The Microsoft Employee Purchase Program benefit gives your employees reduced rates on some of the most popular Microsoft productivity, operating system, and entertainment products including Microsoft Office and Windows software.
Use the Employee Purchase Program to help your organization:
Boost morale
Enhance employee loyalty
Update on Windows 7: Several Windows 7 products are expected to become available on the Employee Purchase Program Web site during December 2009.
Note: Products available for purchase vary region to region. Microsoft Software License Terms for software products acquired through the Employee Purchase Program benefit are between Microsoft and the individual employee. See the "Activate" tab for details.
You can extend access to this benefit throughout your organization.
The following Volume Licensing programs are eligible for this benefit:
Open Value
Open Value Company-Wide/Subscription
Select License with Software Assurance Membership
Select Plus with Software Assurance Membership
Enterprise Agreement/Subscription
Steps for the Notices Contact:
Sign the Microsoft Volume License Agreement.
Microsoft will send you a welcome e-mail message that introduces you to Microsoft Volume License Services (MVLS).
Go to the Microsoft Volume License Services Web site.
Click the Sign In button. On the next screen, enter your Windows Live ID credentials. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign Up Now and follow the instructions on your screen to obtain an ID.
Create an MVLS account.
Assign a Benefits Administrator(s) to manage Software Assurance benefits (see table above for suggestions as to who in your organization to designate). Microsoft will send a welcome e-mail message to the Benefits Administrator(s).
After the Benefits Administrator(s) registers on MVLS, assign permissions to manage specific Software Assurance benefits.
Steps for the Benefits Administrator:
Ensure that you have administrative rights to activate this benefit, or contact your Notices Contact.
Go to the Microsoft Volume License Services Web site.
Click the Sign In button. On the next screen, enter your Windows Live ID credentials. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign Up Now and follow the instructions on your screen to obtain an ID.
Click on the Software Assurance link. This will take you to the Software Assurance Benefits Summary page.
Click on Employee Purchase Program.
On the next screen, review the Terms and Conditions, then enter your name and click "I Accept" to accept.
To begin using the Employee Purchase Program benefit, you must first provide your contact information and eligible domains within your organization to ensure authorized use of these benefits. You will receive an e-mail with the Program code and a link to the Employee Purchase Program order Web site. You may distribute this to your employees.
Promote this benefit to Human Resources and department managers. Refer to the Promote section for more information.
