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Effective from: Mar 2022
Last Review: Mar 2022
Category | Recommended Software Standard | Acceptable Software | Software under consideration |
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1. Operating System | Windows 10 Enterprise Edition 64-bit Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese (Build Number within 18 months) | Windows 11
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition 32-bit (or 64-bit) Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese |
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2. Office Suite | Office 365 ProPlus | Office 2021 LTSC Professional Plus (Long Term Servicing Channel) with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
Office 2019 Professional Plus 64-bit (or 32 bit) Edition Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Office 2016 Professional Plus 32-bit (or 64 bit) Edition Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese |
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3. Document Exchange | Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | — | — |
4. E-mail | Outlook of Office 365 ProPlus | Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016 |
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5. Scheduling | Outlook of Office 365 ProPlus | Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016 |
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6. Web Browser* | New Microsoft Edge | Chrome Internet Explorer 11 [NB: IE 11 is deprecated, and will become end of support by 15 June 2022, it is highly discouraged to use.] |
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7. Anti-virus | Kaspersky Total Security for Windows | Windows Defender Antivirus (Pre-installed service with Windows 11, 10 and 8.1) | — |
8. File Compression | WinRAR latest version [NB: ZIP file format is still recommended] | — | — |
9. Secured Shell | PuTTY , WinSCP latest version* | — | — |
10. Protecting digital information, Data Encryption for USB removable storage devices; and full-disk encryption for laptops | Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) unified labeling client | Microsoft BitLocker* Microsoft BitLocker To Go* |
*Remark:
Notes on the selection of University Software Standards:
Cookie | Duration | Description |
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |