Microsoft Action Pack for Individuals?
Hi Folks
Hoping someone can help, I'm UK based and looking at the MS Action Pack for licensing my Lab (and using for my home "prod" stuff...). It seems very geared up to Businesses, everyone I've spoken to at work who uses it, is a contractor so runs it through their business. Does anyone know of a better legit licensing offer than the AP?
Also I'm assuming if I do use this, the cost of £350 does not include VAT? I've seen some "old" threads for huge discounts on pricing and they seemed to be fairly regular but none have appeared recently. Should I expect a heavy discount code anytime soon?
Thanks for any help!
Posted Jul 14, 2018, 7:57 PM UTC
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MSDN or Dev Essentials can get you started off pretty well. Its limited but paired with Azure free tier, you can get by without much spend so long as you adhere to the restrictions (VM sizing, quotas, etc).
Otherwise, the action pack isn't bad if you want to spend the money on it and can make use of it. The Azure credits alone can make the action pack well worth it.
Thanks! I'll have a gander at both.
The AP includes Exchange, and E3 licenses. Which would allow me to get rid of my personal Kerio Connect setup. Setup hybrid and actually have a much more business-like setup. (Rather than using local accounts in Kerio)
I run a pretty significant lab so for me running most stuff not in Azure isn't a problem
Well, the action pack benefits revolve around licenses and Azure credits. $475 sign up for $1200 in credits is great for your lab or to expand on it and create something you can turn into a business. Create an app, a web site, etc.
Good luck!
Aha I think the 1200 Azure is for ISV not the AP. The AP includes $100 - which I still think will be more than enough for me (If anything i'm more likely to use the free azure stuff)
Thanks for the luck :) I'm hoping someone pops up with a big discount code for AP!
$100 per month for azure usage