Microsoft Home Use Agreement

The Microsoft Professional Home Use agreement supports the home use of licensed Microsoft products. All active college faculty and staff can purchase a single copy of the licensed software for one home computer or one laptop that is owned or leased by the individual provided it is used for college-related activities. This agreement does not include a student purchase provision. By the terms of the agreement, only faculty and staff are covered under the home use provision.

Terms of the Agreement: Faculty and staff of College of DuPage have the right to use the licensed products for the 12-month period of the agreement. At the end of the agreement, College of DuPage will be able to renew or terminate the agreement. Upon termination, College of DuPage will remove all copies of the software from every college workstation.

Please note that the college does not support personally owned or leased computers. Hardware evaluation, software installation and support is the responsibility of the individual.

How do I qualify for this agreement between Microsoft and College of DuPage?  
  • You must be an active employee of the college. This includes full- and part-time faculty, full- and part-time classified staff or all administrators. This does not include student employees or temporary staff.

  • You must use this software for college-related activities.

  • You must own or lease the computer on which the software is to be installed.

  • You are eligible to obtain one copy only of each of the specified software applications.

  • The software can be installed on one computer only. This can be a desktop computer or a laptop computer. Installations on multiple computers is not permitted under this agreement.
How can I get Microsoft software for home use?  
The College of DuPage has partnered with ScholarBuys to offer our Faculty and Staff Faculty/Staff great pricing on Microsoft Products through the Microsoft Work at Home (WAH) program. You can get your WAH product via secure Electronic Software Delivery (ESD), which provides access to software much faster and at significantly lower costs. The products listed below are all only $9.95 for the electronic download version:

  • Office Pro Plus 2010
  • Office Mac 2011
  • Project Pro 2010
  • Visio Pro 2010
  • Windows 7 Pro Upgrade
  • Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade
Visit the Varsity Buys web site. Agree to Microsoft’s End User License Agreement (EULA) for the WAH Program. When you create an account you will be prompted to verify your academic status. **Please ignore this message** Your account will be manually verified with the staff at ScholarBuys.
                                      
                                     Use your COD email address when ordering!

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Varsity Buys via LiveChat (http://www.scholarbuys.com/livezilla/chat.php)

Note: Information Technology is not responsible for installations of software applications on home computers.

Can I continue to use these applications if I am no longer an active employee of the college?  
  • Under the terms of the agreement, only active employees are eligible to take advantage of this agreement between Microsoft and College of DuPage.

  • Upon termination from the college, you are no longer covered by the agreement and must remove the applications from your home computer. Failure to do so, puts you in violation of the agreement.

  • You will be responsible for any losses, financial or otherwise, incurred by the College of DuPage as a result of your use of these applications.


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