Erwin Bierens

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New-OfficeWebAppsFarm : Office Online was unable to find the specified certificate

When configuring a new Office Online Server i run in to the following error while setting up the new farm with command: PS C:\Windows\system32> New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalUrl "https://oos.contoso.com" -ExternalUrl "https://oos.contoso.com" -CertificateName "Skypeweb" New-OfficeWebAppsFarm : Office Online was unable to find the specified certificate. At line:1 char:1 + New-OfficeWebAppsFarm -InternalUrl "https://oos.contoso.com" -Exter ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-OfficeWebAppsFarm], ArgumentException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CertificateNotFound,Microsoft.Office.Web.Apps.Administration.NewFarmCommand I imported the certificate chain in the computer personal store, i noticed the intermediate and root certificate where also placed in the personal store. Continue reading

Security Updates October 2017 Office- Web Apps and Online Server

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-11826. / KB3213659 - Microsoft Office Online Server (download) KB4011231 - Microsoft Office Web Apps (download) Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2