Description
Stanford University has a license agreement with Microsoft that provides several Microsoft products, including Office Professional Plus, to faculty and staff with full-service SUNet IDs on university-owned computers.
Office Professional Plus applications include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, and Lync.
System requirements
- Operating system: Windows 7 and above
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Hard disk: 3.0 GB of available disk space
- See System requirements for Office for a complete list
Notes
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In order for Microsoft Office to activate with the campus licensing server, the computer needs to be connected the Stanford network locally or through the Stanford VPN during installation. To check whether you can connect to the Stanford licensing server, open a web browser and go su-kms.stanford.edu. If you see a welcome screen, your Office installation will activate. If Office does not activate on its own, try running the Office Activation Tool.
In order for your copy of Office to remain activate it must connect to the Stanford network at least once every 180 days. If you find your copy of Office has become deactivated, make sure you are connected to the Stanford network and run the Office Activation Tool. - The Essential Stanford Software installer deploys the 32-bit version of Office for computers running 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows. Microsoft recommends the 32-bit version of Office for most people because it's more compatible with most other applications, especially third-party add-ins. You may want to install the 64-bit version of Office if you work with very large Excel spreadsheets (larger than 2 GB). Contact your local IT support if you need the 64-bit version of Office.
- Students can download a copy of Office Professional Plus from the Software Licensing web store. They are allowed to keep the software after graduation
- Eligible faculty and staff can purchase one copy of either Office for Mac or Office Pro Plus for personal use at a greatly reduced price. Go to the Software Licensing web store, click the Microsoft tab at the top of the page, and then click Personal Machine Faculty/Staff. Use your personal credit card to complete the purchase.
- Stanford participates in Microsoft’s DreamSpark program. DreamSpark provides students and faculty access to numerous Microsoft developer and design tools, operating systems and more. The DreamSpark tools are for academic/classroom use only, not administrative use. The DreamSpark software is available from the Software Licensing web store.
- The IT Service Desk provides support for Office products on a "best effort" basis. Assistance with topics such as advanced Excel and PowerPoint operations and mail merge is not provided.
- Visit the Technology Training website to see current training opportunities (classroom training, one-on-one training, and online courses) for Microsoft Office products.
- Notes about Office 2016:
- If you downloaded Office 2013 from your webmail (Outlook on the web) account, you need to uninstall it before installing Office 2016 from ESS. To do so, go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and select Microsoft Office Professional Plus. Then click Uninstall.
- You cannot use the 32-bit version of Office Professional Plus 2016 if your computer is running any 64-bit Office programs, including Visio or Project.
- Notes about Office 2013:
- There is a known issue with advanced authentication (WebAuth) and OneDrive for Windows users who have Office 2013. You need to download the Office 2013 for Windows Tool in order for your desktop Office apps to sync with OneDrive and Office Online. Learn more
Download software
Install current version of Office
- Download Office Professional Plus 2013 (32-bit version; see Note above for more information)
- Download Office 2013 for Windows Tool for OneDrive
Install next version of Office
- Download Office Professional Plus 2016 (32-bit version; see Note above for more information)
