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Additional Microsoft software such as Visio, Project, Power BI, Power Automate and Teams audio conferencing may be procured from our partner Merlin by completing an EPIC order. Additional software licenses are required for these products.

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Review the instructions to request a Microsoft 365 product, and read the product descriptions and pricing details.

Instructions for requesting a Microsoft 365 product

  1. Please review Microsoft 365 product descriptions and pricing details to select the appropriate version of the tool you are looking for.
  2. Log in to EPIC to complete your purchase order.
  3. In the Comments field of the purchase request, include:
    • The name(s) of the licence assignees (this is required).
  4. Submit your order to licensing@merlin.mb.ca
  5. The IST Service Desk will receive notification of your order and will assign licences and arrange for software installation if required.

All subscription licences must be renewed annually prior to April 1. The purchaser will receive a reminder.

For support with using EPIC, contact the Aurora Finance Customer Service desk at Aurora_Finance@umanitoba.ca or 204-480-1001.

For questions regarding your licence or software installation, contact the IST Service Desk.

Microsoft 365 product descriptions and pricing details

Product category Product name Approx. annual cost Approx. monthly cost Type Product description
Visio Visio Online Plan 1 $15.93 per user/year $1.33 Cloud

Web app only.

  • Standard templates only.
  • Access and edit Visio files directly inside Teams.
  • For a detailed breakdown of features see Visio Plan 1.
  • Compare all Visio plans.
Visio Visio Online Plan 2 $34.85 per user/year $2.90 Cloud + desktop

Online and desktop apps, installed on up to 5 devices for the same user. Includes everything in Plan 1 plus more M365 integrations.

  • Export to Microsoft Flow or Word, Excel data visualizer, and PowerPoint slide snippets.
  • Connect diagrams to external data sources and embed Visio diagrams
    in Power BI.
  • For a detailed breakdown of features see Visio Plan 2.
  • Compare all Visio plans.
Visio Visio Professional 2019 $72.81 One-time purchase $72.81 Desktop

Installed on one Windows device. Licence is perpetual.

  • Create professional diagrams easily with ready-made templates and
    shapes.
  • Use your finger or pen to draw and make notes more naturally on touch-enabled devices.
  • For more information see Visio Professional 2019.
  • Compare all Visio plans. Note: An educational license for Visio Standard
    2019 is not available.
Project Project Online
Essentials		 Free Free Cloud

Project Online Essentials is an add-on subscription for customers who have Project Plan 3 or Project Plan 5 subscriptions. It gives team members a web
interface to perform task and time updates to projects managed in Project
Online.
Project Project Online Plan 3 $55.73 per user/year $4.64 Cloud + desktop

Online project management tool for project managers. Includes the Project Online desktop client, which can be installed on up to 5 devices.

  • Includes all features in Project Online Essentials plus Resource
    management.
  • For more information see Project Plan 3.
  • Compare all Project plans.
Project Project Online Plan 5 $162.90 per user/year $13.58 Cloud + desktop

Online project management tool for portfolio managers, with a desktop client
that can be installed on up to 5 devices.

  • Includes all features in Plan 3 plus Portfolio selection and optimization,
    Demand management and Enterprise resource planning and
    management.
  • For more information see Project Plan 5.
  • Compare all Project plans.
Project Project Professional 2019 $184.80 one-time purchase $184.80 Desktop

 A desktop-only project management solution. Installed on one device. License is
perpetual.

  • Compare all on-premises plans. Note: An educational license for Project
    Standard 2019 is not available.
Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing $25.99 per year $2.17 Cloud Adds a dial-in number to Teams meetings.
Microsoft 365 Power BI Pro  $33.21 per user/year $2.77 Cloud

Analytics tool. Provides a license to build, view and publish dashboards.

  • Create Power BI Pro workspaces.
  • Discover and interact with other users’ datasets, dashboards, and
    reports.
  • Share datasets, dashboards, and reports with other Power BI Pro users.
  • Use and collaborate on Power BI in Microsoft Teams.
  • Get intelligent and augmented analytics capabilities.
  • For more information see Power BI.
Microsoft 365 Power BI Premium $65.13 $5.43 (Approx.) Cloud

Same as Power BI Pro, plus advanced reporting features.

  • Adjust Power BI Premium licensing to fit your business needs – either
    individual access or per capacity to enable anyone inside your
    organization to view Power BI content.
  • Use prebuilt connectors for common services like Dynamics 365, Azure
    Synapse Analytics, Salesforce, Excel, and SharePoint.
Microsoft 365 Power Automate Per User $104.52 per user/year $8.71 Cloud

Gives one user the right to execute unlimited web flows with premium connectors to access beyond Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 Power Automate Per User with RPA $348.38 per user/year $29.93 Cloud

Same as Power Automate per User. Adds desktop automation using Robotic
Process Automation (RPA). Includes 5,000 AI Builder service credits per month.

Note: Unattended desktop flows are an additional cost.
Microsoft 365 Power Automate Per Flow $696.75 per user/year $58.06 Cloud

Unlimited users can execute up to 5 specific Power Automate Flows.

Power Automate per flow plan which enables organizations to implement flows
with reserved capacity that serve teams, department, or the entire organization
without having to license each end user. This plan starts at $500/month for 5
flows.

Note: RPA desktop flow not included. AI builder and unattended desktop flows
are an additional cost.
Microsoft 365 Power Apps Per App $69.69 per user/year $5.80 Cloud

Run one app per user. Allows a specific user access to two Power Apps and one
Power Apps portal.
Microsoft 365 Power Apps Per User $278.71 per user/year $23.22 Cloud

Run unlimited apps per user. Allows a specific user to access any number of
Power Apps and Power Apps portals.

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