Office Web Apps

On your current farm run “Get-OfficeWebAppsFarm”. Make a note of the InternalURL, ExternalURL, CertificateName and Machines (Note you may only have the ExternalURL configured). E.g. InternalURL: https://webapps.mycompany.local ExternalURL: https://webapps.mycompany.com CertificateName: My WAC Certificate Machines: WebApps01, WebApps02 Run “Get-OfficeWebAppsHost”. Make a note of the allowList. E.g. allowList: mycompany.com, mycompany.local On each Office Web Apps 2013 server: Uninstall “Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013” Install Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 (Add Roles and Features > Features) Install the Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows KB (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2999226) Install Microsoft Office Online Server 2016 Using the information you gathered from Get-OfficeWebAppsFarm, on the first machine in the farm (WebApps01) run New-OfficeWebAppsFarm, E.g. New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalURL https://webapps.mycompany.local -ExternalURL https://webapps.mycompany.com -CertificateName “My WAC Certificate” ...

Microsoft recently released Office Online Server to replace Office Web Apps. OOS allows you to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote from your browser. Lync and Skype for Business utilise OOS for enhanced PowerPoint sharing. All Microsoft articles advise to download Office Online Server from the Volume Licensing Service Center, however it’s quite difficult to find. Try searching for “Office”, “Office Online”, “Online” and you won’t find an “Office Online Server” download. That’s because it’s actually part of Office Professional Plus 2016. ...