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Lee Beiermann, of OSSG, who recently purchased software for his home computer. Getting the inexpensive software is easier than people may believe, said Capt. People transferring from one eligible unit to another eligible unit do not need to remove the software, he said. “The only condition attached with the home use program is personal usage rights are tied to continued employment with the Air Force and ends with termination of employment or expiration of the Air Force’s enrollment in Software Assurance,” Mr. People can click on “Air Force MS Enterprise Agreement MVLS SBA POCs.” A complete list of administrators can be found online at. To get the program code needed to purchase the software on the program Web site, people need to contact their command or organization’s software benefits administrator. “A few others have said they don’t have a home computer.”Ĭomplete program details and eligibility requirements can be found online at. “Several of the people I’ve talked to about the program said they weren’t even aware it existed,” he said. Bryant said only about 6 percent of eligible participants have actually taken advantage of the program. “And if they become more proficient at their jobs, then they’ll be able to accomplish the Air Force mission more efficiently.”Īlthough the benefit almost sounds too good to be true, Mr. “Having the same software at home allows them to become more proficient at their jobs,” said Alphonso Bryant, the manager of the Air Force Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement at the Operations and Sustainment Systems Group here. It was included in the overall Air Force Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement, which consolidates more than 40 separate license agreements across the Air Force into one.įor a small fee, Airmen, civilian employees and certain contractors assigned to eligible units can get a licensed copy of the same software they are using at work for home use. The benefit, dubbed the Microsoft home use program, is part of Microsoft’s commercial Software Assurance program. (AFPN) - For about the cost of a month’s subscription to an Internet service provider, most Airmen can get a copy of the software application they are currently using on their office desktops for use on their personal home computers. Operations and Sustainment Systems Group Public Affairs.