Run like a business, Microsoft's employee giving program has redefined how people can harmonize their careers and their instincts to do good. Innovation At the largest private hackathon on the planet, Microsoft employees fire up ideas by the thousands. Sep 30, 2019 Microsoft Office Home Use Program (HUP) I am trying to purchase Microsoft Office through the Home Use Program (HUP), but the confirmation link sends me to a page where Microsoft Project and Visio is only available. I clicked on a link to direct me to Office 2016 and again it only shows the 2016 version for Microsoft Project and Visio.
Top questions 1. Sign Up: Visit the Microsoft Home Use Program page. Enter your corporate email address. Confirm: If you are eligible, an email will be sent to your corporate email address inbox. Sign In: Once your eligibility is confirmed and you register for the program with your.
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Microsoft quietly has made a change to its Home Use Program (HUP) for its Software Assurance business customers. As some had expected when the company began revamping the HUP benefit earlier this year, Microsoft is dropping the ability to buy the non-subscription version of Office for a steeply discounted price. Microsoft instead is offering HUP customers the ability to buy Office 365 Home or Personal at a discount for home use.
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In an updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document about the program, Microsoft now notes:
'Microsoft is updating the Home Use Program to offer discounts on the latest and most up to date products such as Office 365, which is always up to date with premium versions of Office apps across all your devices. Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office Home and Business 2019 are no longer available as Home Use Program offers.'
'Microsoft is updating the Home Use Program to offer discounts on the latest and most up to date products such as Office 365, which is always up to date with premium versions of Office apps across all your devices. Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office Home and Business 2019 are no longer available as Home Use Program offers.'
Up until this change was made as part of the July product terms, HUP Office benefit allowed Software Assurance customers to buy Office 365 ProPlus (which is the core set of Office apps for Windows, made available via an Office 365 subscription) or Office Professional Plus 2019/Office Home and Business 2019 (the non-subscription versions of Office for Windows/Mac for small-business users) for a discount. The discounted price for U.S. users was $14.99 for either of these options.
The updated HUP for Office option enables business users to purchase Office 365 Home or Office 365 Personal subscriptions at a 30 percent discount. To qualify, customers need to either have Software Assurance or a certain number of Office 365/Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 licenses (2,000 for commercial organizations and educational and nonprofit customers).
Further down in the FAQ, however, Microsoft notes that those who may already have squeezed in a discounted purchase of Office Pro Plus 2019 or Office 2019 can't get more of those. The FAQ says: 'If you have already purchased Office Professional Plus 2019 or Office Home & Business 2019 at a discount through the Home Use Program you will still be eligible for the Office 365 Home Use Program offer.'
As the Licensing School UK noted in a recent post, 'You can still buy HUP licenses for Project and Visio, but licenses for the Office products to use at home are now covered by Office 365 Home or Personal subscriptions.'
I'm not all that surprised Microsoft made this change, given it is trying to encourage customers to go with subscription plans, not 'perpetual' versions of Office. But I've already heard from a couple folks they are none too happy about the new direction.
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IT Priorities Digital Transformation Data Centers CXO Innovation StorageMicrosoft's Home Use Program (HUP) is a benefit offered to its business customers, which allows enterprise customers to sell copies of Office at discounted prices to its employees, as long they're paying for Microsoft's Software Assurance plans. Up until now, this simply allowed employees at eligible companies to subscribe to Office 365 ProPlus at a discount, or purchase Office Professional Plus 2019 or Office Home and Business 2019 for just $14.99, but Microsoft is expanding the benefit to include Office 365 Home and Personal subscriptions.
As reported by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, who got the tip from The Licensing School in the UK, those working for eligible organizations can now also get an Office 365 subscription to use at home, in either Personal or Home variants, with a noticeable 30% discount. An annual subscription to Office 365 Personal is usually $69.99, while the Home offering goes up to $99.99. To be eligible for HUP, businesses will either need to be paying for Software Assurance or have a specific number of Office 365/Microsoft 365 licenses.
To make this even more appealing, Microsoft is making it so that those who take advantage of this discounted pricing can actually keep renewing their subscription for the same fee, even if they leave the organization or if the company is no longer eligible for the discount. You'll also still be able to buy a non-subscription version of Office 2019 for $14.99, though Microsoft believes that's a bad option.
In a statement to ZDNet, a Microsoft's spokesperson said: 'Customers have been asking for an Office HUP offering and these updates are meant to support those requests.'
Additionally, it looks like HUP is finally coming to the United States, where it hadn't been available before. The official website tells users to check back 'in early 2019', so an official launch should be imminent.
For regions where it's already available, managing the Home Use Program is now done through the Microsoft Store for Business, instead of the Volume License Service Center or the Business Center Portal.