
Microsoft Office 2013 System Requirements. It must be noted that Microsoft Office 2013 works with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012. Needless to say, any hardware capable of running these operating systems is sufficient to run Office 2013. The basic requirements include the following. Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2013 64-Bit Edition. This update provides the latest fixes to Microsoft Office 2013 64-Bit Edition. Additionally, this update contains stability and performance improvements.

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- Download Latest Version. Office 2013 is Microsoft's desktop and cloud productivity suite. It's available as a stand alone desktop package or through Microsoft's Office 365 subscription model. It's various versions include the programs: Word 2013. PowerPoint 2013.
To enable modern authentication for any Windows devices that have Office 2013 installed, you need to set specific registry keys.
Enable modern authentication for Office 2013 clients
Note
Modern authentication is already enabled for Office 2016 clients, you do not need to set registry keys for Office 2016.
To enable modern authentication for any devices running Windows (for example on laptops and tablets), that have Microsoft Office 2013 installed, you need to set the following registry keys. The keys have to be set on each device that you want to enable for modern authentication:
Registry key | Type | Value |
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HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftOffice15.0CommonIdentityEnableADAL | REG_DWORD | 1 |
HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftOffice15.0CommonIdentityVersion | REG_DWORD | 1 |
Once you have set the registry keys, you can set Office 2013 devices apps to use multifactor authentication (MFA) with Microsoft 365.

If you're currently signed-in with any of the client apps, you need to sign out and sign back in for the change to take effect. Otherwise, the MRU and roaming settings will be unavailable until the ADAL identity is established.
Disable modern authentication on devices
To disable modern authentication on a device, set the following registry keys on the device:
Registry key | Type | Value |
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HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftOffice15.0CommonIdentityEnableADAL | REG_DWORD | 0 |

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