Microsoft Home Use Program
We frequently have questions regarding using Office at home and discounts for purchasing Office. This is the latest information regarding home use and discounts.
As long as you are an employee of the district, you can logon to https://portal.office.com with your district account and install Office 365 on up to 5 personal devices. This is for your personal use only and cannot be shared with other members of your household. If you would like to use Office on devices that are shared with other family members, you need to purchase an Office 365 subscription.
Microsoft has updated the Home Use Program to offer discounts on Office 365 subscriptions. Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office Home and Business 2019 are no longer available as Home Use Program offers. For up-to-date information on the availability of Home Use Program software or to purchase Office 365, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/homeuseprogram.
What are the steps to make a Microsoft Home Use Program purchase?
1. Sign Up: Visit the Microsoft Home Use Program page. Enter your HASD email address. Click on ‘Get Started’ button.
2. Confirm: If you are eligible, an email will be sent to your HASD email address inbox with a link that will validate your eligibility for the program.
3. Sign In: Once your eligibility is confirmed and you register for the program with your personalMicrosoft account that is associated with your personal email address, you can begin the purchase process by viewing the discounts available to you based on your Home Use Program benefit eligibility.
4. Shop: Your purchase is processed and completed in the Microsoft Store. You, the eligible employee, can install Office 365 on your personal devices after the purchase is complete. Once you have purchased Office 365 Home, you can share your subscription with up to 5 additional members of your household.
Here are answers to the most asked questions at HASD:
Can I share my subscription purchased through Home Use Program with members of my household?
If you have an Office 365 Home subscription, you can share it with up to five additional members of your household (up to 6 users total). Each household member can install across their devices including PCs, Macs, iPads, Android tablets, Windows tablets, iPhones, or Android phones, get an additional 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and manage their own installs from https://account.microsoft.com/services/.
Can my family use the Office license my employer provided me?
No. The Office license assigned to you by your employer is for your use only. This applies whether you access Office from a device at your home or a device provided by your employer. Whereas if you purchase Office 365 Home through the Home Use Program, it can be used by your family.
May other members of my household use the Office 365 Home or Office 365 Personal license acquired by me through the Microsoft Home Use Program?
Office 365 Home subscriptions may be used by members of the same household as you. Office 365 Personal may only be used by the employee.
What happens if I leave the company?
Your subscription remains active and the discount continues to apply as long as you maintain recurring billing on your subscription.