MS Office Home Use

This program allows eligible employees to purchase Microsoft Office to install and use on a home computer. This benefit is available because of the Microsoft Software Assurance coverage that the Agency has purchased. The programs available to employees are MS Office for PC or Microsoft Office for MAC, both at discount pricing.

What is the Home Use Program?

The Home Use Program is a Microsoft Software Assurance benefit that is available as part of Microsoft Volume Licensing programs. Through this offering, eligible employees can acquire Microsoft Office programs and suites, including Microsoft Office Enterprise, to install and use on a home computer during the term of our Software Assurance coverage.

What if an employee leaves the company or is terminated?

The temporary license offered through the Home Use Program for Microsoft Office programs is valid as long as the employee is employed by your company and your company maintains its Software Assurance coverage with Microsoft. If an employee leaves the company or is terminated, he or she should discontinue use of the software because the license to use it ends when employment ends. Microsoft requires that Volume Licensing customers limit Home Use Program access to eligible employees and that employees are informed when they should discontinue use of the Home Use Program software.

What do I need to do to get the offer?

Contact Kent Behrends who will verify that you are an eligible SRCSD employee and then forward your request for processing.

How does it work?

Once signed up you will receive an email from Microsoft giving you purchase options. The purchase will be for Office 365 (Current Office Version) which is a subscription service. The subscription will need to be renewed every year if you plan to keep using the product.

Please remember that this is a purchase between you and Microsoft and the County of Sacramento has no obligation to you in this purchase. 

Hardware Requirements

To take advantage of the new capabilities offered by Microsoft Office, be sure to take note of the following system requirements from Microsoft:

Office 365 works across multiple devices and includes 1TB of online storage per person with OneDrive. Apps are always updated, so they're never outdated.

Office 365 is designed to work with the latest browsers and versions of Office. If you use older browsers and versions of Office that are not in mainstream support:

• Microsoft won’t deliberately prevent you from connecting to the service, but the quality of your Office 365 experience may diminish over time.
• Microsoft won’t provide code fixes to resolve non-security related problems.