Office 365: Office 365: Office 365 system requirements changes for Office client connectivity; cancel. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Office 365 system requirements changes for Office client connectivity. For complete details on the different versions (including licensing) of Microsoft Office available, please review Microsoft Office for UW-Owned and Personally-Owned Computers at UW-Madison. See Also: Office 365 - Technical Support for Office 365 Features and Applications.
An important part of preparing to deploy Office 365 for education services is making sure that all the are met for the machines used by administrators and users to connect. There are minimum levels supported and recommended for client operating systems (PC or Mac), browser versions (IE, Firefox, Safari or Chrome) and Microsoft Office versions (2007, 2010).
Office Desktop Apps To ensure that the Office desktop apps installed on users’ computers function correctly with Office 365, desktop updates may be required. As an admin you can, or automate the install of client applications or updates with managed tools like or Systems Center Configuration Manager. Through the Office 365 portal, (requires login): Active Directory If you're planning to deploy the optional and capabilities, your Active Directory must be a single forest on a recommended minimum of Windows Server 2008 (support for Windows Server 2003 ends January 1, 2013). Service Updates Keep up-to-date with recent Service Updates to Office 365 by reviewing the in the Office 365 Community site.