Configuring co-authoring in SharePoint 2010

Recently published Co-authoring administration (SharePoint Server 2010) TechNet article provides guidance for administrators to configure co-authoring for their organization. Many of these are using Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

• Configure versioning for co-authoring (SharePoint Server 2010) - When multiple authors work on the same document, edits are retained on the server as document versions. This article describes how to configure document library versioning settings for co-authoring.
• Configure the co-authoring versioning period (SharePoint Server 2010) - When versioning is turned on, SharePoint Server takes periodic snapshots of documents, saving them for later reference. This article describes how to configure the co-authoring versioning period.
• Configure the maximum number of co-authoring authors (SharePoint Server 2010) - Administrators can limit the maximum number of authors that can co-author a document at the same time. This article describes how to configure the maximum number of co-authoring authors
• Disable co-authoring (SharePoint Server 2010) - Co-authoring can also be disabled on the client side using Group Policy. This article describes how to disable co-authoring

note: File Synchronization via SOAP over HTTP Protocol makes co-authoring work. In case you want to know more about it, download and read the PDF from [MS-FSSHTTP]: File Synchronization via SOAP over HTTP Protocol Specification page.

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Hi, I would like to clarify if it necessary to start the Excel Service Application to use the CO-Authoring option or only Excel Web Apps is required? Thanks, JS.