It is easier to deploy and manage Office Web Apps within your organization now that it is a stand-alone product.
Although Office Web Apps Server requires dedicated servers that run no other server applications, you can install Office Web Apps Server on virtual machine instances instead. An Office Web Apps Server farm can provide Office services to multiple on-premises hosts, and you can scale out the farm from one server to multiple servers as your organization’s needs grow.
These products, known as hosts, include SharePoint 2013 and Lync Server 2013. Office Web Apps Server works with products and services that support WOPI, the Web app Open Platform Interface protocol. Office Web Apps Server is an Office server product that provides browser-based file viewing and editing services for Office files. How Office Web Apps Server enables viewing Office files in shared folders and web sites by using Online Viewers How Lync Server 2013 uses Office Web Apps Server for viewing PowerPoint broadcasts How SharePoint 2013 uses Office Web Apps Server for viewing and editing Office documents Use the roadmap as a starting point for articles, downloads, and videos that help you deploy and manage Office Web Apps Server.Īre you looking for help with Office Web Apps on your desktop or mobile device? You can find this information by searching for "Office Web Apps" on. This article is part of the Content roadmap for Office Web Apps Server.