The document discusses the functionalities and benefits of Office Web Apps, emphasizing high-fidelity collaboration and access to familiar Office tools from various platforms and devices. It highlights features such as multi-user authoring, document editing, and integration with other productivity tools, while also addressing accessibility for external users. Additionally, it outlines licensing requirements for both internal and external users when accessing Office documents via the web apps.

1. The New Office Web Apps Story
Jason Himmelstein
jhimmelstein@sentri.com
@sharepointlhorn

4. Extend Productivity High Fidelity Fearless Collaboration
Familiar Office tools and UI Documents look the same, no When writing & editing with others,
brings power of Office to more matter where you view them – file integrity is maintained with no
people in more places across various browsers, data or formatting loss
platforms and devices

5. 365
Consumer Cloud Public Cloud On Premises
Publicly available to any Live ID user An option within the service Run on Office Web Apps Server
Free via SkyDrive Monthly per user subscription

6. Mobile Workers Deskless Workers Students & Home
Anywhere access to files and Provide cost effective access Shared access and editing to
common productivity tools to productivity tools to regularly updated group
when Office isn't available. remote or branch information.
employees.

8. 3rd party
apps

11. Document Review Multi-user Authoring Meetings
Editing OneNote Web App Presentation Broadcast
Change tracking Excel Web App Lync Integration
Commenting PowerPoint Web App Async Navigation
Word Web App Media Playback
With anyone with a browser

12. Office 15 Client
Office Web Apps Wave 15
Office Web Apps Wave 2010
Modify a Author a Best-in-class
Open a document
document document authoring

13. Office Web Apps 15 – Productivity
improvements
OneNote Word Excel PowerPoint
• Ink • Print Layout • Print • Animations
• Search • Smart Art • Sheet • Shapes
• Image paste Rendering operations • Inserting
• Line and • Auto-fit text box
Paragraph • Styles
spacing
• Page setup
• Word Count

16. SharePoint Farm
1
Office Web Apps 3
2 Farm

19. Never be without
the tools you need.
Access, work together
& share from anywhere
with anyone

22. Scenario Internal User
Read Office documents via Office Web Free, no Office client required
Apps
Edit Office documents via Office Web Apps Requires Office 2013 Standard or Professional
Plus
• Our company users (who are licensed for Office Client) are working with external users on projects,
what licensing do those external users need to access Office documents via Office Web Apps?
Scenario External User*
Read Office documents via Office Web Free, no Office client required
Apps
Edit Office documents via Office Web Apps Free, no Office client required
*External Users: defined as users that are not either your or your affiliates’ employees, or your or your affiliates’ onsite contractors or onsite agents.
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