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microsofts 16 billion dollar businesses

[WHAT]

  1. ] Mary Jo Foley @zdnet compiled a listing of the 16 different lines of business that microsoft has that are generating annual revenues of $ 1 Billion(B) per year or greater
  2. ] LIST (16) - is below, i have re-ordered it alphanumerically, *Android Patent Licencing were not sure about,
    1. UPDATE - Skype has been added
    2. UPDATE - Phones has been added after the Nokia aquisition of 2014
  3. ] next i will attempt to put/group/categorize each of the different LOB's into 1 of msft's financial reporting categories that they use,
  4. ] 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

[WHY]

  1. x*] Android Patent licencing - thanks google!
  2. ] azure - cloud services
  3. x] bing (online advertising) -
  4. ] client access licence
  5. x] dynamics (CRM, ERP)
  6. x] enterprise communications - exchange + lync
  7. x] enterprise services - includes consulting
  8. x] office - software licences
  9. x] office 365 - subscriptions online
  10. x] sharepoint -
  11. x] sql server -
  12. x] system center -
  13. x] visual studio - and other developer tools,
  14. ] windows - (included surface hardware revenues)
  15. ] windows server -
  16. x] xbox -
  17. +] Skype -
  18. ?] Phones

[WHERE]

  1. ] http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-16-billion-dollar-businesses-an-updated-list-7000019346/

[WHEN]

  1. ] 2013-08-13

[EXAMPLE]

  1. ] in 2010 msft had 8 business lines that generated > 1B in revenue
  2. ] in 2013 msft has 16 business lines that generated > 1B in revenue

[HOW-TO]

  1. ] mapping the 16 B dollar businesses to their respective msft financial reporting division,
    1.  items in italics are reported in multiple divisions, includes NON B businesses in
  2. Devices+Consumer - hardware - 
    1. ] other ( mice + keyboards)
    2. ] phones ( new in 2014 with nokia aquisition, hardware, phone os licencing)
    3. *] surface ( prev. included in windows)
    4. ] xbox (include xbox hardware, live subscriptions, games 2nd/3rd party)
  3. Devices+Consumer - licencing - 
    1. ] office sw
    2. ] office sub
    3. ] visual studio
    4. ] windows ( includes OEM, academic and retail)
  4. Devices+Consumer - other - 
    1. ] Bing (online ads)
    2. ] xbox ( games 1st party, ?marketplaces?)
  5. Commercial - Licencing 
    1. ] Android patents
    2. ] Ent communication - exchange, lync
    3. ] sharepoint -
    4. ] sql server -
    5. ] system center -
    6. ] visual studio
    7. ] office sw
    8. ] windows
    9. ] windows server
  6. Commercial - Other
    1. ] Azure
    2. ] Dynamics
    3. ] Enterprise services - consulting
    4. ] office sub
  7. Commercial - Corporate & Other
    1. ] Azure - ?? Product Transactional and multi year licencing ??

 

[REFERENCE]

  1. ] define: revenue
    1. ] is the net income (total sales) generated, not the profit of the division, but the gross sales revenue that the business line brings in 
  2. ] this was prior to the companies 2013-09 reorganization of it's financial reporting methodology, 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 ...
    1. Devices+Consumer - hardware -
    2. Devices+Consumer - licencing -
    3. Devices+Consumer - other - 
    4. Commercial - Licencing -
    5. Commercial - Other -
    6. Commercial - Corporate & Other -
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DESCRIPTION: By Mary Jo Foley - A look at the 16 different division of Microsoft that each bring in > 1 Billion in revenue.

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