Windows 10 Enterprise Edition 64-bit (or 32-bit) Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition 32-bit (or 64-bit) Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese or Windows 7 Enterprise Edition 32-bit Service Pack 1 with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Multilingual User Interface*
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2. Office Suite
Office 365 ProPlus
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
Office 2013 Professional Plus 32-bit Edition Server Pack 1 Multilingual User Interface with Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
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3. Document Exchange
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
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4. E-mail
Outlook of Office 365 ProPlus
Outlook 2019
Outlook 2016
Outlook 2013
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5. Scheduling
Outlook of Office 365 ProPlus
Outlook 2019
Outlook 2016
Outlook 2013
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6. Web Browser
Microsoft Edge
Chrome or Internet Explorer 11
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7. Web Browser add-on
Windows Media Player 12, Adobe Flash Player 20, Shockwave Player 12, VLC media player 3.0.6
Microsoft will end the support for Windows 7 on 14 Jan 2020.
Adobe will end the support for Adobe Flash Player by the end of 2020.
Item 11 is required only for users who need to use the software.
Notes on the selection of University Software Standards:
For all software
Both Chinese and English versions are recommended depending on the actual needs of the departments/units.
Departments/Units are recommended to watch out for the securities patches/software updates provided by the vendors and install the critical patches when necessary. ITSC will also notify departmental LAN administrators about the critical updates of various software.
For Electronic Filing – To read PDF documents, departments/units are recommended to install the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which can be downloaded from Adobe website. Users need to create PDF document could purchase Adobe Acrobat DC.
For Chinese Character Set – ITSC is implementing a Supplementary Chinese Character Set for the University so that our specially created Chinese characters would be displayed correctly.
For the software compatibility with the following campus wide applications, please refer to Tips and Getting Started guide at: