Office Web Apps Server Installation

The Office Web Apps Server software can be downloaded directly from the Microsoft site. After the prerequisite software has been installed along with the server certificate, the following procedure is used to install and then configure the Office Web Apps Server:

1. From the Office Web App Server media, double-click on the setup.exe file.

2. Read the licensing terms. If you agree, select I Accept the Terms of This Agreement and then click Continue.

3. At the File Location screen, either keep the default location for file installation on the C: volume, or enter an alternative path if desired. When finished, click Install Now.

4. After the file installation is complete, click Close.

5. Open Windows PowerShell, and execute the following command to import the Office Web Apps application into PowerShell: Import-Module OfficeWebApps.

6. Execute the following PowerShell command to create a single-server Office Web Apps Server farm, with the fully qualified name of the Office Web Apps Server used as the <servername> value, and the friendly name of the certificate used as the <CertFriendlyName> value:

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New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalURL https://<servername> -CertificateName
"<CertFriendlyName>"

If the farm is successfully created, the attributes of the new farm are automatically displayed in PowerShell, as shown in Figure 11.10.

Figure 11.10. New Office Web Apps Server farm.

7. Verify that the Office Web Apps Server is installed and configured correctly by using a web browser to connect to the discovery URL at the following address, with the fully qualified name of the Office Web Apps Server used as the <servername> value: https://<servername>/hosting/discovery. If the installation is successful, a WOPI discovery XML file is displayed in the browser.