1. Office Web Apps
What is New?
Javier Barrera
SharePoint Engineer, Rackspace

2. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
SHAREPOINT SATURDAY AUSTIN!
• Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to
vibrate
• If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall
• Wi-Fi is available, you will need your Guest ID/password
(at registration desk)
• Feel free to tweet and blog during sessions. Remember
to follow @SPSATX and tag #SPSATX in your tweets!
SharePoint Saturday Austin is hosted by
the Austin SharePoint User Group
(@AustinSPUG)
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3. SPEAKER
http://JavierBarrera.com
javier.barrera@rackspace.com
twitter: @jtbarrera
SharePoint Engineer – Rackspace Enterprise Services
• MCSE, MCITP, and Other Various Alphabet Soup
Credentials
• 11+ Years in Enterprise Level IT
• Manage over 250+ Unique SharePoint Farms
• Direct Implementation of Public Facing SharePoint Sites
that Average 1+ Million Hits per Month
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4. OWA: GREAT IDEA!
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5. OWA: BAD IMPLEMENTATION
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6. OWA: USER FRUSTRATION
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7. THE ACTS
•I: Past
•II: Future
•III: Promise
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8. ACT I: THE PAINFUL PAST

9. OWA 2010 ARCHITECTURE
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10. WHAT WE HAVE IN OWA 2010
• 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
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11. PROBLEMS WITH OWA 2010
• 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
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12. ACT II: THE PROMISING FUTURE

13. SOME OWA 2013 ADVANTAGES
• 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
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14. OWA 2013 ARCHITECTURE
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16. NEW TERMS IN OWA 2013
• 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
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18. OWA 2013 REQUIREMENTS
• 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
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19. ACT III: THE PROMISE

20. PLEASE FILL OUT SESSION
EVALUATIONS AND
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!

21. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
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