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Brief Summary

Origins and History

Logo evolution

Microsoft Headquarter

ProductsBoard of Directors

Financial Activities

Microsofts Mission

Conclusion

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Microsoft was formed by a Harvard College Dropout called Bill Gates. Bill Gates was

born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955. He was born to a family that was

successful in business, living a comfortable upper middle class life in Seattle,

Washington.

Early in his elementary school days, Bill Gates quickly shot to the head of the class,

consistently outscoring his peers in most subjects, but especially math and science. His

parents soon enrolled him in Lakeside Prep School, where the atmosphere was

intellectual enough to stimulate the young Gates. This move to Lakeside would prove

historic, for it was here, in the spring of 1968, that he was introduced to computers.At that time, computers were still too large and expensive for the school to purchase

one of its own. Over the next ten months or so, the school struck agreements with

various corporations who allowed the students to use their computers. Bill Gates, his

buddy Paul Allen and a handful of others quickly took to computing. In fact, they began

to skip classes, opting instead to stay in the computer room and write programs, read

computer books and find out exactly how these machines worked. They soon learned to

hack the system, and altered and crashed valuable files until they were banned from

the computer. Soon, however, Bill and his friends were actually hired by the computer

company to find bugs and explore weaknesses in the system, which kept causing the

computers to crash. Instead of paying the boys for their time, they were granted

something even better--unlimited computer time.

Gates has been quoted as saying that that was the time when he got into computers

fulltime. "I mean, then I became hardcore. It was day and night," he said. The boys used

their time eating, drinking and breathing computers. They studied manuals, explored

the system, and hounded the employees with questions until they had formed a base of

knowledge that would eventually lead to the formation of Microsoft.

The computer company that was hiring the group went out of business in 1970, and

the boys had to find alternate sources for computer time. They were soon hired by

Information Sciences Inc. to write a program for payroll. This time they actually earned

money as well as enjoying the unlimited computer time. It was during this time that thegroup gained notoriety for their skill in computer programming. They were hired or

contracted by various organizations to find bugs and fix them. Each job helped Gates

and his friends learn their skill and delve ever deeper into the world of programming.

In the fall of 1973, Gates left for Harvard University. He enrolled as a prelaw student,

but spent most of his time in the campus computer center, programming away. He

stayed in touch with Paul Allen and they continued to talk about future projects and the

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possibility of one day having their very own business. Allen even moved to Boston to be

closer to Gates, so they could continue working on projects. Allen continually urged

Gates to quit school and work with him full-time, and Gates was unsure of what he

wanted to do. This was soon to change.

One year later, Paul Allen saw the first microcomputer on the cover of a magazine. He

bought the magazine and went immediately to show it to Gates. They realized the time

was right. The home PC business was about to explode and someone would need to

provide software for the machines. By stretching the truth somewhat, Gates arranged

for a meeting with the Altair manufacturers. He had called them to let them know he

had a program written for them. After the appointment was made, Gates and Allen

stayed up for nights, feverishly writing the program he had promised. It worked

perfectly at the meeting, and everyone was impressed. They sold the program, and saw

that this was something they could do for real. Within a year, Gates had dropped out of

Harvard and Microsoft was formed.

The company went through some rough first years, but eventually were able to license

MS-DOS to IBM. The IBM PC took the public by storm, and its success signaled thesuccess of Microsoft. Microsoft continued writing software, for businesses as well as

the consumer market. In 1986, the company went public, and Gates became a 31-year

old billionaire. The next year, the first version ofWindowswas introduced, and by 1993

a million copies per month were being sold.

In 1995, Gates knew that the Internet was the next area of focus, and the course of

Microsoft shifted dramatically. The popular Internet Explorer browser soon became a

bestseller. Today, Microsoft software is everywhere.

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LOGO EVOLUTION

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The company's Client division produces the flagship Windows OS line such as Windows 7; it also produces

the Windows Live family of products and services. Server and Tools produces the server versions of

Windows, such as Windows Server 2008 R2 as well as a set of development tools called Microsoft Visual

Studio, Microsoft Silverlight, a web application framework, and System Center Configuration Manager, a

collection of tools providing remote-control abilities, patch management, software distribution and ahardware/software inventory. Other server products include: Microsoft SQL Server, a relational database

management system, Microsoft Exchange Server, for certain business-oriented e-mail and scheduling

features, Small Business Server, for messaging and other small business-oriented features; and Microsoft

BizTalk Server, for business process management.

Microsoft provides IT consulting ("Microsoft Consulting Services") and produces a set of certification

programs handled by the Server and Tools division designed to recognize individuals who have a minimal set

of proficiencies in a specific role; this includes developers ("Microsoft Certified Solution Developer"),

system/network analysts ("Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer"), trainers ("Microsoft Certified Trainers")

and administrators ("Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator" and "Microsoft Certified Database

Administrator"). Microsoft Press, which publishes books, is also managed by the division. The Online Services

Business division handles the online service MSN and the search engine Bing. As of December 2009, the

company also possesses an 18% ownership of the cable news channel MSNBC without any editorial control;however, the division develops the channel's website, msnbc.com, in a joint venture with the channel's co-

owner, NBC Universal.

The Commons, located on the campus of the company's headquarters in Redmond.

The Microsoft Business Division produces Microsoft Office including Microsoft Office 2010, the company's

line of office software. The software product includes Word (a word processor), Access (a relational database

program), Excel (a spreadsheetprogram), Outlook(Groupware, frequently used with Exchange Server),

PowerPoint(presentation software), Publisher (desktop publishing software) and Sharepoint. A number ofother products were added later with the release of Office 2003 including Visio, Project, MapPoint, InfoPath

and OneNote. The division also develops enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for companies under

the Microsoft Dynamics brand. These include: Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft

Dynamics GP, and Microsoft Dynamics SL. They are targeted at varying company types and countries, and

limited to organizations with under 7,500 employees. Also included under the Dynamics brand is the

customer relationship managementsoftware Microsoft Dynamics CRM, part of the Azure Services Platform.

Entertainment and Devices Division

The Entertainment and Devices Division produces theWindows CE OS for embedded systems and Windows

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Phone for smartphones. Microsoft initially entered the mobile market through WindowsCE for handheld devices, eventually developing into the Windows Mobile OS and now,Windows Phone. Windows CE is designed for devices where the OS may not directlybe visible to the enduser, in particular, appliances and cars. The division also producescomputer games that run on Windows PCs and other systems including titles such as

Age of Empires, Halo and the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, and houses theMacintosh Business Unit which produces Mac OS software including Microsoft Office2011 for Mac. Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division designs, markets, andmanufactures consumer electronics including the Xbox 360 game console, thehandheld Zune media player, and the television-based Internet appliance MSN TV.Microsoft also markets personal computer hardware including mice, keyboards, andvarious game controllers such as joysticks and gamepads.

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Financial Activities

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Microsoft Mission

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