Hello folks:
I’m a fairly new DevOps Engineer (SharePoint) for one of our subsidiary companies. Â Their client is asking if users who have NOT been upgraded to Office 2013 will have problems working with the Office Web Apps Server. Â Their specifically asking in regards to colleagues who are using Visio 2010 and Visio 2007.
So the question is….Can users of older Office apps (i.e. Visio 2010, Visio 2007) interact successfully with Office Web Apps Server 2013?
Thanks in advance. Â I’m delving into areas of SharePoint that I never had to before. Â It’s both exciting and scary at the same time. Â (remember Owen Wilson’s line in Armageddon just before the shuttle Independence launched?) Â The ratio is changing like that. Â I also worry a bit because I’m going to have to go through this all over again when 2016 gets to RTM.
Anyway, I’m grateful to be part of this community and I look forward to ‘meeting’ as many of you as possible.
LLAP,
Miguel
Hi Miguel,
Short Answer: The users should be able to interact successfully with Office Web Apps Server 2013 bound to a SharePoint 2013 farm. All Office Web Apps are browser-based and would actually work if no client was installed on the user’s PC..Make sure licensing is in place and all that other fun stuff though
Things to watch out for – Since this appears to be a mixed 2010/2013 Office install beware of the order of install..If Office 2013 is installed and then Visio/Lync/Etc. 2010 is installed after, you will need to repair the Office 2013 install on the client PC due to an issue we’ve dubbed “DLL Hell.” Other features may not work for Office 2010 users – drag and drop won’t work, sometimes I’ve seen it where an Office 2010 user will try to open documents in SharePoint 2013 and it will open in the web app by default…and sometimes other inconsistencies are present.
On a positive note – With the 2016 versions of OOS/SharePoint the install processes appear to be extremely similar at this time..especially for Office Online Server..same exact PowerShell commands actuallyÂ
