Office365 User System Requirements

Modified on Sat, 6 Jun, 2020 at 5:06 PM

The system requirements in the table below apply to Office 365 ProPlus, as well as all business, education, and government plans1. They also apply to standalone plans for individual services, such as email-only or online meetings-only plans. Applications such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, MS Teams, Yammer, Project Online, Visio Online, and Power BI are also covered by the table below.

 

Effective October 13th, 2020, Office 365 services (e.g. Exchange Online, SharePoint Online) will only support Office client connectivity from subscription clients (e.g. Office 365 ProPlus), or the following Office perpetual clients: Office 2019 and Office 2016. See the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy site for Office mainstream support dates.

 

COMPONENT REQUIREMENT

 

Computer and processor Windows: 1.6 gigahertz (GHz) or faster, 2-core. 2.0 GHz or greater recommended for MS Teams.

macOS: Intel processor.

 

 

Memory Windows: 4GB RAM; 2 GB RAM (32-bit).

 

macOS: 4 GB RAM.

 

Hard disk Windows: 4.0 GB of available disk space.

 

macOS: 10 GB of available disk space. HFS+ hard disk format (also known as macOS Extended) or APFS.

  

Display Windows: 1280 x 768 screen resolution (32-bit requires hardware acceleration for 4K and higher).

 

macOS: 1280 x 800 screen resolution.

 

Graphics Windows: Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update). MS Teams requires DirectX 9 or later, 128 MB graphics memory, and 32 bits per pixel capable format.

 

macOS: No graphics requirements.

 

Operating system Windows: Windows 10 SAC, Windows 10 LTSB 2016, Windows 10 LTSB 2015, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2008 R2. Please note Office 365 ProPlus will not be supported on Windows 10 LTSC 2019 at release. Office 365 ProPlus will not be supported on any Windows 10 LTSC/LTSB version or on Windows Server 2012 R2 or older after January 2020. Office 365 ProPlus will be supported on Windows Server 2016 through October 2025.

 

macOS: Office for Mac is supported on the three most recent versions of macOS. As new major versions of macOS are made generally available, Microsoft will drop support for the oldest version and support the newest and previous two versions of macOS.

 

Product functionality and feature availability may vary on older systems. For the best experience, use the latest version of any operating system specified above.

 

Browser The current version of Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. Get more details.

 

.NET version Windows: Some features may require .NET 3.5 or 4.6 and higher to also be installed.

 


 

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that touch features are optimized for use with Windows 10 or Windows 8.1.

 

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

 

Microsoft account and/or organizational account is required for licensing and to access services.

 

MS Teams requires a standard laptop camera or USB 2.0 video camera, a microphone, and an audio output device in order to utilize its full range of calling and meeting features. We recommend that you use certified devices for the best experiences. For exact client video requirements, please review MS Teams client video requirements.

 

Find more information at https://products.office.com/en-us/office-system-requirements.

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