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Automatic Deployment of K2 Process and K2 SmartObject artefacts using theSourceCode Deployment Framework and MSBuild Assemblies

Introduction Continuous Integration is a deployment concept that ensures changes to your code base results in an automatic build and deployment to their target environments. This article explains how to automatically deploy K2 Process and K2 SmartObject

Extending the K2 Workspace Worklist to view the worklists of the users you directly manage

Everyone knows that you can use the K2 Workspace to view your worklist. I thought that it would also be useful to show how with a few clicks you can choose to setup the workspace to enable users to view the worklists of users they manage. Firstly you

K2, Kerberos and HOST (A) Records

An area which people often neglect when building their K2 environments and process is the power of using HOST (A) records in DNS as aliases. In a distributed environment proper use of these records can provide you with increased scalability and flexibility.

Troubleshooting Kerberos

So you have configured Kerberos authentication but it doesn't seem to be working as it should, here are a few quick troubleshooting steps you can take. Using the Windows Event log check in the security section for 540 logon events on each server to see

Using Code Snippets for common K2 coding

Using code snippets in Visual Studio is nothing new but I have found it useful recently for storing sample code that I am likely to re use in my K2 workflows. I thought I would give the simple steps involved in setting up your own code snippets, it may

K2 mapped to roles across an IT Landscape

Recently I was party to a conversation where there was some confusion around how K2 applies to various IT roles, so I jotted down some thoughts below. Some of these roles may well be combined in one person in an organisation. Administrator Sets permissions

K2 Role Manipulation using the SourceCode.Security.UserRoleManager.Management Namespace

Programmatic K2 Roles If you ever wondered how to programmatically Add a K2 Role (Create a K2 Role) Update a K2 Role (Add/Remove users) Delete a K2 Role without using K2 Workspace, the code sections below give you an example to execute these operations

Forms Server & Credential Delegation

This will be my first quick post to this blog and hopefully people will find this of use. With the increase of people wanting to leverage forms server to render InfoPath forms in the users web browser I am often seeing people hitting the problem of forms

Boolean logic in K2 [blackpearl] rules

Hi all, Welcome to the first post on the new Pitchblack UK and Europe consulting blog. Over the coming months you'll find useful information here from the UK and Europe consulting front-lines. Information on best practices, ways to solve particular business