2. OUTLINE
Introduction
Vision and Mission
History
Worldwide company strength
About Microsoft segments and Products
Fun facts about Microsoft
3. INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software
corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide
range of products and services related to computing.
The world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
It is also one of the world’s most valuable company.
The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on
April 4, 1975.
5. HISTORY
1975-
• Microsoft is founded ;they sell BASIC, the first PC computer language
program to MITS Computer, Microsoft's first customer.
1981-
• Microsoft, Inc. is incorporated; IBM uses Microsoft's 16-bit operating
system for its first personal computer.
1983-
• Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Mouse andWord for MS-DOS 1.00. .
1985-
• Microsoft and IBM forge a joint development agreement and launch
Windows 1.0
1989-
• Microsoft co-develop SQL server 1.0.
7. CONT.…
2003-
• Windows Server launched.
2007-
• WindowsVista was released with Microsoft Office 2007.
2008-
• Bill Gates leaves Microsoft to persue charity work.
2009-
• Windows 7 released
2012-
• Windows 8 launches
2013-
• Windows 8.1 with Office 2013 releases
9. Advanced Technology
Applications and Services Engineering Group
Cloud and Enterprise Engineering Group
Devices Group
Dynamics
Operating Systems Engineering Group
Technology and Research
Business Development and Evangelism Group
Finance Group
HR Group
Legal and Corporate Affairs Group
MICROSOFT SEGMENTS
10. PRODUCTS OWNED BY MICROSOFT
Bing
Windows
DirectX
Xbox - Game Console
Microsoft Office
Internet Explorer
MSN
Microsoft Office
MicrosoftWindows Server
Skype
Nokia
11. MICROSOFT OFFICE
The software product includes :
Word (a word processor)
Access (a personal relational database application)
Excel (a spreadsheet program)
Outlook (Groupware, frequently used with Exchange Server)
PowerPoint (presentation software)
Publisher (desktop publishing software)
12. OFFICE 365
An online office and software plus services suite named which is a subscription
service for Microsoft Office products.
A number of other products were added later with the release of Office 2013
including
Visio
Project
MapPoint
InfoPath
OneNote.
13. VISUAL STUDIO
The company's set of programming tools and compilers.
The software product is GUI-oriented and links easily with the Windows APIs.
The current version isVisual Studio 2013.
Visual Studio supports development for both nativeWindows platform and .NET
Framework.
Various free editions are also offered for Windows Runtime, Windows Phone,
ASP.NET andWindows desktop development.
14. MICROSOFT AZURE
The company's cloud computing platform that hosts virtual machines, websites
and more.
It provides both platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
services.
It supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks,
including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
15. MICROSOFT SERVERS
Microsoft offers a suite of server software, entitled Microsoft Servers for private
clouds.
Windows Server 2012
SQL Server Exchange Server
Systems Management Server
16. WINDOWS EMBEDDED
A group of operating systems designed to be used in embedded
systems.
Windows CE
Windows Embedded Standard
Windows Embedded Industry and more.
17. WINDOWS AND WINDOWS PHONE
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
WindowsVista
Windows 7
Windows 8, andWindows Server 2008..
18. FUN FACTS ABOUT MICROSOFT
The first ever mention of “Microsoft” was in the letter from
Bill-Gates to co-founder Paul Allen in 1975.
The “blibbet” logo shown below refers to stylized “o” and
was apparently once was the name of burger served in the
Microsoft company cafeteria.
19. CONT.…
The Microsoft sound: Pioneering musician Brian Eno was the
musical brains behind windows 95’s start tune dubbed “The
Microsoft sound” .
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.
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.
