1. using SharePoint Automation Services;
The administrator, developer, and user primer

2. About me Working with SharePoint since WSSv2 SharePoint Server MVP
SharePoint-Community.net rep
SharePoint MSDN/TechNet Forums Moderator
Nauplius
Open Source Development
Deep-dive in SharePoint
@NaupliusTrevor

3. using Word Automation Services;
Converting word documents

4. What is…?
Provides a service to convert Word documents (DOC, DOCX) from one file format to another…
… such as, PDF, XPS, JPG, PNG, RTF, XML…
Preserves embedded fonts and images during conversion
Contains Workflow support, making mass-automated conversion processes easy to perform
Or can be leveraged by any application running from the SharePoint server

5. WAS: Administration
Available with SharePoint 2010 and 2013 Standard or Enterprise
Service Instance [Word Automation Services]
Service Application
Central Administration
PowerShell (New-SPWordConversionServices)
Conversions executed by Timer Job, every 15 minutes by default
Configuration via Central Administration or PowerShell (Set- SPWordConversionServices)

6. WAS: Administration Cont.
Documents are kept in-memory during conversion, monitor memory usage
Large documents can have a significant processor impact
Document conversion occurs within WordServerWorker.exe
Account running Service Application Pool must be Farm Administrator

7. WAS: Administration Cont.
Extensive diagnostics support, but….
… not very useful.

8. WAS: Developer
Requires Full Trust Code; Server Side Object Model Only – Not Available in Office 365 
Scott Hiller provides a REST endpoint ( 1e0578a1) … on-premises only
Provides a queue to add one or more documents to
Use the Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.Conversions namespace

9. WAS: Developer Cont.
Create a ConversionJob with Word Automation Services proxy and a UserToken
Set the Output file format
Give the job a Name
Add the input file and output file to the job using URIs
Start the job… and wait
Use ConversionJobStatus to monitor jobs

10. WAS: Developer Cont.
Traditional Conversion Process

11. WAS: Developer – Instant Access
New “Instant” Conversions in SharePoint 2013, bypass the queue!

12. WAS: Developer Cont.
SharePoint 2013 “Instant” Conversions

13. Let’s see how this actually works!
WAS: User
Let’s see how this actually works!

14. References
Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Word Automation Services in SharePoint Server 2010
Word Automation Services Architecture
What's new in Word Automation Services for developers
Nauplius.WAS

15. using PowerPoint Automation Services;
Converting PowerPoint documents

16. What is…?
Provides a service to convert PowerPoint documents (PPT, PPTX) from one file format to another…
… such as, PDF, XPS, JPG, PNG…
Preserves embedded fonts and images during conversion
Contains Workflow support, making mass-automated conversion processes easy to perform
Or can be leveraged by any application running from the SharePoint server

17. PAS: Administration
Available with SharePoint 2013 Standard or Enterprise
Service Instance [PowerPoint Conversion Services]
Service Application
PowerShell Only (New-SPPowerPointConversionServiceApplication)
Conversions executed immediately
No Database for Service Application
Configuration via PowerShell Only (Set- SPPowerPointConversionServiceApplication)

18. PAS: Administration Cont.
Documents are written to disk on SharePoint server running Service Instance (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\PowerPointConversion)
Large documents can have a significant processor impact
Document conversion occurs within pptworker.exe
Account running Service Application Pool must be Farm Administrator
Diagnostics are actually useful!

19. PAS: Developer
Requires Full Trust Code; Server Side Object Model Only – Not Available in Office 365 
There is no ‘queue’, documents are immediately converted
Use the Microsoft.Office.Server.PowerPoint.Conversion namespace

20. PAS: Developer Cont.
Pass a valid SPFile Binary Stream into a PresentationRequest with a reference to the output SPFileStream and PresentationType
Conversions are Asynchronous. Use BeginConvert and EndConvert
Save output SPFileStream as SPFile to target location
No method available to monitor jobs
Can be leveraged by console applications or other Web Applications where the Server OM is available

21. PAS: Developer Cont.
Standard Conversion Process

22. PAS: User
Demo x2!

23. References PowerPoint Automation Services in SharePoint 2013
Introduction to PowerPoint Automation Services in SharePoint Server 2013
Nauplius.PAS