Windows VPS with Excel

arutha

Hi,

Can we rent a Windows VPS with Excel inside ? I can't find any

Thank you

rds100

Excel costs money and i doubt there is SPLA license for excel available. Why not open office instead of excel?

arutha

Because of macros :-(

concerto49

Office Starter Edition? I believe it's free.

Alex_LiquidHost

Windows VPS with trial office license?

@concerto49 said: Office Starter Edition? I believe it's free.

Nothing from MS is free :)

Randy

@arutha said: Hi,

Can we rent a Windows VPS with Excel inside ? I can't find any

Thank you

No, there is none :)

Maounique

Well, nobody stops you from installing your own licence there, after all, VPS providers give the machine and OS, apps is the user business to install or remove services that they don't need. if you only need to view Excel files, use viewer, it is free and should support macros. M

klikli

@concerto49 said: Office Starter Edition? I believe it's free.

In fact it's only available to OEM's and there's a cost for them. (There has been a leak before, though)

exussum

Or open office ?

Maounique

@exussum said: Or open office ?

OO doesnt handle macros the way ms office does. M

joodle

check out desktone

exussum

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/#VBA_Support

Im not sure what the macros are. Basic ones work well though. Pretty much all macros from the recording work

Gallus

How about Microsoft Office 365? You can pay per month and it allows working online.

arutha

It is financial macros with connection to Bloomberg, it won't work with OpenOffice or Office 365

Thanks for your help. I'll download Excel and install it. I had to buy it first I guess...

Maounique

Or use trial 60 days i think. M

Kenshin

SPLA pricing for Office Standard (1 user) is under US$20, might make more sense just to buy a retail version if you need this long term, otherwise a provider under SPLA licencing should be able to help you get a monthly licence.

pcan

You can rent Office professional plus 2010 directly from Microsoft site. Open the office365 web site and go to the price list. Click on the product selector menu and select Online services / office professional plus. Go ahead with the purchase (credit card required) and wait for the activation email. Open the activation email, go to the Office 365 control panel, select the install section, download the Office setup. You can also subscribe a more expensive Office 365 E3 plan: it includes the Office 2010 download. I actually selected the E3 plan; free trial is available. This special license enables you to install Office 2010 on a maximum of five devices.

The provider supplied SPLA license is the other option: ask for a quote to the provider and compare the price. It is a simpler solution that does not require to open a subscription, but the SPLA license is bound to your VPS.

ErawanArifNugroho

Insteal of Microsoft Excel, we can use OpenOffice from Openoffice.org. It's free and having interface and function almost like Ms. Excel

tommy

ts mention oo has problem with macro so oo out. lol

purchase windows vps and setup trial version of microsost office.