Microsoft Office 365 Transition Checklist

You’ve already experienced the power of Microsoft Online Services and Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite. In 2011, the next wave of online services - Microsoft Office 365 - will be available. This exciting update will bring you additional business-class features, cloud control and efficiency, and reliability that you have come to expect from Microsoft.

The following is a Transition Checklist to get ready for Microsoft Office 365.

Start learning about new features in Office 365

Understand new Office 365 offerings

Understand Office 365 system requirements

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit can help systematically inventory end-user computers for quick assessment

Start learning about Lync Online and how the conferencing experience will change with the transition from Live Meeting to Lync Online

System Requirements

Operating System Requirements
- Windows XP SP3
- Windows XP Home is supported but will not support federated identity
- Windows Media Center edition is supported but will not support federated identity
- Windows Vista SP2
- Windows 7
- Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Office Client Requirements
- Office 2007 SP2 or Office 2010
- Office 2008 for Mac & Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition
- Office 2011 for Mac and Outlook 2011 for Mac
- .NET 2.0 or later
- Lync 2010
- Communicator for Mac
New Downloads
- A service connector application that will replace the Sign in application. The download will be available in the coming months.
Browser Requirements – Administration Center and My Company Portal
- Internet Explorer 7 or above
- Firefox 3.x
- Safari 4.x
Browser Requirements – Outlook Web App
- Internet Explorer 7 or above
- Firefox 3 or higher
- Safari 3 or higher on Macintosh OS X 10.5
- Chrome 3 and later versions
- Outlook Web App also has a light version that supports a reduced set of features across almost any browser