Error: "The option for the SharePoint 2013
Workflow platform is not available because the workflow service is not
configured on the server. Please contact your server administrator."
In this article you will see how to resolve the issue "The option for the
SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available because the workflow service
is not configured on the server. Please contact your server administrator" in
SharePoint 2013.
Introduction
I tried to create a SharePoint 2013 workflow using the Designer. I clicked on "List
Workflow" in the ribbon interface, but in the wizard I was unable to select the
"Platform Type" as SharePoint 2013 workflow and it was showing the following
message in the bottom:
Error Message
The option for the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available because
the workflow service is not configured on the server. Please contact your server
administrator.
Reason
This is because the Workflow Manager is not installed & configured or the workflow
service is not connected to the SharePoint 2013 server. In SharePoint 2013,
the Workflow Manager must be downloaded and installed separately. By default the Workflow Manager will not be installed when you install SharePoint 2013 whereas
in SharePoint 2010 the workflow engine is installed automatically when you
install the SharePoint 2010 product. If you don't install Workflow Manager 1.0 for
SharePoint 2013 then you will be able to create only SharePoint 2010 workflows.
Solution
Install and configure Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint 2013 server. Please
use the following procedure:
- Install Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint 2013 server.
- Configure Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint 2013 server.
Once done I was able to select the "Platform
Type" as SharePoint 2013 workflow.
Summary
Thus in this article you have seen how to resolve the issue ""The option for the
SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available because the workflow service
is not configured on the server. Please contact your server administrator" in
SharePoint 2013.