What is the Home Use Program:
The HUP allows eligible Air Force personnel to order a licensed copy of select Microsoft Office desktop applications to install and use on their home computer. For each product eligible for the Home Use Program for which you are a licensed user with active software assurance coverage, you may order a single copy of that product to install and use on your home computer. You may continue using this HUP software while you are under AF employment and as long as the software you use at work has active software assurance coverage. Employees can order the product(s) directly through a secure, Microsoft-hosted e-commerce site.
Who is Covered: Air Force personnel eligible to participate in this program include Air Force active duty military personnel, Air National Guard personnel, Air Force Reserve personnel, Air Force civil service personnel, Air Force contractor and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) personnel working on Air Force installations with Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), and NAF (Specifically, NAF personnel that work essentially “appropriated fund” activities such as back office finance people that integrate to AF finance applications and to their command and control people that interface with other appropriated fund activities on deployment of services capabilities rather than those activities that are POS (Point of Sales) or related to patron use (e.g., MWR customer desk).
Who is Not Covered: Organizations not covered under the Air Force-wide Enterprise Agreement are the Air Force Academy, Air University and Air Force Medical Services using academic or DoD license agreements. Joint organizations that come under the Air Force-wide Enterprise Agreement need to do their own legal review of applicability, since our Air Force legal review only applies to Air Force organizations.
What Software is Covered: Rule of Thumb: “If you use it at work, you can use it at home.” Software available through the HUP includes Office Professional Plus 2010 or Office for Mac 2011.
How Do I Get Started?
NOTE: FOR Air Combat Command (ACC) PERSONNEL ONLY -
Information on the HUP/EPP Programs and others (E-Learning) is available by logging on to the Air Force Portal and clicking on the appropriate entry in the “ACC Information Management” block under the “Workspace” tab….. follow the instructions carefully. Note: Users not having an “ACC Information Management” block visible must contact the ACC Portal Admin at acc.portal.admin@langley.af.mil
All Other Eligible Air Force Personnel Follow the Instructions Listed Below:
1. Check with your Software Benefits Administrator to make sure the HUP benefit is activated.
2. Obtain the program code from your Software Benefits Administrator. (Note: Do not share this program code with anyone outside your organization)
3. Visit the Microsoft Home Use Program web site at https://hup.microsoft.com/
4. To sign in, enter your work e-mail address and program code.
5. To verify your identity, a confirmation notice will be sent to your work e-mail address shortly thereafter. Upon receipt, please read the instructions in the e-mail and click on the link provided. You will be taken to a secure site where you can complete your order of Home Use Program licensed software.
6. Review the list of available products and follow the “How to Order” steps to proceed with your online purchase.
What Else Do I Need to Know?
• Employees may only order software identical to what is loaded on their government computer
• Employees may only use this software while employed by the Air Force.
• Setup and installation support is provided for software purchased through the HUP. Please refer to the support documentation included with your product for more information.
• Microsoft does not accept returns on software purchased through the HUP.
• End user license terms for software products acquired through the HUP are between Microsoft and the individual employee.
