Microsoft Introduces Home Use Program

Microsoft’s Office applications are universal. You can use them at home, at the office and on the go. However, at times, it may happen that you have a different version of Microsoft Office at home rather than what you use in the office. Consequently, you will have trouble while processing some of your office related documents at home. Usually, you will have access to the latest version of MS Office in the office but an older version on your home PC. Microsoft has rolled out an impressive solution to remove this incompatibility issue between your MS Office suite installed on your home PC and office PC. The solution is called Home Use Program (HUP).

What is Home Use Program (HUP)?

Microsoft’s Home Use Program allows employees of an organization to install the same version of MS Office, which is installed on the Office PC, on the home PC. This way, users will be able to get rid of the issue with synchronising the Office apps between Home PC and Office PC.

How to get Home Use Program (HUP)?

You will be charged $9.95 to be able to download the Home Use Program. However, the amount is negligible in terms of the services you can avail. According to Microsoft experts, Home Use Program enables a user to have full use and access to all the applications included in the MS Office suite version in your office. If you have to install an independent version of Microsoft Office on your home computer, you will have to pay the full amount, which can be too high for average users.

Downloading Home Use Program         

  

You can download Home Use Program from Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Service Centre (VLSC). The program should be activated by the one who handles the company licensing of the Office suite. He has to sign into his account and then activate the program. A program code will be generated and sent to the company licensing holder. Gather the code and use it to activate the Home Use Program after its installation on the home PC. Home Use Program is a business program. So its availability is restricted to business users. As of now, there are no such schemes for general customers.

You will be able to enjoy HUP license as long you remain an employee of the organization. Upon your retirement from the company, your employer would deactivate your license.