Ali Salih
Iron Contributor
Jul 19, 2017
I think you are confusing "supported" vs "works"

Unless there was an update since this post made, it was not supported on SQL2016.
- asfaw ayele
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 19, 2017
  I had a communication with Azure team about this as well but not there yet for support. But like everybody else I managed to configure and run on SQL 2016 without any issue.
  Currently the highest version they are supporting is SQL 2014 + any Service pack level.
  Regarding windows 2016 this is very intriguing & I don't honestly see any reason why it won't work, didn't say supported. For SQL 2016 it's service bus compatiblity issue which is holding full support among other components.