Post on 16-Apr-2017
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Office Web Apps 2013WHAT IS NEW?
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http://JavierBarrera.comjavier.barrera@rackspace.comtwitter: @jtbarreraSharePoint Engineer – Rackspace Enterprise Services
MCSE, MCITP, and Other Various Alphabet Soup Credentials11+ Years in Enterprise Level ITManage over 250+ Unique SharePoint FarmsDirect Implementation of Public Facing SharePoint Sites that Average 1+ Million Hits per Month
Speaker?
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A Look at the PastWhat is New?Demo
Agenda
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OWA 2010 Architecture
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Couldn’t run OWA on DC
Tightly integrated in SP2010
Unintended downtime for install/patch/removal
Excel web app/excel services confusion
Install on single or multiple servers in farm for service on server
Leveraged as SharePoint feature (turn it on/off per site collection)
Special SQL database permission requirements
What We Have in OWA 2010
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Adds extra load to installed SP servers
Limited browser support
Limited document editing capabilities
No smartphone support
No tablet support
No touch support
Complex patching cycle
Problems with OWA 2010
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• Easy upgrades without downtime• Scaling without SharePoint impact•New capabilities to:
◦ Exchange◦ Lync◦ File Shares◦ Custom Sources• Can now create files within the browser•Greater browser compatibility
Some OWA 2013 Advantages
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OWA 2013 Architecture
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Web application Open Platform Interface (WOPI)
WOPI provides the link between the SharePoint farm and the OWA farm
WOPI components◦ WOPI App: Office Web App 2013 farm◦ WOPI Host: typically your SharePoint farm
Office Web Apps servers can be dedicated to role or All◦ Front End ◦ Excel Back End ◦ Word Back End ◦ PowerPoint Back End
Master Machine
New Terms in OWA 2013
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Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 (+higher version)
All servers must be domain joined
.NET 4.0
IIS 7.0 (role needs to be turned on through the Web Server (IIS) role)
PowerShell 3.0
Load balancer for multi-machine farms
Dedicated server(s) with no other applications installed (that are using ports 80 or 443)*◦ Can not install SharePoint/domain controller/Exchange/Lync on the OWA
servers
OWA 2013 Requirements
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Demo
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Any Questions?Speaker: Javier Barrerahttp://javierbarrera.com@jtbarrera javier.barrera@rackspace.com
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