2007 Microsoft Office Release System Requirements
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System Requirements Overview
We have not set final system requirements or completed performance optimization for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. We highly recommend you evaluate your computer before installing 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 to verify your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements.
When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2003 to the 2007 release you should not need to upgrade your hardware, although you may need to upgrade to a supported operating system. When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP to the 2007 release you will need to ensure that your hardware and operating system meet the minimum 2007 Microsoft Office system requirements.
Upon installing the Beta, beta testers may experience problems with 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 products that could potentially result in loss, corruption, or destruction of existing data. It is strongly recommended that you confirm that you have the original Microsoft Office 2003 Media (CDs) before proceeding with the 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 installation, in case you need to revert to Microsoft Office 2003.
Note 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 programs are supported on Windows Vista Beta 2 (when available), and not earlier versions of Windows Vista.
The 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 programs client is a 32-bit application and runs on a Windows 64-bit platform (Windows XP and Windows Server 2003) via WOW64. Online Product Activation is required, check your packaging or e-mail receipt for the activation key. Phone activation not supported.
Announcement We are thrilled with the incredible excitement around the upcoming 2007 Microsoft Office system as evident by nearly 3 million people using the Beta 2 since its release two months ago. Having exceeded our Beta 2 technical participation goals we are now offering this on a cost recovery basis for future downloads of Beta 2. We continue to offer the 2007 Office system Beta 2 orderable by mail, by download, or you may take the test drive.
2007 Microsoft Office System Programs and Suites
For 2007 Microsoft Office system programs including Access, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, SharePoint Designer, Visio, and Word, you will need:
| Component | Requirement |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2 or later or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (or higher) required |
Computer and processor | 500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher; 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher; DVD drive; 1 gigahertz (GHz) and 512 MB of RAM or higher is required to run Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager |
Hard disk | 2 gigabyte (GB) necessary for install; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive |
Monitor resolution | Minimum 800x600; 1024x768 or higher recommended |
Internet connection | Broadband connection, 128 kilobits per second (Kbps) or greater, for download and activation of products |
Additional components | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later required for Outlook 2007 users. To install Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, you will need to first install Outlook 2007 |
Note The 2007 Microsoft Office suites including Office Basic 2007, Office Home and Student 2007, Office Standard 2007, Office Small Business 2007, Office Professional 2007, Office Ultimate 2007, Office Professional Plus 2007, and Office Enterprise 2007 will have similar requirements.
Refer to the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Product Guide for details on the system requirements for the EPM Solution which includes Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Web Access, Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Web Access.
Installation Notes for Microsoft Office Groove 2007
| • | Installing Office Groove 2007 will upgrade your Groove account. |
| • | No support exists for downgrading or reverting to a previous version of your Groove account after the upgrade process has started. |
| • | Each computer will need to be upgraded to Office Groove 2007 to run Groove accounts on multiple computers. |
| • | Review the readme document for further information on Office Groove 2007 before upgrading your account. |
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2007 Microsoft Office System Servers
Note Servers require higher system memory and supporting software than are required with programs.
Microsoft Office system servers and Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 will be supported on the June 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP) build of the upcoming version of Microsoft Windows Server, code-named "Longhorn."
Refer to the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Product Guide for details on the system requirements for the EPM Solution which includes Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Web Access, Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Web Access.
| Component | Requirement |
Operating system | Windows Server 2003 SP1; supports 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 |
Single box installation | Server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz; RAM capacity minimum of 1 GB, 3 GB recommended; disk space: up to 2 GB for installation; 5 GB or more of free disk space minimum |
Farm deployment | Web server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz, minimum 2 GB of RAM; application server with dual processors of at least 2.5 GHz, minimum 2 GB of RAM; Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a (or later) or SQL Server 2005 with dual processors of at least 2.5 GHz, minimum 2 GB of RAM |
Internet connection | Broadband connection, 128 Kbps or greater, for download and activation of products |
Additional components | Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs |
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
Windows SharePoint Services is a technology in Windows Server 2003 that works well together with the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
| Component | Requirement |
Operating system | Windows Server 2003 SP1; Windows Server 2003 x64; Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0; Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with common files, Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 2.2, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service, World Wide Web service |
Single box installation | Server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz; RAM capacity of 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended; disk space up to 2 GB for installation minimum, 5 GB or more minimum |
Farm deployment | Web server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz and minimum RAM of 2 GB; application server with dual processors of at least 2.5 GHz and 2 GB RAM minimum; SQL Server 2000 SP3 (or later) or SQL 2005 system with dual processors of 2.5 GHz and 2 GB RAM minimum |
Internet connection | Broadband connection, 128k bps or greater, for download and activation of products |
Additional components | Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs |
Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 Groove Manager
| Component | Requirement |
Operating system | Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP1 |
Processor | Server computer with 64-bit processor supporting AMD64 or Intel EM64T architectures only; processor speed of 2.0GHz or higher, 2 GB of RAM minimum |
Hard disk | 40 GB RAID disk array |
Internet connection | Broadband connection, 128 Kbps or greater, for download and activation of products |
Additional components | Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs and JavaScript, cookies, and forms enabled; SQL Server 2000 or later; Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 Groove Relay or Microsoft Office Groove Enterprise Services required; IIS 6.0 for Windows Server 2003; SMTP virtual server; Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, including ASP.NET; LDAP 3.0-based software for directory integration (optional) |
Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 Groove Relay
| Component | Requirement |
Operating system | Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP1 |
Processor | Server computer with 64-bit processor supporting AMD64 or Intel EM64T instruction set; processor speed of 1.8GHz or higher (AMD) or 2.4 GHz or higher (Intel); single processor dual core configuration is supported; dual processor configuration is recommended |
Memory | Computer RAM requires 4 GB minimum; 8 GB recommended; larger amounts of memory (greater than 8 GB) may be helpful when supporting large numbers of users |
Hard disk | System volume: 40 GB minimum, 73 GB recommended (for operating system and the Groove Relay application); data volume: 250 GB minimum, 350 GB recommended; local small computer system interface (SCSI) attached storage; disk rotational speed: 10Krpm minimum; 15Krpm recommended |
Internet connection | Broadband connection, 128 Kbps or greater, for download and activation of products |
Additional components | Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs; Office Groove Server 2007 Groove Manager |
Other | System volume: volume cluster size: 4 kilobyte (KB) (4096 bytes) for both the system volume and the data volume; volume format: NTFS file system (NTFS) is required; RAID controller: high-performance hardware-based caching controller with 64 MB of read cache minimum, write caching controller with battery backup and 128 MB or more of read/write cache minimum; disk subsystem performance: the disk subsystem for the data volume must support a write throughput of 200 KB/second as measured by the provided DBWriteTest tool, see the Groove Relay Administrator's Guide for information on running DBWriteTest; compressed and network volumes are not supported for the Groove Relay installation or data directories |
Note The following services and applications cannot be installed on the same operating system instance as the Groove Relay: Groove Manager, Groove Data Bridge, IIS (or other Web servers or applications listening on port 80), Active Directory, Office Groove 2007 (or prior versions of Groove), other Microsoft Office servers, and Windows SharePoint Services.
Online backup utilities and services that back up files while they are open for reading or writing in the Groove Relay installation or data directories are not supported.
Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 Groove Data Bridge
| Component | Requirement |
Operating system | Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP1 |
Processor | Server computer with 64-bit processor supporting AMD64 or Intel EM64T architectures; processor speed of 3.0GHz or higher, 3 GB of RAM minimum |
Hard disk | Minimum 400 GB |
Internet connection | Broadband connection, 128 Kbps or greater, for download and activation of products |
Additional components | Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs; Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0; IIS 6.0; ASP.NET 2.0; Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation 3.0; ASP.NET Web services extensions must be enabled in IIS |
Beta Software Notice
| • | Registration is required for participation. |
| • | It is strongly recommended that you back up your existing data before you install and run this software. |
| • | 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 is for evaluation and planning purposes only. |
| • | Beta software does not necessarily display the same high level of stability of shipped Microsoft products. |
| • | Beta testers may experience problems with 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 products that could potentially result in loss, corruption, or destruction of existing data. |
| • | This beta testing release is not appropriate for production use. |
| • | Beta code is offered "as is," and does not include technical support. |
| • | All 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 software has an expiration date of February 1, 2007. After expiration, 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 will continue to work in a reduced functionality mode that limits your options and operations. |
| • | Many organizations have policies prohibiting unauthorized software installation on company-owned computers. Make sure you check with your IT department before downloading and installing 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 on your computer at work. |
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