Excel Services is a standalone Service Application, giving users the ability to render their spreadsheets through SharePoint into the browser. Some of the benefits that are derived from this architecture are:
Ability to delegate administration of the service to particular users. This takes the burden of management from IT down to a user level. A SharePoint group can be created for users who will administrate this service.
Dedicate a server to run the service. This provides a level of adaptability and scalability as your organization's needs change.
This gives organizations a place to collaborate and helps prevent the spread of spreadsheets in files shares.
In order to leverage this technology, you must know how to set up this service application. In this recipe, we cover the steps necessary to create an Excel Services Service Application.
