Michael Bowman

Senior Program Manager

Microsoft Corporation

Office Online (a.k.a. Office Web App Server)

Office Online opens Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote documents in your web browser.

www.office.com/

Private CloudPublic CloudConsumer Cloud

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Host Frame

App Frame

WOPI Source

Host Frame

App Frame

WOPI Source

Access Token

SharePoint

Office Online Server

• Requires dedicated servers (VMs are ok)

• The whole thing can run on a single server

• Add servers to meet demand

• About 20k typical users per server

Performance

• Every machine in a server farm is identical

• All machines can play any role required at any time

• All the same services across all service (add or remove at will)

• You can reconfigure the farm without removing machines Flexibility

• User credentials are passed on every request

• Credentials are limited to permissions for a single file

• Restrict machines that can join a farm

• SharePoint and Office Web Apps have a trusted connectionSecure

• Efficient File Rendering based on content and application type

• Distributed cache for optimized service delivery

• Configurable & extensible Smart

Viewing and Editing Viewing Not Supported

Word Document (.docx)

Word Template (.dotx)

Word Macro-Enabled Document (.docm)

Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm)

OpenDocument Text (.odt)

Word 97-2003 (.doc)**

Word 97-2003 (.dot)**

Portable Document Format

(PDF)**

Rich Text Format (RTF)

HTML, MHTML

IRM Protected or docs with digital signatures

Password protected documents

Excel Workbook (.xlsx)

Excel Binary Workbook (.xlsb)

OpenDocument Spreadsheet file (.ods)

Excel Macro-Enabled Template (.xlsm)

Excel 97-2003 (.xls)**

Excel 97-2003 (.xlt)**

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Comma Separated Values (CSV)

IRM Protected or docs with digital signatures

Password protected documents

PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx)

PowerPoint Show (.ppsx)

OpenDocument Presentation (.odp)

PowerPoint 97-2003 (.ppt & .pps)

PowerPoint 97-2003 (.pot)

PowerPoint Template (.potx)

PowerPoint Macro-Enabled

PowerPoint Add-in (.ppam)

Rich Text Format (RTF)

IRM Protected or docs with digital signatures

Password protected documents

OneNote 2010 and Later (.one) OneNote 2007 and Earlier (.one)

OneNote Package (.onepkg)

Office Online ServerBrowser or App Document Host

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35489

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh622722(v=office.12).aspx

dochelp@Microsoft.com

>>New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalURL http://<URL> -ExternalUrl http://<URL>-CertificateName <cert>

>>New-OfficeWebAppsMachine -MachineToJoin <machine_name>

>>New-SPWOPIBinding –Server <server_URL>>>Set-SPWOPIZone –Zone <zone>

• Set once for the whole SharePoint farm

• PowerShell only

• You can customize which Office Web Apps are registered

• Nothing is installed on SharePoint

• Removing is just as easy