Microsoft Outlook - Cheapest Option for Testing

[juro]

I build custom emails for my client (part of a much bigger project). As Outlook has a very ... erm ... eclectic interpretation of formatting, I need to test these on Outlook. I have tried the browser based free version, but that (obviously) does not have the same limitation.

So where/how can I get a cost effective copy of Outlook?

P.s. I am NOT looking for a pirated version or any of those. The cheapest version I found on their site is over R2000 ...

 

[acidrain]

Well M365 personal is R99 odd a month. Just subscribe, do testing and cancel after.

 

[Arthur]

Paying for illegal software is sad. Just pirate it

Idiot advice.

 

[juro]

Yeah, sorry, I didn't see that option, as it was forwarding me to the business version ...
Thanks to everyone for contributing.

 

[acidrain]

Paying for illegal software is sad. Just pirate it

Huh? Would be very awkward if Microsoft is selling illegal software of their own stuff.

 

[Mike Angelo]

Contact @i-Tech Solutions He has good deals on Office and Windows keys. All are legit.

 

[acidrain]

Home use only. The use case is commercial. That license isn't worth the ePaper it's printed on if you use it for business.
Just because you can download and install it, doesn't make it legal...
Just like the many "retail" keys being sold on this forum... you're paying for illegal software effectively... IMO that does more damage than just downloading it and installing it illegally.

Their terms state otherwise.

f.Noncommercial Use. The noncommercial use restriction in the Microsoft Services Agreement does not apply to Microsoft 365 Personal Subscriptions or Microsoft 365 Family Subscriptions.

 

[Arthur]

You lost me. It wasn't advice. It was a sarcastic comment about paying for software and using it illegally.

Ah. I read it the other way. Apols for that. My comment withdrawn.

 

[cavedog]

What is this advice in this thread???

Just signup for the Office 365 Dev program.

Developer Program | Microsoft 365 Dev Center

Start developing on the Microsoft 365 platform today! Join the Developer Program to get a free instant sandbox and sample data packs including Teams.

developer.microsoft.com

It's free. It gives you full access to all online and offline office365 apps on a 90 day renewable sub.

 

[cavedog]

90 day renewable FREE sub?
E5 is R640 pm... So why would a free sub be renewable?

*Edit* ah... I see, it's for an independent sandbox environment separate from your production environment...
Nice. I knew VS and SQL came in Dev flavours but I recall having to pay to join MSDN.

Set up a Microsoft 365 developer sandbox subscription

Set up a Microsoft 365 developer subscription for building solutions independent of your production environment.

learn.microsoft.com

...independent of your production environment. Your developer program membership, which you join as a regular member or through Visual Studio enterprise, includes a Microsoft 365 E5 developer sandbox subscription with 25 user licenses. It lasts for 90 days and is free to use for development purposes (coding solutions) only. Commercial transactions, including purchasing paid services, are not supported.

Question @cavedog does this process involve getting keys for installations? Out of curiosity...

It's an online license for the apps so they need to be linked to a user that holds the license. I don't believe you get keys.

I have my account since 2021/05 and it's still auto renewing.