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<h1 style="text-align: center;">microsofts 16 billion dollar businesses</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] Mary Jo Foley @zdnet compiled <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-16-billion-dollar-businesses-an-updated-list-7000019346/" target="_blank">a listing of the 16 different lines of business</a> that microsoft has that are generating annual revenues of $ 1 Billion(B) per year or greater</li>
<li>] LIST (16) - is below, i have re-ordered it alphanumerically, *Android Patent Licencing were not sure about,</li>
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<li>UPDATE - Skype has been added</li>
<li>UPDATE - Phones has been added after the Nokia aquisition of 2014</li>
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<li>] next i will attempt to put/group/categorize each of the different LOB's into 1 of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">msft's financial reporting categories</span> that they use,</li>
<li>] this should provide some guidance in looking at msft financial reports to get an idea of the revenue/costs associated with each of its different LOB</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>x*] Android Patent licencing - thanks google!</li>
<li>] azure - cloud services</li>
<li>x] bing (online advertising) -</li>
<li>] client access licence</li>
<li>x] dynamics (CRM, ERP)</li>
<li>x] enterprise communications -&nbsp;exchange + lync</li>
<li>x] enterprise services - includes consulting</li>
<li>x] office - software licences</li>
<li>x] office 365 - subscriptions online</li>
<li>x] sharepoint -</li>
<li>x] sql server -</li>
<li>x] system center -</li>
<li>x] visual studio - and other developer tools,</li>
<li>] windows - (included surface hardware revenues)</li>
<li>] windows server -</li>
<li>x] xbox -</li>
<li>+] Skype -</li>
<li>?] Phones</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-16-billion-dollar-businesses-an-updated-list-7000019346/" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-16-billion-dollar-businesses-an-updated-list-7000019346/</a></li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2013-08-13</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>] in 2010 msft had 8 business lines that generated &gt; 1B in revenue</li>
<li>] in 2013 msft has 16 business lines that generated &gt; 1B in revenue</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]<strong></strong></h2>
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<li><strong>] mapping the 16 B dollar businesses to their respective msft financial reporting division,</strong></li>
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<li>&nbsp;items <em>in italics</em> are reported in multiple divisions, includes NON B businesses in</li>
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<li><strong>Devices+Consumer - hardware -&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">] other ( mice + keyboards)</span></li>
<li>] phones ( new in 2014 with nokia aquisition, hardware, phone os licencing)</li>
<li>*] surface ( prev. included in windows)</li>
<li>] xbox (include xbox hardware, live subscriptions, games 2nd/3rd party)</li>
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<li><strong>Devices+Consumer - licencing -&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] office sw</li>
<li>] office sub</li>
<li>] visual studio</li>
<li>] windows ( includes OEM, academic and retail)</li>
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<li><strong>Devices+Consumer - other -&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] Bing (online ads)</li>
<li><em>] xbox ( games 1st party, ?marketplaces?)</em></li>
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<li><strong>Commercial - Licencing&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] Android patents</li>
<li>] Ent communication - exchange, lync</li>
<li>] sharepoint -</li>
<li>] sql server -</li>
<li>] system center -</li>
<li><em>] visual studio</em></li>
<li><em>] office sw </em></li>
<li><em>] windows <br /></em></li>
<li>] windows server</li>
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<li><strong>Commercial - Other</strong></li>
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<li>] Azure</li>
<li>] Dynamics</li>
<li>] Enterprise services - consulting</li>
<li><em>] office sub</em></li>
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<li><strong>Commercial - Corporate &amp; Other</strong></li>
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<li><em>] Azure</em> - ?? Product Transactional and multi year licencing ??</li>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li><strong>] define: revenue</strong></li>
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<li>] is the net income (total sales) generated, not the profit of the division, but the gross sales revenue that the business line brings in&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] this was prior to the companies <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/demystifying-microsofts-new-financial-reporting-structure-7000021229/" target="_blank">2013-09 reorganization</a> of it's financial reporting methodology,</strong> the re-org was either to clarify or confuse the way msft reported it's earnings/losses by it's specific product divisions. The five new reporting divisions are as follows ...</li>
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<li>Devices+Consumer - hardware -</li>
<li>Devices+Consumer - licencing -</li>
<li>Devices+Consumer - other -&nbsp;</li>
<li>Commercial - Licencing -</li>
<li>Commercial - Other -</li>
<li>Commercial - Corporate &amp; Other -</li>
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