Securing PowerPoint Web App When Using Embed

Question

Is there a way to prevent users from downloading or opening up PowerPoint when using PowerPoint Web App?  I want to use the embed feature on my website but I dont want users to be able to download and use my powerpoint file

Answer 1

When you put an application file like a PowerPoint presentation up on the web, it doesn't stream to the user.  Instead, their browser downloads a copy of the file to their temp folder and opens it from there.  If you want them to view the presentation *as* a PowerPoint file, you have to let them download it in one way or another.

You can apply a password to the presentation so that they can download, open and view it but not edit it.

You can convert it to images so that it's viewable by anyone who can view PPT files, but not editable in any real sense. 

But think about what exactly you want to protect against vs what you want to show people.

Consider that anything you show me, I can probably screen-capture at a minimum, so the only real security is not showing it to me in the first place.

Answer 2

This is a perfect example of Microsoft getting 98% of the way there. The lack of the ability to remove download and print options on an embedded powerpoint file are enough to not consider this as an option for corporate use. Sadly now I have to convert my companies powerpoint files to google slide - making powerpoint a less desirable option once again. Just make it a toggle on OneDrive when exporting embed code what's the big deal?

Answer 3

This is a necessary feature, please allow us to disable the downloading and sharing of PowerPoints.

Answer 4

Hi JamesGray007,

It sounds like you're referring the Embed feature of the PowerPoint Web App Preview, which lets you embed a powerpoint presentation as an iframe within your website.

Currently there is not a way to disable the "Download a Copy" in the bottom-right menu.  Thanks for your feedback though--we are always listening to customer feedback and adjusting accordingly.

-Kyle

Answer 5

Me too. But not for IP purposes. I'm publishing to an internal 2013 Sharepoint ste and simply want to give people the best experience without confusion. They have no need to download the slides they are viewing in the PowerPoint web app on our SharePoint page, so it makes sense to disable(remove) the icon.

In fact I'd like to remove the whole navaigation bar so that the embeded slides just loop and to the user it just looks like an animated gif (with nice powerpointy transitions and animations).

Please sort this MS.