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How do I obtain Microsoft Office for use at home?

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Overview

Microsoft's Home Use Program (HUP), is a benefit available to employees at the University of British Columbia. Employees who use the covered licenses at work are elgibile to purchase Office applications ofr use on a personal device for the duration of the term of their employement at UBC.

Eligible employees are allowed to purchase a single license of each product available according to the terms of their organization’s Software Assurance benefit. You can learn what is covered by visiting:

https://it.ubc.ca/ubc-it-guide-working-campus#getting_connected

Media avaialble to EOAS IT staff for deploying Office on UBC-owned computers located on-campus will not work for home use.

Instructions

  1. Go to microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program
  2. Enter your UBC email address (emails ending in @ubc.ca or @mail.ubc.ca only)
  3. Click Submit
  4. Check your inbox for an email from Microsoft, with a link to subscribe to Office 365 with 30% discount
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