Office 365 for Education

Technical stuff

Office 365 requires the following software:

- The current or immediately prior version of Internet Explorer, or the latest release of Chrome, Firefox or Safari.
- Any version of Microsoft Office in mainstream support.

Version
Google Chrome	Latest version can perform all browser-related tasks
Firefox	Latest version can perform almost all browser-related tasks
Safari	Latest version can perform almost all browser-related tasks
Mobile Devices	Not included
Internet Explorer 10	Dependent on Operating System - must have Windows 7 or 8 Windows server 2012, 2008 and Windows 7 32-bit version can be used for all Office 365 tasks 64-bit version can be used for almost all Office 365 tasks
Internet Explorer 9	32-bit version can be used for almost all Office 365 tasks 64-bit version can be used for most Office 365 tasks
Internet Explorer 9	Windows 7 or Vista SP2
Internet Explorer 8	Windows 7, Vista SP2, XP-SP3 (32 bit), XP-SP2 (64-bit)
Internet Explorer 7	Not supported
Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 Recommended)	Windows 7, 8, Vista SP2, XP-SP3 (32-bit), XP-SP2 (64-bit)
Office 2007 with Service Pack 3	Windows 7, 8, Vista SP2, XP-SP3 (32-bit), XP-SP2 (64-bit)
Office for Mac 2011 with Service Pack 3	Mac OS X 10.6 or later

About Firewalls

To download and install some updates, Office 365 desktop setup needs to connect to the Microsoft Update service. However, in some networks, access to sites and services that are outside of your company’s firewall are blocked by the system administrator. If you cannot access the Microsoft Update service, you need to contact your system administrator for assistance.

Provisioning Guide - Further Reading

» Getting started
» Signing up for Office 365
» Adding users (individually)
» Adding users (bulk users)
» Version upgrade
» Technical stuff
» Glossary

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