hi all

Good morning. I hope someone can direct me in the right path.

Server Setup 1 - SharePoint 2013 (using as search engine - fileserver)

SharePoint 2013 Foundation - Latest Patches with HTTP

Windows Server 2012

Server Setup 2 - Office Web Apps 2013

Office Web Apps - Latest Patches with HTTP

Windows Server 2012

Issues that I am facing - Search preview

a. I have configure SP2013 as a search for my file server. I get all the searches but I cannot preview them. I have configured the Office Web Apps 2013 and can successfully see the XML file in various TechNet article's. No event errors.  I have ran various PowerShell commands, to see if SP connects with Office Web Apps and it connects. This is all Internal network and so I have used HTTP.

Issues that I am facing - Open Search Result

b. I have faced this when search a document, I tried to click on OPEN and nothing happens. The document doesn't open and no errors. However, if I send the document to a user, the path opens it directly.

Issues that I am facing - Authentication

c. I would like to provide our users the opportunity to search without entering username and password on a domain computer but required on a non-domain joined computers. Can this be done?

Issues that I am facing - Security Trimming - File Share

d. I have a file share with Access Based Enumeration enabled. Some users are given access and some others no access to view certain folders and files. Will this reflect the searches ?. I have set a READ-ONLY access account to the complete fileShare. Does the searches appear to those who have access and doesn't appear to those who don't have.

I am willing to learn and so I ask some guidance where I have gone wrong with the setup.

Thanks in advance for all the help.

Cheers

Jo