Office application and feature availability in Government plans

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The following Office applications are available in the government clouds; however, some cloud-based capabilities may not be currently available, as indicated in the table.

Application/feature Accessibility feature GCC GCC High DOD
Microsoft Excel is fully available in the government clouds except the following features, which aren't available at this time:
3D embedded animations and 3D models Yes No No No
Analyze Data (Ideas) Yes No No No
Charts: sunburst treemap, waterfall, histogram, maps, timeline, funnel No No No
Contextual chat with co-authors: chat with co-authors within the document No No No
Data types No No No
Flash fill No No No
Improved integration with Power BI (Power BI Data Types, Power BI Datasets) Yes3 Yes3 Yes3
In-application search for online templates No No No
Intelligent Digital Ink No No No
Office Scripts Yes No No
Smart Lookup Yes No No No
Microsoft Forms is fully available in the government clouds except the following features, which aren't available at this time: GCC GCC High DOD
Customer Voice (Forms Pro) Yes No No
Email notification No1 No1 No
External sharing4 Yes No No
Insert a picture Yes5 Yes5 Yes5
Insert a video No1 No1 No
Math No1 No1 No
Office integration No1 No1 No
Microsoft OneNote is fully available in the government clouds except the following features, which aren't available at this time: GCC GCC High DOD
Researcher Yes No No No
Intelligent Digital Ink Yes No No No
Send Email to OneNote (me@onenote.com) Yes No No No
Web Clipper No No No
Microsoft Outlook is fully available in the government clouds except the following features, which aren't available in all Government Clouds as indicated in the table. GCC GCC High DOD
Office sounds (some) Yes No No No
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) disabled by default No No No
Dictation Yes Yes Yes No1
Microsoft PowerPoint is fully available in the government clouds except the following features, which aren't available in all Government Clouds as indicated in the table. GCC GCC High DOD
Map charts Yes No No
Dictation Yes Yes Yes No1
In-application search for online templates No No No
Intelligent Digital Ink Yes No No No
Immersive Reader Yes No No No
Live captions and subtitles Yes Yes Yes No
Live Presentations Yes No No No
Presenter Coach Yes No No No
Smart Lookup No No No
Reuse slides No No No
Microsoft Whiteboard in government clouds is currently only available on Hub clients, and not on the desktop. GCC2 GCC High2 DOD2
Accessibility checker Yes No No No
Board gallery of whiteboards, including shared with you Yes Yes* No
Convert image to ink Yes Yes2 No Yes2
Dynamic templates (KANBAN, SWOT, and so on) Yes No No No
Ink beautification Yes No No No
Insert sticky notes, text, and images Yes2 Yes2 Yes2
Real-time presence Yes Yes Yes No
Reactions on content Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft Word is fully available in the government clouds except the following features, which aren't available in all Government Clouds as indicated in the table. GCC GCC High DOD
3D models No No No
3D embedded animations No No No
Contextual chat with co-authors: chat with co-authors within the document No No No
Dictation Yes Yes Yes No1
In-application search for online templates No No No
Intelligent Digital Ink Yes No No No
Map charts No No No
Office sounds No No No
Researcher Yes No No No
Skype for Business integration with sharing No No No
Smart Lookup Yes No No No
Tap No No No
Translation Yes6 Yes6 Yes6
Version history Yes No No No

1 Availability forthcoming.
2 Availability on local Surface Hub (not signed in).
3 Excel/Power BI cloud connected features (i.e., PivotTables connected to Power BI datasets) are supported for customers with Power BI Free, Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) licenses. Learn more about Power BI licenses for business users.
4 External sharing is available for the GCC environment and disabled for GCC High and DOD environments (users within your organization may complete a form and submit responses, duplicate and share a form as a template, co-author or collaborate on a form, and access form results). Learn more about how to turn off or turn on Microsoft Forms for your organization.
5 Inserting an image with the Bing Image Search feature is disabled for the GCC/GCCH/DOD environment.
6 Word, Excel PowerPoint Windows client only, not web, MacOS, iOS or Android.
* In Teams/web and Windows/Hub client.

For feature availability for Microsoft Teams within GCC/GCC High/DoD, visit the Microsoft Teams service description.