FAA Employees are eligible to participate in the Microsoft Home User Program.
YOU MUST HAVE A VALID FAA EMAIL ACCOUNT.
Follow the link below to the FAA ECenter login, enter your webmail (eg, john.doe@faa.gov) and your webmail password. On the page are links to documents that explain your eligibility, and one containing the program code for Microsoft's HUP site.
https://employees.faa.gov/org/linebusiness/ato/finance/it/service/hup/
Open another tab in your browser, and point it to http://hup.microsoft.com. On that page, enter your FAA email and the program code. Microsoft will send an email to your FAA account detailing purchasing and downloading the software. You can also order discs, if you like.
You buy directly from Microsoft.
The following software is available, at $9.95 each. (YES, $9.95!)
Office 2010 Professional/Plus Enterprise Edition with Business Contact Manager (and Publisher!)
Office 2008 for Mac with free upgrade to Office 2011 when it ships
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio
No other software is being offered. (Dang, no Windows 7)
Also, at your normal FAA ECenter login, under "Services" there is a "Software Downloads" link where you can get McAfee AV for free.
Now, if we can just get Adobe, I'm all set!
YOU MUST HAVE A VALID FAA EMAIL ACCOUNT.
Follow the link below to the FAA ECenter login, enter your webmail (eg, john.doe@faa.gov) and your webmail password. On the page are links to documents that explain your eligibility, and one containing the program code for Microsoft's HUP site.
https://employees.faa.gov/org/linebusiness/ato/finance/it/service/hup/
Open another tab in your browser, and point it to http://hup.microsoft.com. On that page, enter your FAA email and the program code. Microsoft will send an email to your FAA account detailing purchasing and downloading the software. You can also order discs, if you like.
You buy directly from Microsoft.
The following software is available, at $9.95 each. (YES, $9.95!)
Office 2010 Professional/Plus Enterprise Edition with Business Contact Manager (and Publisher!)
Office 2008 for Mac with free upgrade to Office 2011 when it ships
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio
No other software is being offered. (Dang, no Windows 7)
Also, at your normal FAA ECenter login, under "Services" there is a "Software Downloads" link where you can get McAfee AV for free.
Now, if we can just get Adobe, I'm all set!