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Hi there,
I want to use PowerPivot in Excel 2013.
I read everywhere that I need Office Professional "Plus" 2013 but when I go shopping, all I can find is Office Professional 2013 (no "plus").
What is the difference between the 2 and more importantly, can I use PowerPivot through Office Professional 2013?
Thanks,
Sophie
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
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Office Pro Plus is a volume license version only available to qualifying persons, typically its obtained via an employer as HUP (Home Use Purchase)
If you find a Pro Plus version for sale on the net, its likely to be a pirate version
Bob, I had office 2013 Home & Business, and wanted to use PowerPivot as well, but couldn't. Given what I read at powerpivotpro.com, I purchased Excel 2013 standalone version given it's included. It was better than purchasing Office Pro Plus. For me to get it to work I had to uninstall Office 2013, then install Excel 2013. I enabled the PowerPivot add-in, then installed Office 2013. Everything is working fine.
I've found lots of offers for Office Pro 2013 Plus. Here is a Microsoft info page on that version:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/professional-plus/ The difference is in the content of the applications, the "Plus" version adds Plus, Access, Lync, and InfoPath to the Office Professional package.
I'm not sure you need the Plus version especially if your need deals primarily with using PowerPivot with Excel. Basically all of the versions of Excel are (pretty much) the same. They are definitely the same in Office Pro 2013 Excel and Office Pro Plus 2013.
However, the Plus tout page does offer this information about Excel in it:
"Scan spreadsheets for errors, hidden info, broken links, and inconsistencies using Inquire in Excel. View audit trail of changes in spreadsheets with Spreadsheet Compare."
I stand (partially) corrected - it is a volume license deal, but web searches do reveal sources for the volume license purchasing. It is also possible to obtain it, as you noted, through the HUP - one such offer to military and federal employee email addresses has it for a whopping $9.95!! ... the link
http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx
Another method of obtaining it is with a MSDN subscription.
All well and good, I move the previous question: how do you get Power Pivot for Excel *besides* acquiring Pro Plus if one is not eligible to purchase a legit instance of that SKU?