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William Henry Gates III
October 28, 1955 (age 61)
seattle,Washington, US
Paul Gardner Allen
January 21, 1953 (age 64)
seattle,Washington, U.S.
History of
Founder
&

Founded April 4, 1975;
42 years
ago in Albuquerque, Ne
w Mexico, U.S.
Headquarters
Microsoft Redmond
campus, Redmond,Wa
shington, U.S.
Key people
John W.
Thompson (Chairman)
Brad Smith (President)
Satya Nadella (CEO)
Bill Gates (Technical
advisor)

How it all started ?
Dreams of having a PC on every desktop

1972–1985:Thefounding of
In 1972 they founded their first company, namedTraf-O-Data.
Gates and Allen officially established
Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as
the CEO.
In August 1977 the company formed an agreement with ASCII Magazine in
Japan, resulting in its first international office, "ASCII Microsoft“
Microsoft moved to a new home in Bellevue,Washington in January 1979.
Microsoft entered the operating system (OS) business in 1980 with its
own version of Unix, called Xenix.
Microsoft in November 1980 to provide a version of the CP/M OS, which was
set to be used in the upcoming IBM PersonalComputer(IBM PC).
Paul Allen resigned from Microsoft in 1983 after developing Hodgkin's
disease

1985–1994:WindowsandOffice
Despite having begun jointly developing a new operating system, OS/2, with
IBM in August 1985,
Microsoft released Microsoft Windows, a graphical extension for MS-DOS,
on November 20.
Microsoft moved its headquarters to Redmond on February 26, 1986, and on
March 13 went public, with the resulting rise in stock making an estimated four
billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.
Microsoft released its version of OS/2 to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) onApril 2, 1987.
In 1990, Microsoft introduced its office suite, Microsoft Office.
On May 22, Microsoft launchedWindows 3.0, featuring streamlined user
interface graphics and improved protected mode capability for the Intel
386 processor.

1995–2007:ForayintotheWeb,Windows
95,WindowsXP,andXbox
Following Bill Gates's internal "Internet Tidal Wave
memo" on May 26, 1995, Microsoft began to redefine
its offerings and expand its product line
into computer networking and theWorldWideWeb.
The company released Windows 95 on August 24,
1995
On January 13, 2000, Bill Gates handed over the CEO
position to Steve Ballmer, an old college friend of
Gates and employee of the company since 1980,
while creating a new position for himself as
Chief Software Architect
On April 3, 2000, a judgment was handed down in the
case of United States v. Microsoft, calling the company
an "abusive monopoly
On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows
XP
In November 2005, the Xbox 360 was released.

2007–2011:MicrosoftAzure,WindowsVista,
Windows7,andMicrosoftStores
Released in January 2007, the next version of
Windows Vista, focused on features, security
and a redesigned user interface dubbed Aero.
Microsoft Office 2007, released at the same
time, featured a "Ribbon" user interface which
was a significant departure from its
predecessors.
The European Union imposed another fine of
€899 million ($1.4 billion) for Microsoft's lack
of compliance with the March 2004 judgment
on February 27, 2008, saying that the
company charged rivals unreasonable prices
for key information about
its workgroup and backoffice servers
2007 also saw the creation of a multi-core unit at
Microsoft, following the steps of server companies such
as Sun and IBM.

Gates retired from his role as Chief Software
Architect on June 27, 2008, a decision announced
in June 2006, while retaining other positions
related to the company in addition to being an
advisor for the company on key projects.
Azure Services Platform, the company's entry
into the cloud computing market for Windows,
launched on October 27, 2008.
Azure Services Platform, the company's entry
into the cloud computing market for Windows,
launched on October 27, 2008.
on October 22, 2009 the first retail Microsoft
Store opened in Scottsdale, Arizona;
the same day Windows 7 was officially released
to the public.
As the smartphone industry boomed in 2007,
Microsoft had struggled to keep up with its
rivals Apple and Google in providing a modern
smartphone operating system.

2011–2014:Windows8/8.1,XboxOne,Outlook.com,
andSurfacedevices
Following the release of Windows Phone, Microsoft
undertook a gradual rebranding of its product range
throughout 2011 and 2012, with the corporation's logos,
products, services and websites adopting the principles and
concepts of the Metro design language.
Microsoft unveiled Windows 8, an operating system
designed to power both personal computers and tablet
computers, inTaipei in June 2011
A developer preview was released on September 13, which
was subsequently replaced by a consumer preview on
February 29, 2012 and released to the public in May
On June 25, Microsoft paid US$1.2 billion to buy the social
networkYammer.
In July 2012, Microsoft sold its 50% stake in MSNBC.com,
which it had run as a joint venture with NBC since 1996.
On October 26, 2012, Microsoft launched Windows 8
and the Microsoft Surface0.

Three days later,Windows Phone 8 was launched.
On March 29, 2013, Microsoft launched a Patent
Tracker.
The Kinect, a motion-sensing input device made by
Microsoft and designed as a video game controller,
first introduced in November 2010, was upgraded for
the 2013 release of the Xbox One video game
console.
On September 3, 2013, Microsoft agreed to
buy Nokia's mobile unit for $7
billion,following Amy Hood taking the role
of CFO.
in July 2013, Microsoft announced that it
would reorganize the business into four
new business divisions: Operating
System, Apps, Cloud, and Devices.

2014–present:Windows10,Windows10Mobile,
MicrosoftEdgeandHoloLens
On February 4, 2014, Steve Ballmer stepped
down as CEO of Microsoft and was succeeded
by Satya Nadella, who previously led Microsoft's
Cloud and Enterprise division.
On the same day, John W. Thompson took on the
role of chairman, in place of Bill Gates, who
continues to participate as a technology advisor.
On April 25, 2014, Microsoft acquired Nokia
Devices and Services for $7.2 billion.
In May 2016, the company announced its
laying off 1,850 workers
During the previous summer of 2015 the
company lost $7.6 billion related to its mobile-
phone business, firing 7,800 employees.

On September 15, 2014, Microsoft acquired the
video game development company Mojang, best
known for Minecraft, for $2.5 billion.
On June 8, 2017, Microsoft acquired Hexadite, an
Israeli security firm, for $100 million.

Microsoftlogoindifferentyears
In 1975–1980
In 1980–1982
In 1982–1987
In 1987–2012
In 2012–present

Product
On January 21, 2015, Microsoft announced
the release of their first Interactive
whiteboard, Microsoft Surface Hub.
Windows Server 2016, released in
September 2016.
On January 24, 2017, Microsoft showcased
Intune for Education at the BETT 2017
education technology conference
in London

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