SharePoint 2013 - SIMPLE installation of Office Web Apps Server

These steps were created in a three tier (WFE, APP/RS, DB) Farm with a standalone Office Web Apps Server.

• Run the Office Web Apps Server Installation Media on the Office Web Apps Server (accepts defaults)
• Install the “<SSL certificate name>” Certificate on Office Web Apps Server (adding SSL Cert to Local Computer > Personal Store)
• Open PowerShell and run the following command on the Office Web Apps Server: 

New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalUrl "https://<server.domain.com>" -ExternalUrl "https://<server.domain.com>" –CertificateName "<SSL Certificate Name>" –EditingEnabled

• Open Internet Explorer and browse to the following URL to verify successful installation:

https://<server.domain.com>/hosting/discovery

(a XML page should appear with a list of ‘action names’)

•  Logon to the APP/RS Server

• Launch SharePoint management shell and run the following command specifying the FQDN of the Office Web Apps Server: 

New-SPWOPIBinding -ServerName “<OfficeWebAppsServerFQDN>”

• Run the following command to check the SPWOPIZone:

 Get-SPWOPIZone

• Check the zone returned (likely the default “internal-https”)
• Run the following command to change the zone to support internal and external access:

Set-SPWOPIZone –zone “external-https”

• Run the following command to check the SPWOPIZone and confirm the zone is “external-https”:

Get-SPWOPIZone

• When testing, make sure that you are not logged in as System Account. (Whenever the currently logged on user name appears as sharepoint\system, that user can’t edit or view the documents by using Office Web Apps.) Go to a SharePoint 2013 document library that contains Office documents and view a Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or OneNote file. The document should open in a browser that displays the file by using Office Web Apps.

• Configure host entries on the Office Web Apps Server for each SharePoint Web Application – this allows the Office Web Apps server to present the office documents.