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40% off First Year Microsoft 365 Personal $59.40, Family $77.40 | 30% off after (Workplace Validation Required) @ Microsoft HUP

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Similar to the 50% off deal from last year, until 23 Feb 2022 at 8:59 PM PST (24 Feb 2022 at 3:59 PM AEDT), Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP) is offering Microsoft 365 subscriptions at an increased discount of 40%, over the usual HUP discount of 30%.

As mentioned in the previous deal:

You'll need to use your work email to apply and your workplace needs to be enrolled in the Microsoft Home Use Program. Includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access (PC Only) and Publisher (PC Only), plus 1TB per user OneDrive, and 60 minutes of Skype calling.

Like last time, stacking of 4x Personal and 1x Family subscriptions all at the discounted price (i.e. 40% off) still seems to work (total 5 years subscription for $315).

EDIT: Some tips

Will I keep my remaining subscription time if I upgrade today?
Yes. If you upgrade today, the remaining time of your existing subscription is added to your upgrade. For example, if you have two months left on your current subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal and you upgrade to Microsoft 365 Family for one year (12 months), your Family subscription will run for 14 months.

  • According to CloudB the deal can be added to an existing Family subscription by downgrading with Personal subscription transactions, then upgrading to Family on the last transaction. However, take care if you recently purchased a subscription - see Kinjiru's comment.

  • According to T-man cashback via Shopback or Cashrewards might also be available.

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    • ozb88 on 31/01/2022 - 17:29
      +35

      Always better to keep personal stuff separate because if you ever leave, then there goes your email, data ,etc. Not worth it.

    • [Deactivated] on 31/01/2022 - 17:40
      +3

      This allows your boss to access all the documents you create or open in Office, Onedrive and Outlook. OK if you really trust and like your boss.

      • jv on 31/01/2022 - 17:45

        Not if you don't store them on onedrive.

      • mattwebboz on 31/01/2022 - 18:48
        +4

        My understanding is that the employer doesn't have access to files, emails, etc stored against personal accounts. Only the subscription is linked between org and the primary personal account used for managing the subscription.

        Is there a link that might explain the low level details? Would be interested to understand. Cheers.

        • BTMoustachio on 31/01/2022 - 19:44
          +1

          Its not linked at all, its just a discount entitlement.

          • gromit on 31/01/2022 - 20:13
            +4

            @BTMoustachio: The OP was suggesting just use your work subscription. Under that scenario the boss would absolutely have visibility to usage and all email and any documents stored in one drive. Yes very different to the HUP license.

            • garage sale on 01/02/2022 - 07:05
              -1

              @gromit: my work microsoft365 can be downloaded to several machines …..so my work laptop has microsoft365, if i log into microsoft365 from my home desktop, i can download the apps to the d estoppel and use them ……with my work email account , or in outlook i can create other accounts also ….. only the work account is available to my work IT dept ……. need to log in at least once every 30 days with work account ……… this approach costs you nothing …… if you take the paid subscription path, you don’t need to login every 30 days with work account ….. only thing your oraginasation can get to is e-mails on work email account and one drive …not personal emails that you have in outlook …..think you can about 6-7 emails accounts in outlook, ……… the subscriptions are handy if you leave work you still have microsoft 365 for the subscription period vs use work email you have 30 days to get your own subscription or a new job with microsoft365 ……….

              • gromit on 01/02/2022 - 08:31

                @garage sale: Yep that will work, you don't get all the benefits of storage (which alone is worth the price) or the ability for 5 other people to have licenses in the case of the family subscription, but yeah what you do will work fine and is perfectly within the licensing rules too.

            • spaceflight on 01/02/2022 - 11:31

              @gromit:

              the boss would absolutely have visibility to usage and all email and any documents stored in one drive.

              No they don't.
              Managers to not have access to employees business OneDrive account

              • gromit on 01/02/2022 - 12:37

                @spaceflight: yes they do. The default setting in a tenant only grants access to the employee, however this is completely configurable and they can override those permissions in Sharepoint to obtain access without your knowledge.

                PS: here is a nice little powershell script to do it.
                https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2017/04/gain-admin-permissio…

                • spaceflight on 01/02/2022 - 15:05

                  @gromit: As I said

                  No they don't.
                  Managers to not have access to employees business OneDrive account

                  Which you would know because you said

                  The default setting in a tenant only grants access to the employee

                  Viewing another person's documents is by exception and if you are working at a large company will need to be coordinated though the relevant IT process with approvals etc.

                  So that means that managers to not have access to employees business OneDrive account.
                  It is possible for them to be given access, however they do not have access by default.

                  • gromit on 01/02/2022 - 17:01
                    +1

                    @spaceflight: LOL wow you are really playing semantics there. sure if you want to define it that way they don't have access. But seriously that is reaching. The reality is anyone with administrative access or the ability to get that access has access and you should assume as much, it is not your personal OneDrive, it is the organisations and they just happen to provide only you access by default (assuming they haven't changed the configs already). In many organisations the settings I linked to you there ARE the default as many orgs change them for regulatory or legal reasons or for custom backup (have done it myself for 1 enterprise and 1 government agency)

      • BTMoustachio on 31/01/2022 - 19:43
        -2

        Ah yeah no it doesn't!
        Please don't spread misinformation.

        You only need your work email to sign up for the cheaper price, you can create a personal account from there to actually sign up for the plan.

        • gromit on 31/01/2022 - 20:14
          +3

          perhaps read what he was responding to. It absolutely does mean your boss would have access to anything cloud stored and email.

    • Jetkuma on 31/01/2022 - 17:45

      Sure, share your pictures, resignation letter, resume, and all those jazz to your company. I'm sure they are more than happy to take a look at them! Also, don't share dick/naked pics. That can get you fired!

      • dm02 on 31/01/2022 - 18:44

        If somebody saw my comment and thought it was a good idea to store their naked pics or resignation letter on their work cloud storage, it's a goddamn miracle they managed to get a job in the first place.

        Jokes aside, I was mainly thinking about the Office software, not the storage, but I see your point.

        • Sarge2401 on 31/01/2022 - 19:56

          Work is welcome too my resignation letter on my work drive whenever they like. It's sitting front and centre on my desktop.
          They've already rejected it twice in the last 3 years.

          • dm02 on 31/01/2022 - 20:57

            @Sarge2401: "I quit"
            "Yeah.. nah see you next monday"

    • tm001 on 31/01/2022 - 17:46

      Very bad idea to mix your work and personal data and email. Your work email does not have the same protection as your personal one for example. Your employer can, under certain circumstances, get access to your email/data.

    • Mitch889 on 31/01/2022 - 17:48

      Never mind that a lot of people wouldn’t even have that, sounds like a poor idea to rely on a work subscription on your home computer.

    • T-man on 31/01/2022 - 18:07

      I used to get free unlimited MS365 when working in a company and once I left, they revoked everything including the email account.

    • dm02 on 31/01/2022 - 18:41

      I was just thinking about the Microsoft Office software, not the 1TB OneDrive. Seems like the OneDrive is the only plus in that case, although I don't really like OneDrive's UI and 1TB cloud storage seems excessive and unnecessary so.. meh

    • zzyss on 01/02/2022 - 09:41

      I'm not technical enough to understand how this works, but through using my son's Education account, whenever I go to install the Office Apps it asks to apply some kind of group policy settings to my computer. So I assume that gives them some degree of control over your computer, and that's the reason why you would want to have your own person subscription I guess?

  • chocky005 on 31/01/2022 - 17:47

    Stacks on my existing membership has 2 months left as it finished in March and extended it for a full year to March 2023.

  • Acopic on 31/01/2022 - 17:50
    -8

    Libre Office is $0, probably suit most people just as well imo.

    • andyfc on 31/01/2022 - 18:04
      +3

      Do you get a TB of storage?

    • ShipShapeRC on 31/01/2022 - 18:35
      +2

      If you just use office functions sure, but 6TB of cloud storage rocks. It's great when you are filming on the road, you can have your local copy, backup to cloud and have the office back home download their own copy if you want to go really nuts.

  • justtoreply on 31/01/2022 - 17:52
    +4

    Prefer my $25 lifetime (too out of date after 6-9 years though) license with no cloud storage.

    Dont pay for what you don't use.

    • vchoy on 31/01/2022 - 17:53
      +3

      where is this $25 lifetime?

      • end0rphine on 31/01/2022 - 17:58
        +7

        Might be referring to those volume licensed keys that are technically not meant to be distributed through retail

        • justtoreply on 31/01/2022 - 18:07
          +8

          Nope. HUP cocked up in 2019. They tried to switch to selling only subscriptions of 365 but ozb worked out there was a link at the bottom of the page that could be used to get to the retail product for the same price. Which is what they used to offer on HUP in 2018 and earlier.

          My comment is really just me saying that office on a subscription model sucks (for me and many others). I might want word/excel for a couple of weeks of personal use per year. I don't want cloud. So $60+ is highway robbery to me.

          For anyone that uses cloud it's a no brainer.

          But now they have excel functions in o365 that are not in 2019 pro. That's pretty bollocks for compatibility. I won't let my staff use them in case we have to send something to an external party.

          • ShipShapeRC on 31/01/2022 - 18:37
            +3

            @justtoreply: Sounds like the open source options might suit you for free then - zero cost. Good compatibility to outsiders.

            • justtoreply on 01/02/2022 - 01:53

              @ShipShapeRC: Yes I'll have to try them again in another 5 or so years when I'm forced to. Altho, kids starting school may provide a workaround for a bit longer

    • garage sale on 01/02/2022 - 07:10

      the lifetime was office 2016, 2019, i haven’t seen office 2021 in our HUP …. possible our admin cheaped out as the office2019 was extra license costs not just the $25 i paid ……probablem is still things like visio or project as the don’t come with microsoft365 but are used in some offices ….

      • justtoreply on 01/02/2022 - 11:29

        2019 is the last time I know of. Not that I've looked. But it seemed pretty clear they were going to push o365 from 2019 onward.

  • aargee on 31/01/2022 - 18:00
    +5

    Just stacked three consecutive personal, then one family on an existing family account which was expiring in a week. Can confirm that this gives you four years of family. Also can confirm that's the limit of stacking. Tried a fifth time and no-go.

    • Sidog on 31/01/2022 - 18:23

      I wonder if the existing week would of pushed you over the 5 year limit, maybe you could try in a weeks time.

    • CloudB on 31/01/2022 - 18:29

      Did you have to downgrade first to personal plan ?

      • CloudB on 31/01/2022 - 21:51
        +2

        answering my own question. Yes, If you have an existing family plan you need to downgrade during the checkout process. Then on the last purchase, upgrade back to family. I did 3 personal and 1 family just to be safe, in case I could not upgrade back on the 5th purchase. Also turn off renewal if your plan is almost expiring to get an extra 2 months free.

        • aargee on 31/01/2022 - 23:38

          I did exactly the same, except for the turn off renewal. A job for tomorrow 😊

        • Kinjiru on 01/02/2022 - 11:01

          NOTE: There is a limit to how many subscriptions you can purchase within a 3 month period.

          I should have read your above post more clearly CloudB because as a result of my own family subscription being only a few months ago, it only allowed me 4 personal subscriptions. This resulted in me being locked into Personal. When I went to upgrade the last subscription (AFTER I had purchased it), it told me that it was going to charge me another $90 for the upgrade (which would degrade the value) however at this stage I didn't really have a choice. HOWEVER, when I went to do this $90 upgrade, an error occured and it would not let me upgrade. So I'm stuck with my current Family sub, and 4 Personal subs thereafter. I will try to upgrade the personal again at a later stage to see how it goes.

          • Kinjiru on 01/02/2022 - 12:37

            @Kinjiru: Ok, after my monumental stuff up, I ended up chatting to a wonderful Microsoft chat agent who is going to refund me all 4 of my Office personal subs, at which point I will sub for Office Family. Moral of the story: Don't be overly greedy (or read comments properly)!

            • zadax on 01/02/2022 - 12:42
              +1

              @Kinjiru: Just saw your next reply after I replied to you - great outcome, congrats!

          • zadax on 01/02/2022 - 12:40

            @Kinjiru: Hmm, that's not ideal. Where did you see the 3 month limit - could you share a link please?

    • repeat on 31/01/2022 - 19:04

      I have also just got the email from Google that we will need to call from gsuite or pay for all the family email accounts.
      I do not have any MS 365 subscription active, is the sequence important, or can I just buy 4 personal and 1 family in the cart?
      Thanks

      • zadax on 31/01/2022 - 20:46
        +1

        There's no cart - to sign up for 5 years you need to do 5 transactions, one after the other. The last or 5th transaction should be the family subscription.

        • repeat on 31/01/2022 - 20:52

          Thanks - I only did 4 years but seems to work fine.
          I saw online some suggest to switch off recurring billing for the stacking but did not know whether that is needed at the end.
          I notice the renewal for family is set for $90 when it finally gets there, fairly happy with that for now.

  • Griefbringer on 31/01/2022 - 18:02

    Anyone else timing out at step 2? Have confirmed HUP access and updated payment details/tried incognito but after I click pay now it goes to a plain white screen.

    • Tsquared on 31/01/2022 - 21:47

      I'm getting the same: "Sorry, something went wrong" error for step 2. Can't proceed to pay, reported via Chat for fixing.

      • Tsquared on 01/02/2022 - 16:06

        The chat associate replied for those on the old Office 365 University plans, have to wait until it expires to renew even though the account details show it as "Microsoft 365 Personal". The other option is to cancel the existing subscription and purchase a Microsoft 365 Personal which would be a waste of the remaining months.

  • Save Medicare on 31/01/2022 - 18:03
    +3

    Shame the email features aren't as good as G suite. Am a refugee from their legacy free plan.

    • tomsco on 31/01/2022 - 18:52
      -2

      Free plan going in July.

    • jaymzrsa on 31/01/2022 - 19:14
      +1

      If you are using it for personal use, less than 10 accounts, they're making a free version. So looks like the "legacy" Google Apps accounts will continue. I've been on it since 2009 I think so I'm stupidly dependant on them now. A decade of purchases and uploads to both Photos and YouTube… Really hoping they do keep their word and offer a free tier for us.

      • PixelPaul on 31/01/2022 - 20:02
        +1

        got any more details on this free on they are going to continue? a link?

        • grumpybum on 31/01/2022 - 23:47

          Check this page: https://apps.google.com/supportwidget/articlehome?hl=en&arti…

          Under the section "What if I use G Suite legacy free edition for personal use and don't want to upgrade to a Google Workspace subscription?" there is a link to a feedback form with this text:

          "Upgrading to a Google Workspace subscription is a seamless transition for all customers currently on the G Suite legacy free edition. However, we understand some customers may not use their G Suite legacy free edition for business and may be interested in other options. If you have 10 or fewer users in your group and do not use your G Suite legacy free edition for business, please complete the form below by April 1, 2022 if you're interested in learning about different options for your account in the coming months."

          • Smigit on 01/02/2022 - 00:11

            @grumpybum: That’s not a promise of them offering a free plan though, it’s a request to be notified of options. I linked to another part of that page where they refer to a future migration to accounts without premium services such as custom domains etc, which is what this may entail and not what I consider necessarily when I think of a free workspace tier. Definitely that would mean losing functions the current account has and those functions presumably are why people are on GSuite to begin with, namely custom domains and multi account support.

      • Smigit on 01/02/2022 - 00:10

        Not what I’ve read, although it’s an evolving situation. Option A seems to be to not pay for the service in which case non core apps (those excluding email, calendar storage etc) will otherwise remain available and accessible.

        They also seem to be saying they’ll allow a migration to a free Gmail account so you can take your other data and subs and link it to a free email address.

        Google Support

        If I don’t want to upgrade to a paid subscription, can I transfer my data?

        In the coming months, we'll provide an option for you to move your non-Google Workspace paid content and most of your data to a no-cost option. This new option won't include premium features like custom email or multi-account management.

    • garage sale on 01/02/2022 - 07:19

      outlook vs gsuite …..you can store a copy of all your emails locally along with the outlook client and work off-line and when on-line it sends the emails out , haven’t seen a local client from google for gmail (only 3rd party e.g outlook, eudora, edison, etc) so that emails can be stored locally or work off line on the windows 10 PC …..

      • spaceflight on 01/02/2022 - 15:38

        haven’t seen a local client from google for gmail (only 3rd party e.g outlook, eudora, edison, etc) so that emails can be stored locally or work off line on the windows 10 PC

        Any email client that supports IMAP can do that

    • BuyOrNot on 01/02/2022 - 07:57

      Have you found a good alternative for G suite

    • andrek on 01/02/2022 - 08:18

      if you prefer G Suite/Google Apps to MS365, I would wait for a few months. While there is no concrete decision yet, it seems like Google is reconsidering its move and might offer a solution for all those who used Google Apps for family for all those years. No one knows at this stage what the solution will look like. It could be "free for up to 10 users", it could be "free with limited features" or "migration path to a personal gmail.com" or combination of those. But I decided to wait for that decision as it'll be too much work to move my family off Google Apps.

      However, if you don't care about the purchases under your Google account, the Google Docs you own or about having multiple custom domains and alias for your email, a move to MS365 is a good idea.

  • T-man on 31/01/2022 - 18:09
    +3

    Don’t forget CashReward, I got $5 last time.

    Edit: sorry not CashReward, it was Shopback and I got $7

    • zzyss on 19/02/2022 - 10:06

      How do you combine Shopback referral clickthrough with the custom HUP link that you receive via email?

      EDIT: nevermind. Found out that when you go to cart the discount is applied once you've linked up your account.

  • zebra on 31/01/2022 - 18:37
    +1

    Thanks Op

  • bigbadboogieman on 31/01/2022 - 18:44
    +1

    Been using free Office 365 with education / corporate account using my computer and phone. The important bit is to ensure you sync personal docs to your personal account. Microsoft has two separate identify providers. One for personal emails/one drive and another for work/school. Almost all of their apps allow two or more simultaneous logins. Example Office emails are usually Outlook.office.com while personal is Outlook.live.com.

  • cunningdrew on 31/01/2022 - 18:51
    +3

    Bought the install version last week. Last time I bought was Office 2011 for Mac. So I figure I get a decade out of versions for about $150. Not too shabby I'd say.

  • seligs on 31/01/2022 - 18:57
    -3

    This may be a better deal. $75 for an outright purchase.

    https://deals.androidauthority.com/sales/microsoft-office-pr…

    • ujwols on 31/01/2022 - 19:06
      +1

      Different product. This one is o365 which also includes 1 TB cloud (one drive) storage per user

    • oldrocker on 31/01/2022 - 19:27

      Link shows price of $49.99. Is this right? … and is it US$?… cheers

      • gromit on 31/01/2022 - 20:33
        +1

        You are being sold a dodgy license that leaves you with no real legitimate use. having said that it will probably work, but if you don't care about being legit their are far cheaper options.

    • gromit on 31/01/2022 - 20:16
      +1

      If you want pirated software just download for free. Don't pay scumbags for pirated software.

      • seligs on 31/01/2022 - 20:44
        -2

        I wouldn't call it pirated, as it is sold through the Android Authority website, which is genuine.
        I've bought several things through them over the years, including VPN as well as courses.

        • gromit on 31/01/2022 - 20:46
          +2

          It is NOT genuine. Microsoft do not sell a retail version of office pro plus, it is only available as MSDN/Volume licensing. Therefore it can only be a resold key from an enterprise license or dev license in violation of the licensing terms hence it is not legitimate. yes it may work or it may die in 3 months time when you try and reinstall, either way you don't have a legitimate license if you buy this way.

          • seligs on 31/01/2022 - 20:53
            -1

            @gromit: Understand what you are saying, but surprises me that a site like Android Authority would allow such things to be sold through their website.

            • gromit on 31/01/2022 - 21:09
              +2

              @seligs: doesn't surprise me at all, it is just another marketplace and most marketplaces don't verify anything license wise till they get a takedown request and given the thousands of dodgy sites doing this they will never get them all. Every part of that purchase screams wrong and as the old saying goes "if it appears to good to be true, then it probably is".

              obvious items to look out for,
              version is non retail and hence only licensed to enterprises or developers (in case of developers it is a non production use license), either way the license can't be passed on to a consumer legitimately.
              Price is 75% cheaper than the cheapest legitimate online consumer version (yet it is full enterprise version).
              Only 30 days to redeem your key (no MS keys have redemption time limits for owned versions)

            • Smigit on 01/02/2022 - 00:19
              +1

              @seligs: I’m not 100% sure how it works, but the store looks identical to stacksocial.com, and I’ve seen other instances of sites sharing the design and catalog. Comes across to me as a simple rebranding where I’m sure the other party gets some referral credit to whoever provides the underlying site. My guess is Android Authority has nothing to do with the content on that storefront.

              • seligs on 01/02/2022 - 12:08

                @Smigit: Thanks. As I said previously. I've bought stuff through this website, and never had issues, but was sure it was legit.

    • garage sale on 01/02/2022 - 07:33

      the office pro versions don’t get feature updates, just bug fixes and security patches up to end of life dates …..microsoft365 get feature updates ….. depends if there will be new features in outlook or excel or work in the next 5 years you want …… my office2016 and 2019 have all the features i commonly use, and teams and edge get updates regardless if you run office pro or microsoft365 …..in deciding if i go office2021 pro ot stick with 2019 ……not a fan of subscriptions and don’t need 1tb cloud storage …..emails are in cloud and other stuff i back up locally …. for my son he gets microsoft365 from school …. really depends if you need constant feature updates and clued storage and are happy with subscription cost vs just by office2021 and don’t pay subscriptions ….

  • kzrocky on 31/01/2022 - 18:58

    I have 2 different company emails that both qualify for HUP.
    I wonder if I order 2 would it give me 24 months at 40% off?

    • 2025 on 31/01/2022 - 19:03

      Concurrently or consecutively…. It’s up to the judge ig

    • zzyss on 01/02/2022 - 10:01

      By the sounds of it people are just buying multiple years on the same account, no malarky required. Seems like you can stack up to 5 years?

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/11705148/redir

      • jthurley on 01/02/2022 - 14:57

        I purchased 2x family - I did it through the two email addresses I have with my company. May have worked just using one of them twice but didn't try.

  • 2025 on 31/01/2022 - 19:01
    +1

    I’m still reeling over this announcement
    https://news.thewindowsclub.com/onedrive-makes-big-changes-s…

    Yes it’s been over 6 years. But the pain is real

    • garage sale on 01/02/2022 - 07:44

      how much stuff do you expect microsoft to store for free and pay for DC heating and cooling, etc. our work paid subscriptions are now 5TB …..google also has cut back on free storage as has apple ….. they seem to have left enough to backup contacts and your phone essentials (apple and google) and resumes …. but not rolls of holiday videos or torrent movies …… was ok when phones were 16gb or 32gb but now people seem to fill up 256gb with crap and want to back it up to the cloud …think google and apple and microsoft have done the numbers on cost to them for large free storage with little benefit to their shareholder…..google and apple have left enough that if you loose your phone you can restore contacts to new one ….. and if you are into photo quality, google drops res when you store in cloud …..

      • 2025 on 01/02/2022 - 19:34

        So MS are looking into dunking servers in the ocean and or mineral oil to help with a number of issues related to DCs - to me that’s kind of interesting

        Your org may qualify for unlimited TB - ya just need to ask 😉

        But still. Now I gotta pay for offsite storage :(

  • Snoop on 31/01/2022 - 19:06

    OK, treat me like I'm an idiot!
    If I have an existing Family 365 subscription, how do I take advantage of this?

    • ujwols on 31/01/2022 - 19:06
      -2

      Just buy additional subscription … it will just add up

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