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K2 Environment Configuration

To ensure your K2 environment performance is at it's best it is essential to have the correct configuration setups. There are several factors and components within the K2 environment that requires specific or suggested configuration setup. This section provides configuration information on the following:

Configure	Description
Claims and OAuth	Configuring claims and OAuth should be handled for you by the installation and configuration of K2. If you are integrating with SharePoint 2013, the K2 for SharePoint App should be used to configure your environment. Manual configuration is possible but not recommended.
K2 Server	There are several factors and components within the K2 Server environment that requires specific or suggested configuration setup, this topic provides the steps and details.
K2 Site	There are several factors and components within the K2 Site that requires specific or suggested configuration setup, this topic provides the steps and details.
Permissions	Required permissions for K2 Components.
User Managers	Changing the default user manager after installing K2 involves multiple steps, mainly to change the connection strings throughout the platform but also to register the default user manager in the database. This topic details what needs to change for switching the default user manager, and uses changing from AD to SQL as the example. The steps would be similar for changing from AD to a Custom UM.
Localize your Installation	Your K2 installation can be configured according to a specific language locale, for example, selecting German will display your K2 sites in German. To do this, you need the K2 Language Pack (Preview) installed.
Integration	For setup steps on integrating with various third party systems can be found in the Integration topic.
Mobile Devices	Connecting to the K2 Workspace (Mobile) app requires setup on your Mobile Devices.
Client Browser Settings	In order to access the K2 Workspace (Desktop) in a distributed environment, there are some settings that need to be configured on the client's Internet Explorer browser.