System requirements

Microsoft Bing Ads Editor v11 is a program that can be used on any PC or Mac computer that meets certain requirements.

Here are the requirements for downloading Bing Ads Editor on PC systems:

Component	Requirement
Operating system	Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), or Windows Vista SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Processor	1 gigahertz (GHz) Pentium processor or equivalent (minimum); 2 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent (recommended)
Memory	2 GB of RAM (minimum), 4 GB (recommended)
Available hard-disk space	6 GB (minimum), 10 GB (recommended)
Display	1024 x 768 high color, 32-bit
Internet connection	DSL/Cable broadband Internet access required during installation and for subsequent exchanges of data with Bing Ads.
Software	Windows Installer 4.5 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express (on Windows XP SP3) Framework 4.0

Here are the requirements for downloading Bing Ads Editor on Mac systems:

Component	Requirement
Operating system	OS X El Capitan (minimum) Learn more
Operating system version	10.11
Memory	2 GB (minimum), at least 4 GB (recommended)
Storage space	8.8 GB (minimum), at least 20 GB (recommended)
Internet connection	An Internet connection is required to get or post changes from your online account
Software	Microsoft Excel (recommended)

Other requirements

This program is not compatible with Microsoft Excel 2007 (.xlsx files). A future upgrade will enable compatibility with this file type. Meanwhile, you can import data from Excel 2007 files by first saving the data in one of the following formats:
- Comma-separated values (CSV) file (.csv file extension)
- Excel 97-2003 Workbook file (.xls file extension)