2013

Configuring Office Web

Apps for SharePoint 2013
Hands-On Lab
Lab Manual

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Contents
Overview................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Lab Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Audience ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Scenario ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Getting Started ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Connect to the Lab Environment ....................................................................................................................... 3
Exercise 1 Remove Connection of Office Web Apps to SharePoint 2013 .......................................................... 4
Scenario ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Task 1 Remove Office Web App connection to SharePoint 2013 .................................................................. 4
Task 2 Verify that SharePoint 2013 is disconnected from the Office Web App Server .................................. 4
Exercise 2 Connecting Office Web Apps to SharePoint 2013 ............................................................................ 5
Scenario ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Task 1 Connect SharePoint 2013 to an Office Web App server .................................................................... 6
Task 2 Verify that SharePoint 2013 is connected to the Office Web App Server........................................... 6
Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ 7

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Configuring Office Web Apps for SharePoint 2013

Configuring Office Web Apps for SharePoint 2013

Estimated time to complete this lab: 20 minutes

Overview
Office web apps are browser based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote that allows
users to view and edit documents. With services provided by Office Web Apps, users do not need the
Office clients installed on their computers.
Office Web Apps with SharePoint 2010
In SharePoint 2010, the Office Web Apps were tightly coupled. Every server where SharePoint was
installed required an installation of the Office Web Apps. This made version updates extremely time
consuming. The following diagram illustrates the typical Office Web App deployment in SharePoint
2010.

New Office Web App architecture in SharePoint 2013

With SharePoint 2013, Office Web Apps have become their own server product. It is no longer installed
on any SharePoint 2013 servers. This new architecture has many advantages:

Simpler setup, independent of other products

Upgrade and maintenance separate from SharePoint
Multiple SharePoint farms are able to integrate with a single Office Web Apps Server farm
Other products such as Exchange, Lync, line-of-business applications and file shares
integrate with Office Web Apps as well.

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Key features of this new architecture:

Office Web Apps Server - provides Office Web Apps services and functionality to hosts
Host - hosts such as SharePoint 2013, Exchange Server 2013 and Lync Server 2013 are
able to leverage the services provided by the Office Web App Server
Client - the browser or similar software that displays the document.

Lab Objectives
The goal for this HOL is to familiarize you with enabling and disabling the connection of Office Web App
service with SharePoint 2013.
After completing this lab, you will be better able to:

Understand the new Office Web App architecture

Connect SharePoint 2013 to the Office Web App service.
Disconnect SharePoint 2013 from the Office Web App service.

Audience

SharePoint Farm Administrators and SharePoint IT Professionals

Scenario
This lab takes you through setting and removing the connection of the Office Web Apps service to
SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell.

Getting Started
Connect to the Lab Environment
1. Log on to the SharePoint (SP) Virtual Machine (VM) as Administrator with the following
credentials:
Username: CONTOSO\Administrator
Password: pass@word1
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Exercise 1 Remove Connection of Office Web Apps to SharePoint 2013

Estimated time to complete this exercise: 10 minutes
Scenario
In this exercise, you will learn how to remove the connection between the Office Web Apps and
SharePoint 2013.
Task 1 Remove Office Web App connection to SharePoint 2013
In this task, you will remove the Office Web App connection from SharePoint 2013.
1. Open the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell. To do this, on the Start menu, point to All
Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products, and then click SharePoint 2013
Management Shell.
2. At the PS> prompt, type the following command and press ENTER twice:
Remove-SPWopiBinding -All

3. Reset IIS. To do this, at the PS> prompt, type IISRESET.

Task 2 Verify that SharePoint 2013 is disconnected from the Office Web App Server
In this task you will open a browser as KatieJ to verify that the connection has been disabled.
1. Click Start, hold down Shift, then right-click on the Internet Explorer icon and choose Run as
different user from the context menu.
2. Login as contoso\Katiej with the password pass@word1. (The Administrator account will not
work.)
3. Close the Set up Internet Explorer 9 prompt.

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2.4. Browse to the SharePoint site http://Intranet.contoso.com/sites/Contoso.

3.5. Login as contoso\Katiej with the password pass@word1. (The Administrator account will not
work)
4.6. Navigate to http://intranet.contoso.com/sites/contoso/Departments/Finance/
5.7. Scroll down to Top-Rated Documents
6.8. Click on 2013 Financial Projections link.
7.9. Notice that you will be prompted to open it with the Office Word Client.

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10. Click No.

8.11.
Press the ellipsis for 2013 Financial Projections document. Notice the fly-out (also
called the Hover Panel ) contains information about the document, but no document preview

9.12.

Close Internet Explorer.

By completing this exercise, you have learned to:

Disconnect SharePoint 2013 from the Office Web App service

Verified that SharePoint has been disconnected

Exercise 2 Connecting Office Web Apps to SharePoint 2013

Estimated time to complete this exercise: 10 minutes
Scenario
In this exercise, you will learn how to connect the Office Web Apps and SharePoint 2013.

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Task 1 Connect SharePoint 2013 to an Office Web App server

In this task you will connect the Office Web App server to SharePoint 2013.
1. Open the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell. To do this, on the Start menu, point to All
Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products, and then click SharePoint 2013
Management Shell.
2. Connect the SharePoint farm to the Office Web Apps Server. To do this, at the PS> prompt,
type the following command and press ENTER:
New-SPWopiBinding ServerName w15-wac.contoso.com -AllowHTTP

3. For SharePoint to use the Office Web Apps external URL, type the following command at the
PS> prompt.
Set-SPWopiZone -Zone "internal-https"

Note: The specified zone will vary depending on which protocol is used to communicate with the
host. The options are: internal-http, external-http, internal-https, or external-https.
4. Reset IIS. To do this, at the PS> prompt, type IISRESET.

Task 2 Verify that SharePoint 2013 is connected to the Office Web App Server
In this task, you will verify that SharePoint 2013 is connected to the Office Web App Server.
1. Click Start, hold down Shift, then right-click on the Internet Explorer icon and choose Run as
different user from the context menu.
2. Login as contoso\Katiej with the password pass@word1. (The Administrator account will not
work.)
2.3. Browse to the SharePoint site http://Intranet.contoso.com/sites/Contoso.
3.4. Login as contoso\Katiej with password pass@word1. (Administrator account will not work)
4.5. Navigate to http://intranet.contoso.com/sites/contoso/Departments/Finance
5.6. Scroll down to Top-Rated Documents
6.7. Click on 2013 Financial Projections link.
7.8. Notice that the Word document is open in the browser.

8.9. Press the Back button to return to the Finance page.

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9.10.
Press the ellipsis for 2013 Financial Projections document to see the fly-out ( also
called the Hover panel) with the document preview.

10.11.
Notice that the URL to the document is significantly shorter than in the previous version of
the Office Web Apps.
http://intranet.contoso.com/sites/contoso/Departments/Finance/Documents/2013%20Financial%20Proj
ections.docx?Web=1
By completing this exercise you have learned to:

Connect SharePoint 2013 to the Office Web App service

Verified that SharePoint is connected to the Office Web App Service

Summary
This lab provided an overview of the new Office Web App architecture. You should now be familiar
with:

Connecting SharePoint 2013 to the Office Web App server

Disconnecting SharePoint 2013 from the Office Web App server

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