With the Home Use Program benefit through Software Assurance, your organization can help improve employee productivity, reduce IT burden, and promote job satisfaction.
Eligible employees can obtain a licensed copy of most 2007 Microsoft Office system desktop programs to install and use on a home computer. Employees pay only for media (CDs), shipping, and handling.
The Home Use Program can help:
Increase employee efficiency. Using the same Microsoft Office system software at home and at work develops employee familiarity with the programs.
Reduce your IT burden. Home Use Program customers have found that there are fewer help-desk calls and lower deployment costs when employees have the opportunity to improve their software skills at home.
Enhance employee job satisfaction. The Home Use Program supports flexible work and commute options while also providing employees with significant savings on software.
Offering the Home Use Program benefit to your employees is easy. Follow the instructions outlined on the Activate tab and then provide the program code to eligible employees so they can order directly from the Home Use Program Web site.
Customer Success Stories
See what customers are saying about the Home Use Program benefit.
"Almost daily I hear from staff members wanting to try Office 2007 at home."
Dermot Delaney, Software Assurance Program Administrator, HOK | Read full story
"By taking the new [Microsoft Office] version home and learning about all the productivity enhancements...employees are now better prepared to use the new version at work. And we save money on training."
Matthew Doyle, Chief Operating Officer, McGrathNicol | Read full story
"I receive e-mail almost daily from employees wanting to take part in the program, and those who do so get used to the user interface that much faster."
Drew Lancaster, IT Support Manager, PerkinElmer | Read full story
For each Office Application License covered by Software Assurance, the user of the licensed software is entitled to one copy of the corresponding program for use at home.
The following Volume Licensing programs are eligible for this benefit:
Open License
Open Value
Open Value Company-wide
Open Value Subscription
Select License
Select Plus
Select License Software Assurance Membership
Select Plus Software Assurance Membership
Enterprise Agreement
Enterprise Subscription Agreement
Campus Agreement
School Agreement
The following table shows the Microsoft Office system desktop products that qualify your organization for participation in the Home Use Program.
Microsoft Office system desktop products that qualify your organization for participation in the Home Use ProgramQualifying desktop products | Corresponding Home Use Program (HUP) license
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Office Standard 2007 Office Professional Plus 2007 Office Enterprise 2007 Office Small Business 2007 Office for Mac 2008 | Office Enterprise 2007 HUP or Office for Mac 2004 or Office for Mac 2008 |
Office Access 2007 Office Excel 2007 Office InfoPath 2007 Office OneNote 2007 Office PowerPoint 2007 Office Publisher 2007 Office Word 2007 | Office Enterprise 2007 HUP or Office for Mac 2004 or Office for Mac 2008 |
Office Visio Standard 2007 Office Visio Professional 2007 | Office Visio Professional 2007 HUP |
Office Project Standard 2007 Office Project Professional 2007 | Office Project Standard 2007 HUP |
Note: The list of qualifying desktop products is subject to change at any time without notice and varies by region, offering, and language. Campus and School customers should refer to their agreements (3.5 or greater) for additional program-specific rules.
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 Home Use Program.
On the next screen, review the Terms and Conditions, then enter your name and click "I Accept" to accept.
To begin using the Home Use Program benefit, you must first provide your contact information and your organizational domain(s) to ensure authorized use of these benefits. You will receive an e-mail with the Program code and a link to the Home Use 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.
