2. Outline
Mission
Introduction
History
Company Overview
Segments
Products and Services
Competition
Technologies
Acquisitions
Future
3. Mission
“At Microsoft, our mission is to enable people and businesses
throughout the world to realize their full potential. We consider
our mission statement a commitment to our customers. We
deliver on that commitment by striving to create technology that
is accessible to everyone—of all ages and abilities. Microsoft is
one of the industry leaders in accessibility innovation and in
building products that are safer and easier to use.”
4. Introduction
Founded on April 4, 1975.
American multinational software, hardware and services corporation
based in Redmond, Washington.
Develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports wide range of
products and services.
The world’s largest software maker measured by revenue.
One world’s most valuable companies with more than $90 billion
cash in the bank.
5. History: The Beginning
1975 Microsoft is founded Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Sold BASIC, the first PC programming language.
1981 Microsoft, Inc. is incorporated.
IBM uses Microsoft’s 16-bit operating system for its first
person computer.
1983 Paul resigns as executive vice-president.
Jon Shirley is made president of Microsoft.
Microsoft introduces Mouse and Word for MS-DOS.
1985 Microsoft and IBM form joint development agreement.
Launch Windows 1.0.
Bill Gates becomes youngest billionaire.
1986 Moved headquarters to Redmond, Washington.
Became publically traded company.
1989 Microsoft, Sybase and Ashton-Tate develops SQL Server 1.0. Contd….
6. 1990-1996: Windows 3.0 and The Internet
1990 Becomes the first PC software company to gross $1 billion
in sales; launched Windows 3.0; introduces Microsoft Office.
1992 Windows is used by more than 25 million licensed users.
Acquires PC database company Fox Software.
1994 Microsoft releases Windows NT.
U.S. Justice Department files Competitive Impact Statement.
1995 Microsoft launches Windows 95.
Sells 1 million copies in 4 days.
Internet Explorer released as a Windows add-on.
Web portal MSN is launched.
1996 Forms 24/7 cable news channel MSNBC with NBC Universal.
Contd….
7. 2000-2007: XP and Gaming
2000 First beta of the .NET frame is released.
Acquires Visio Corporation.
Microsoft found guilty in the U.S. v. Microsoft case.
PocketPC 2000 is released.
2001 Windows XP is released worldwide.
Xbox game console is released.
2003 Windows server is launched.
PocketPC becomes Windows Mobile.
Acquires web conferencing company PlaceWare for $200
million.
2005 MSN launches new search service.
Acquires productivity software company, Groove Networks
for $120 million.
2007 Windows Vista and Office 2007 are released to consumers.
Contd….
8. 2008 on: Windows 10 and The Cloud
2008 Microsoft purchases Danger, Inc. for $500 million.
Bill Gates retires as Chief Software Architect.
Windows Azure is launched.
2009 Windows 7 is released.
Microsoft opens first retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona.
2010 Microsoft replaces Windows Mobile with Windows Phone.
2011 Acquires Skype for $8.5 billion.
Previews Windows 8.
2012 Windows 8 is launched.
Enters the tablet market with the Surface.
2013 Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 are released.
2014 Windows 10 announced.
Contd….
10. Microsoft Segments
Engineering Group
Advanced Technology
Applications and Services
Engineering Group
Cloud and Enterprise Engineering
Group
Devices Group
Dynamics
Operating Systems Engineering
Group
Technology and Research
Business Functions
Business Development Group
Finance Group
HR Group
Legal and Corporate Affairs Group
Marketing Group
Operations
Strategy
11. Products and Services
Windows
Office
Surface
Xbox
Skype
MSN
Bing
Internet Explorer
Security Essentials
12. Windows
World’s most used operating system.
Installed on 81.1% of computers used daily.
The most pirated software in the world.
More than half the copies of Windows software in China are
unauthorized copies.
Windows 7 is the all-time best selling version of Windows.
450 million copies sold in less than two years.
In January 2015, Windows 10 was announced as a unified
version of Windows and Windows Phone.
13. Office
The most used productivity software in the world.
Office 365 launched on June 28, 2011.
Replaced Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite.
Most downloaded mobile office productivity app.
Office 365 is free for students.
14. Xbox
The first Xbox gaming console was in November 2001.
Sold one million units in three weeks.
Xbox Live popularized online social gaming.
Used by more than 30 million daily active users.
Xbox 360 was the best-selling second generation gaming
console in 2010 and 2011.
Introduced hands-free gaming with the Kinect.
Xbox One was introduced with speech control.
15. Skype
Launched in 2003.
At $8.5 billion, Skype is Microsoft largest acquisition.
The number video calling service in the world.
300 million active users.
4.5 daily active users.
300 million Skype video minutes are used daily.
Two trillion video and voice call minutes used on Skype.
Replaced Lync, Microsoft’s business video and voice
solutions.
16. Bing
Controls 20% of the search market.
Powers Yahoo’s search engine.
Reached a new search deal in April 2015.
Formerly MSN Live Search.
January 7, 2000, Microsoft acquires diagram drawing company Visio.
Microsoft releases it’s mobile OS PocketPC.
Microsoft jumps into gaming sector with launch of the Xbox.
Purchases Groove Networks, which is now known as SharePoint.
June 27, 2008, founder Bill Gates retires as Chief Software Architect.
Microsoft purchases Danger, Inc., the company that created the most popular phone at the time, the Sidekick, for $500 million.
Microsoft jumps into cloud computing with launch of Windows Azure.
The consumer favorite Windows 7 is released.
As a result of Microsoft’s focus on the Windows platform, it created a brand new mobile OS to play catch-up to Apple and Google.