Requirements System for Office 2013
This article outlines the system requirements for all versions of Office 2013, whether on 
premises, Microsoft cloud hosted, or a hybrid of the two.You may have to upgrade your hardware or operating system, or both, before you can use Office 2013. This article will help you determine whether you do have to do that.
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| Office 2013 is supported for both 32-bit and 64-bit client applications.We recommend that you install Silverlight together with Office 2013 to improve the online experience. |
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| MSI and Click-to-Run installations of Office 2013 require that Task Scheduler be enabled on the client computers. If you have set up Group Policy to disable Task Scheduler, or if an individual client computer has Task Scheduler disabled, attempts to install Office 2013 will fail. |
In this article:
- Office 2013 for Personal Computers–standard system requirements
- Office 2013 applications – specific requirements
Office 2013 for Personal Computers–standard system requirements
Refer to the following table for a snapshot of the overall system requirements for Office 2013. The following suites are included:
- Office Home and Student 2013
- Office Professional 2013
- Office Home and Business 2013
- Office 365
- Office 365 ProPlus
- Office 365 Home Premium
- Office 365 University
The information that follows this table outlines any additional requirements for specific components of Office 2013, including add-ons and tools.
When you choose a product suite or individual program to deploy, evaluate the computers before you deploy any software to make sure that they meet the minimum operating system requirements.
Standard system requirements for Office 2013
| Component | Office 2013 Requirements |
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| Computer and processor | 1 gigahertz (Ghz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set |
| Memory (RAM) | 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32 bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64 bit) |
| Hard Disk | 3.0 gigabytes (GB) available |
| Display | Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and 1024 x 576 resolution |
| Operating System | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 |
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10; Mozilla Firefox 10.x or a later version; Apple Safari 5; or Google Chrome 17.x. |
| .NET version | 3.5, 4.0, or 4.5 |
| Multi-touch | A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. However, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that new touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8. |
| Additional requirements and considerations | Some functionality may vary, based on the system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity. |
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| System requirements are rounded up to the nearest 0.5 GB, to be conservative. For example, if we measure an application’s required hard disk space to be 1.99 GB, we recommend 2.5 GB of disk space. Our hard disk system requirements are intentionally larger than the actual disk space usage of the software.A graphics processor helps increase the performance of certain features, such as drawing tables in Excel 2013 or transitions, animations, and video integration in PowerPoint 2013. Use of a graphics processor with Office 2013 requires a Microsoft DirectX 10-compliant graphics processor that has 64 MB of video memory. These processors were widely available in 2007. Most computers that are available today include a graphics processor that meets or exceeds this standard. However, if you or your users do not have a graphics processor, you can still run Office 2013. |
Office 2013 applications – specific requirements
The standard Office 2013 system requirements that are listed in the Office 2013 for Personal Computers–standard system requirements table apply to each Office 2013 application. The following Office 2013 programs have some additional requirements:
- Access 2013
- Excel 2013
- InfoPath 2013
- Lync 2013
- Lync Server 2013
- Office Solution Management (Telemetry Dashboard)
- OneNote 2013
- Outlook 2013
- Project Professional 2013
- Word 2013
The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Access 2013.
Specific Access 2013 requirements
| Component | Requirement |
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| Internet |
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The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Excel 2013.
Specific Excel 2013 requirements
| Component | Requirement |
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| Internet |
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| PowerPivot | To use PowerPivot, you must have .NET 3.5 or .NET 4.0 and at least 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM. |
| PowerView add-in | To use with the PowerView add-in, you must have Silverlight 5.0 installed and at least 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM. |
InfoPath 2013
The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of InfoPath 2013.
Specific InfoPath 2013 requirements
| Component | Requirement |
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| Internet |
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| Programmability | Programmability scenarios require .NET 4.0. |
Microsoft LyncLync 2013 has different hardware requirements from those that are listed in the system requirementsOffice 2013 for Personal Computers–standard system requirements table above. Refer to the following table for personal computer system requirements or recommendations that are specific to Lync 2013.
Specific Lync 2013 requirements
| Component | Requirement |
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| Computer/ processor | Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, or equivalent |
| Memory (RAM) | 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM |
| Operating System | Windows 7 or Windows 8 |
| Data and voice | Minimum 1.6 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor. We recommend 2.0 gigahertz (32 bit or 64 bit). |
| Video | For VGA: Dual core 1.9 gigahertz (GHz) processor, or fasterFor High Definition: Qual core 2.0 gigahertz (GHz) processor, or faster
Display resolution: 1024 x 768 |
| Conferencing |
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| Graphics Hardware |
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| Telephony | Microphone and speakers, headset with microphone, or equivalent device(s). Recommended devices:
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| Video source | USB 2.0 video camera or Polycom CX5000 HD device (Microsoft RoundTable) |
The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Lync 2013.
Specific Lync Server 2013 requirements
| Component | Requirement |
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| Computer/ processor | Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, or equivalent |
| Memory (RAM) | 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM |
| Operating System | Windows, XP (32 bit), Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 |
| Video | Display with 1024 x 768 resolution |
| Graphics Hardware |
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Office Solution Management (Telemetry Dashboard)
Telemetry Dashboard is installed with Office Professional Plus 2013 and Office 365 ProPlus editions of Office 2013. The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Office Solution Management Telemetry Dashboard server.
Specific requirements for Telemetry Dashboard
| Component | Telemetry Dashboard Server Requirement |
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| Database | SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2012 |
| Shared folders | For every 10,000+ users, 11 gigabytes of disk space to act as a temporary store for telemetry data. |
The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of OneNote 2013.
Specific requirements for OneNote 2013
| Component | Requirement |
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| Internet |
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Outlook 2013
The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Outlook 2013.
Specific requirements for Outlook 2013
| Component | Requirement |
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| Internet |
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| For integration with Exchange | Be sure to connect Outlook 2013 to the supported versions of Exchange: Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, or Exchange Server 2013. Outlook 2013 is not supported on Exchange 2003. |
| For integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and Lync Server 2013 (optional) | Some features require Exchange Server 2013 and Lync Server 2013. |
| For integration with Microsoft Lync (optional) | Office Communicator 2007 R2, Microsoft Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 are supported with Outlook 2013. Office Communicator 2005 and Office Communicator 2007 are not supported. |
| Inking features | Certain inking features require Windows 7 or Windows 8. |
| Speech recognition | Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device |
| IRM | Information Rights Management features require access to a computer that runs Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 and Windows Rights Management Services. |
| Dynamic Calendars | Dynamic calendars require server connectivity. |
| Advanced | Certain advanced functionality requires connectivity to Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2010, or Windows Server 2003 with SP1 running Windows SharePoint Services. |
| Microsoft ID | Certain features require a Microsoft ID (Windows Live ID). |
The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Project Professional 2013.
Specific requirements for Project Professional 2013
| Component | Requirement |
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| Visual Reports | To use the Visual Reports feature one of the following versions of Excel must be installed on the computer:
and one of the following versions of Microsoft Office Visio:
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| Import Outlook Tasks feature | To use the Import Outlook Tasks feature, one of the following versions of Outlook must be installed on the computer:
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| SkyDrive integration | Users must have a Windows Live ID. |
| Project Professional in an Enterprise |
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The information in this table outlines additional requirements for specific components of Word 2013.
Specific requirements for Project Professional 2013
| Component | Requirement |
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| Co-authoring | Co-authoring requires SharePoint Foundation 2013 and a Windows Live ID account for SkyDrive. It might also require more memory than the amount listed in the Office 2013 for Personal Computers–standard system requirements table above. |
Change History
| Date | Description |
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| December 4, 2012 | Updated to state that MSI and Click-to-Run installations of Office 2013 require that Task Scheduler be enabled on the client computers and that attempts to install Office 2013 will fail if Task Scheduler is disabled. |
| July 16, 2012 | Initial publication |
