2. OUTLINE
ï Introduction
ï Vision and Mission
ï History
ï Worldwide company strength
ï About Microsoft segments and Products
ï Fun facts about Microsoft
3. INTRODUCTION
ï Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software
corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
ï It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide
range of products and services related to computing.
ï The worldâs largest software maker measured by revenues.
ï It is also one of the worldâs most valuable company.
ï The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on
April 4, 1975.
5. INTRODUCTION ABOUT OWNER
ï William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an
American business magnate, investor, computer programmer, and investor.
ï Gates originally established his reputation as the co-founder of Microsoft,
the worldâs largest PC software company, with Paul Allen.
6. MOTIVATION TO START THE COMPANY
ï±Paul Allen and Bill Gates, childhood friends with a passion in computer
programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their
shared skills.
ï±They developed the interpreter on a simulator.
ï±They demonstrated the interpreter to MITS in Albuquerque, New Mexico
in March 1975
ï±They officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as
the CEO.
7. HISTORY
1975-
âą Microsoft is founded ;they sell BASIC, the first PC computer language
program to MITS Computer, Microsoft's first customer.
1981-
âą Microsoft Inc. is incorporated; IBM uses Microsoft's 16-bit operating
system for its first personal computer.
1983-
âą Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Mouse andWord for MS-DOS 1.00. .
1985-
âą Microsoft and IBM forge a joint development agreement and launch
Windows 1.0
1989-
âą Microsoft co-develop SQL server 1.0.
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2003-
âą Windows Server launched.
2007-
âą WindowsVista was released with Microsoft Office 2007.
2008-
âą Bill Gates leaves Microsoft to persue charity work.
2009-
âą Windows 7 released
2012-
âą Windows 8 launches
2013-
âą Windows 8.1 with Office 2013 releases
11. ï Advanced Technology
ï Applications and Services Engineering Group
ï Cloud and Enterprise Engineering Group
ï Devices Group
ï Dynamics
ï Operating Systems Engineering Group
ï Technology and Research
ï Business Development and Evangelism Group
ï Finance Group
ï HR Group
ï Legal and Corporate Affairs Group
MICROSOFT SEGMENTS
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ï Marketing Group
ï Operations
ï Kevin Turner leads worldwide sales, field marketing, services,
support, and stores as well as IT, licensing and commercial
operations.
ï Strategy
ï Mark Penn leads Strategy, responsible for core strategic issues
across Microsoftâs products, value propositions and investments,
and leads the companyâs competitive research and analysis.
13. PRODUCTS OWNED BY MICROSOFT
Bing
Windows
DirectX
Xbox - Game Console
Microsoft Office
Internet Explorer
MSN
Microsoft Office
MicrosoftWindows Server
Skype
Nokia
14. MICROSOFT OFFICE
ï The software product includes :
ï Word (a word processor)
ï Access (a personal relational database application)
ï Excel (a spreadsheet program)
ï Outlook (Groupware, frequently used with Exchange Server)
ï PowerPoint (presentation software)
ï Publisher (desktop publishing software)
15. OFFICE 365
ï An online office and software plus services suite named which is a subscription
service for Microsoft Office products.
ï A number of other products were added later with the release of Office 2013
including :
ï Visio
ï Project
ï MapPoint
ï InfoPath
ï OneNote
16. VISUAL STUDIO
ï The company's set of programming tools and compilers.
ï The software product is GUI-oriented and links easily with the Windows APIs.
ï The current version isVisual Studio 2013.
ï Visual Studio supports development for both nativeWindows platform and .NET
Framework.
ï Various free editions are also offered for Windows Runtime, Windows Phone,
ASP.NET andWindows desktop development.
17. MICROSOFT AZURE
ï The company's cloud computing platform that hosts virtual machines, websites
and more.
ï It provides both platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
services.
ï It supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks,
including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
18. MICROSOFT SERVERS
ï Microsoft offers a suite of server software, entitled Microsoft Servers for private
clouds.
ï Windows Server 2012.
ï SQL Server Exchange Server.
ï Systems Management Server.
19. WINDOWS EMBEDDED
ï A group of operating systems designed to be used in embedded
systems.
ï Windows CE
ï Windows Embedded Standard
ï Windows Embedded Industry and more.
20. WINDOWS
ï Windows 3.1
ï Windows 95
ï Windows 98
ï Windows 2000
ï Windows Me
ï Windows XP
ï Windows Server 2003
ï WindowsVista
ï Windows 7
ï Windows 8, andWindows Server 2008.
ï Windows 8.1
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22. STRENGTH
ïFlexible workforce
ïMultinational corporation operating through regional subsidiaries to minimize
cultural differences in more than 60 countries
ïSoftware products have high name recognition
ïRevenues and profits rising at 30% a year
ïWindows 95, 98, 2000 series, and Windows NT
23. WEAKNESS
ï Microsoft leadership failed to correctly anticipate the growth or popularity
of the Internet.
ïNot a key player in the Internet space, wireless market and few products for
Internet applications.
ïDependency on hardware manufacturers to pre-install Microsoft's PC
operating system.
24. OPPORTUNITY
ïCheaper global telecommunication costs open new markets as people
connect to the Internet.
ïThe demand for personal computers in American and global markets
remains strong despite the growth and increasing popularity of personal
handheld devices.
25. THREAT
ïApple and Linux threaten Microsoft's 88% market share of the desktop
operating market.
ïHardware manufacturers are issuing their own pre-bundled programs on
their own hardware.
ïRapid development of mobile devices.
ïSoftware piracy.
26. FUN FACTS ABOUT MICROSOFT
ï The first ever mention of âMicrosoftâ was in the letter from
Bill-Gates to co-founder Paul Allen in 1975.
ï The âblibbetâ logo shown below refers to stylized âoâ and
was apparently once was the name of burger served in the
Microsoft company cafeteria.
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ï The Microsoft sound: Pioneering musician Brian Eno was the
musical brains behind windows 95âs start tune dubbed âThe
Microsoft soundâ .
ï Microsoft has spilt its stock nine times since it went public
back in 1986 and the company will generally split its stock
when its share prize goes too high.
ï Microsoft is one of the largest corporate collectors of
artworks over 5,000 contemporary pieces including
paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, ceramics,
studio glass and multimedia works.
