This is my Holiday Shopping guide for Cloud Newbies. This is guide with Pricing plans for Office 365, Office 2016 plans, Power BI and Microsoft PowerApps

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2. Who am I?
I am Isha Kapoor, a SharePoint MVP, Author, Trainer and founder of a
rapidly growing SharePoint Website www.learningsharepoint.com/
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3. Get Azure Account
Try the below options to buy an Azure Account.
Azure Free One-Month Trial - Sign up with your Microsoft Account to get $250 of FREE Credit to
spend on all Azure services. Try it @ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
MSDN Subscription - You can buy the MSDN Subscription which has countless benefits. In
addition to multiple Microsoft Softwares, MSDN Subscribers also get up $150- $190 in Azure
Credits. Buy MSDN Subscription Here.
Bisspark - If you are a young start-up business, you can sign up for Bisspark to get access to
Software that you can use for Development and Testing. Also, it gives you Free $150/month in
Azure Credits. Sign up for BizSpark programme @ www.bizspark.com and follow the instructions.
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4. Get Office 365 ProPlus
What is Included? Office 365 ProPlus is the version of Office that comes with many Office 365
plans. It includes Access, Excel, InfoPath, Lync, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and
Word.
Office 365 ProPlus Subscription includes latest tools for productivity, collaboration, compliance, and
BI along with the new Office 2016 apps for your PC and Mac.
Why buy ProPlus Subscription? If you do not have an Office or if you want to publish your Office
applications to be used in Windows, MAC or other Virtual environments, Office ProPlus is an
affordable option. See Pricing Plans Here
Why use Office 365 ProPlus in Azure - You can us the inbuilt Office 365 ProPlus Template to
publish selective Office apps to different clients including Azure VMs, Mac PCs, iOS devices etc.
For more info Azure to Create a RemoteApp. See details Here
Need more with your Office 365? Check out the next option.
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5. Buy Office 365 Plan
Why buy the Cloud? In addition to a mailbox, SharePoint Online Site, Skype and Office you also
get :
 OneDrive for Business - Users will get Unlimited OneDrive for Business Storage if they have
more than 5 licenses with Office 365 Enterprise E3, E4 and E5, Office 365 Government E3, E4
and E5, Office 365 Education and OneDrive for Business Plan 2 and SharePoint Online Plan 2.
 Delve - With SharePoint 2016 getting released in early 2016, the recommended User Profile
Page for a user (on on-premises or Cloud) is the Delve Page. Delve is an app available in Office
365.
 Improve Search Performance - Currently in Preview, Cloud Hybrid Search can help in
Indexing on-premises Content from SharePoint in Office 365.
Other Cool features like Compliance Center, Office 365 Groups and Office 365 exclusive Apps
provides advanced collaboration features and full IT power to otherwise On-prem users.
Check out the Office 365 Pricing Plans and our own Office 365 Articles
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6. Shop for Power BI
What is Power BI? It’s a Analytics solutions for an organization. Basically, it gives you a Free-form
drag-and-drop canvas, a broad range of modern data visualizations, and an easy-to-use report
authoring experience.
Watch the Power BI Introduction Video
Why buy the Power BI? The desktop version is actually free, but if you are out shopping already,
try the Power BI Pro that will allow you to represent data from Office 365 Groups in Power BI. Check
out the Power BI Pricing Plans
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7. Sign-up for PowerApps
What are PowerApps? PowerApps makes it easy to quickly create new apps, connect your systems
and share apps with anyone on your team. With PowerApps, for Collaboration users, SharePoint On-
perm and Office 365 data can now be exposed as Apps in a very secure way.
Availability - PowerApps was released as a preview on November 30th 2015 and is now available to
a limited set of Customers Only. Any new access is currently Invitation only. Go to the Website Here
and request for the access.
Why Use PowerApps? PowerApps provides an easy to use designer to build “no-code” apps to
potentially build business forms or alike, for using business data all from within the Mobile Apps.
Reference - http://www.PowerApps.com public facing website.
See the Pricing and Plans Here
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8. You’re all set
for the holiday
Season.
Happy
Holidays!!!
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