Configure a Broadcast site (Office Web Apps)

Configure a PowerPoint Broadcast site

Broadcast Slide Show requires that Office Web Apps be installed on SharePoint 2010 Products on a stand-alone server or server farm, the PowerPoint service application be created, and a broadcast site collection be created. If the PowerPoint service application is created during post-setup configuration of a stand-alone installation or by running the Farm Configuration Wizard, a default broadcast site is also created. In most cases, the default site’s URL is “http://<server name>/sites/broadcast”. Setup also installs a broadcast site template. Multiple site collections that use the broadcast site template can be created.

If the PowerPoint service application has not been created during post-setup configuration of a stand-alone installation or by running the Farm Configuration Wizard, you can create the PowerPoint service application manually. To learn about how to create Office Web Apps service applications manually, see Activate the Office Web Apps services and feature by using Windows PowerShell in Deploy Office Web Apps (Installed on SharePoint 2010 Products). If the PowerPoint service application is created manually, to use PowerPoint Broadcast Slide Show, a PowerPoint broadcast site must also be created manually.

For Broadcast Slide Show sites that were created manually, administrators must give users appropriate permissions through SharePoint 2010 Products to broadcast a slide show and to attend broadcast slide shows. For Broadcast Slide Show sites that were created by default, authenticated users are added to both the Broadcast Presenters and Broadcast Attendees groups; however, we recommend that administrators verify that appropriate permissions are given for their organization.

Procedures in this task:

• To create a PowerPoint broadcast site by using Central Administration

• To create a PowerPoint broadcast site by using Windows PowerShell

• To configure permissions on the broadcast site by using a Web browser

• To configure permissions on the broadcast site by using Windows PowerShell

Some procedures in this task require using Windows PowerShell or SharePoint 2010 Management Shell to run cmdlets. To run SharePoint 2010 cmdlets in Windows PowerShell, you must add the Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell snapin by using the Add-PSSnapin cmdlet, or you can run the SharePoint 2010 cmdlets by using SharePoint 2010 Management Shell. By default, the Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell snapin is already registered, and the snapin is added to the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell. To run SharePoint 2010 cmdlets, you must be a member of the SharePoint_Shell_Access role on the configuration database and a member of the WSS_ADMIN_WPG local group on the computer where SharePoint 2010 Products is installed. To run scripts in Windows PowerShell or SharePoint 2010 Management Shell, you must set the execution policy by using the set-executionpolicy cmdlet, using the unrestricted parameter. For more information about the Add-PSSnapin cmdlet, see Add-PSSnapin. For more information about how to use Windows PowerShell with SharePoint 2010 Products, see SharePoint 2010 Products administration by using Windows PowerShell.

To create a PowerPoint broadcast site by using Central Administration

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:

   • To create a PowerPoint broadcast site, you must be a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.

2. On the Central Administration Web site, in Application Management, click Create site collections.

3. On the Create Site Collection page, specify the following settings.

   Web Application   Specify the Web application that will contain the site or use the default selection (recommended).

   Title   Enter the user-friendly title of the site.

   Description   Enter an optional description of the broadcast service

   URL   This is the URL where users will access this broadcast service.

   Template Selection   Click Enterprise and then select PowerPoint Broadcast Site.

   Primary Site Collection Administrator   Enter or browse for a user to be the primary site collection administrator.

   Secondary Site Collection Administrator   Enter or browse for a user to be the secondary site collection administrator (optional).

   Quota Template   Add a quota template to this site (optional).

4. Verify settings and then click OK.

To create a PowerPoint broadcast site by using Windows PowerShell

1. Using Notepad, create a text file and then copy and paste the following script into the file.

   $rootSites = Get-SPWebApplication | Get-SPSite -Limit ALL | where { $_.ServerRelativeUrl -eq "/" }
   $bcastTmpl = Get-SPWebTemplate | where { $_.Name -eq "PowerPointBroadcast#0" foreach ($rootSite in $rootSites) { $url = $rootSite.Url + "/sites/broadcast" New-SPSite -Url $url -OwnerAlias "contoso\admin" -Template $bcastTmpl}
   

2. Specify the following parameters:

   Parameter	Value
   URL	Broadcast Site URL
   –OwnerAlias	Domain\alias

3. Save the file with a .ps1 file name extension to a folder where you run scripts (typically C:\scripts).

4. In the Windows PowerShell console, at the command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:

   C:\<path>\<filename>.ps1

To configure permissions on the broadcast site by using a Web browser

1. In a Web browser, browse to the broadcast site.

2. In the broadcast site, click Site Actions, and then click Site Permissions.

3. On the Permissions menu bar, click Grant Permissions, and then select one of the following.

   To allow users or groups to broadcast, add them to the Broadcast Presenters group.

   To allow users or groups to attend a slide show presented through Broadcast Slide Show, add them to the Broadcast Attendees group.

   To allow users or groups to administer the site and change group membership, add them to the Broadcast Administrators group.

To configure permissions on the broadcast site by using Windows PowerShell

1. Using Notepad, create a text file and then copy and paste the following script into the file.

   New-SPUser -web $url -UserAlias "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" -Group "Broadcast Attendees"
   New-SPUser -web $url -UserAlias "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" -Group "Broadcast Presenters" 
   

2. Specify the following parameters:

   Parameter	Value
   -UserAlias	Domain\Name Domain\Group
   -Group	Broadcast Attendees Broadcast Presenters

3. Save the file with a .ps1 file name extension to a folder where you run scripts (typically C:\scripts).

4. In the Windows PowerShell console, at the command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:

   C:\<path>\<filename>.ps1

See Also

Other Resources

Get-SPWebApplication
Get-SPSite
Get-SPWebTemplate
New-SPUser