Details

Industries

Developer Tools,Enterprise Software,Operating Systems,Software

Founded date

Apr 4, 1975

Number Of Employee

10001 - max

Operating Status

Active

Sub-Organizations

Bungie

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment license Windows operating system and related software; Microsoft Office for consumers; and Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C other segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.

Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments licenses server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial other segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.

The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online. Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1974. It is based in Redmond, Washington.

Microsoft has acquired 6 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Bungie on Jun 19, 2000. They acquired Bungie for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jun 19, 2000 Bungie	Digital Media	—	—	Detail
Jul 19, 2015 Adallom	Cloud Security	acquisition	$ 320M	Detail
Jan 13, 2017 Maluuba	Artificial Intelligence	acquisition	—	Detail
Oct 22, 2021 Clear Software	Enterprise Applications	acquisition	—	Detail
Apr 28, 2022 Activision Blizzard	Console Games	acquisition	$ 68.70B	Detail