Hello Community

    When you have a SharePoint 2013 Server farm the Web App Server cannot
be installed on the same server that SharePoint 2013 Server is installed on.

    The question is can the Web App Server be installed on the WS2012 domain controller
in the SharePoint 2013 Server farm (basically for evaluation)?

    Thank you
    Shabeaut   

Are you referring Office Web App(OWA) when you say Web App srever? if yes, then in 2013 version, Microsoft changed the architecture and now Office Web Apps can't be installed on the same server as SP2013. check this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219435(v=office.15)

If you scroll down to - Server roles, services, and other software that are required for Office Web Apps Server Preview, you will see that Microsoft state that: 
Servers that run Office Web Apps Server Preview must not run any other server application. This includes Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Lync Server, and SQL Server. If you have hardware constraints, you can run Office Web Apps Server Preview in a virtual machine instance on one of these servers.

Server roles, services, and other software required for Office Web Apps Server

First, here are a few things you should NOT do when deploying Office Web Apps Server.

• Dont install any other server applications on the server thats running Office Web Apps Server. This includes Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, Lync Server, and SQL Server. If you have a shortage of servers, consider running Office Web Apps Server in a virtual machine instance on one of the servers you have.

• Dont install any services or roles that depend on the Web Server (IIS) role on port 80, 443, or 809 because Office Web Apps Server periodically removes web applications on these ports.

• Dont install any version of Office. If its already installed, youll need to uninstall it before you install Office Web Apps Server.

• Dont install Office Web Apps Server on a domain controller. It wont run on a server with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Hope this will help. Let me know!!

Hello Sudip Misra

    In a server farm you have a DC and you have the SharePoint Server.

    I am asking if the Web App Server can be installed on the DC in the server farm
not the SharePoint Server in the server farm.

    Thank you
    Shabeaut

Web app server can be install in SharePoint box itself (for development purpose). basically turning on few service will make same SharePoint server as app server. WFE and APP server can reside in same box if not PROD.

Can Web App Server be installed on a domain controller in a SharePoint 2013 Server farm?

• Edited by Shabeaut 14 hours 38 minutes ago

Yes if it's a development farm.

No if you want to use the farm for production data.

Things will not work quite right, it's stupidly risky from an IT security perspective and did i mention stupidly risky?

HI,you can install the web app server in Domain controller.Please check the link below that can explains on which server the web app should not be installed.

http://expertsharepoint.blogspot.de/2013/12/microsoft-office-web-apps-server-2013.html

http://expertsharepoint.blogspot.de/2013/12/microsoft-office-web-apps-server-2013_19.html