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1. A SLIGHT OVERVIEW ON
MICROSOFT
PRESENTED BY,
CHRIS JOSEPH

2. BILL GATES AND PAUL ALLEN
About The Founders

3. BILL GATES
William Henry "Bill" Gates III
(born October 28, 1955) is an
American business magnate,
philanthropist, investor,
computer programmer, and
inventor. Gates originally
established his reputation as
the co-founder of Microsoft, the
world’s largest PC software
company, with Paul Allen.
During his career at Microsoft,
Gates held the positions of
chairman, CEO and chief
software architect, and was also
the largest individual
shareholder until May 2014.He
has also authored and co-

4. PAUL ALLEN
Paul Gardner Allen (born January
21, 1953) is an American
philanthropist, investor and
innovator, best known as the co-
founder of Microsoft alongside Bill
Gates. As of January 2015, he was
estimated to be the 51st richest
person in the world, with an
estimated wealth of $17.5 billion.
Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill
Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
in 1975, and began marketing a
BASIC programming language
interpreter. Allen came up with the
original name of "Micro-Soft," as
recounted in a 1995 Fortune

5. SATYA NADELLA
Satya Narayana Nadella
(born 19 August 1967) is an
Indian-American business
executive. He is the current
chief executive officer (CEO)
of Microsoft. He was
appointed as CEO on 4
February 2014, succeeding
Steve Ballmer. Before
becoming CEO of Microsoft,
he was Executive Vice
President of Microsoft's Cloud
and Enterprise group,
responsible for building and
running the company's
Computing Platforms,

6. HISTORY OF MICROSOFT
In 1980, Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM that allowed them to bundle
Microsoft's operating system with IBM computers, paying Microsoft a royalty
for every sale.
Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system,
Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, Xbox a line of entertainment of
games, music and video and Bing, a line of search engines.
Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of
Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul
Allen in Albuquerque.

7. HISTORY OF MICROSOFT
When Microsoft launched several versions of Microsoft Windows in the 1990s,
they had captured over 90% market share of the world's personal computers.
Microsoft Windows eventually overshadowed OS/2 in terms of sales.
In 1985, IBM requested that Microsoft write a new operating system for their
computers called OS/2; Microsoft wrote the operating system, but also
continued to sell their own alternative, which proved to be in direct competition
with OS/2.

8. HISTORY OF MICROSOFT
It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of
software products for computing devices.(Maker of Xbox one and
Xbox 360)
As of June 30, 2014, Microsoft has a global annual revenue of
$86.83 Billion USD and 128,076 employees worldwide.

9. VISION Of MICROSOFT
• Their vision is to create innovative technology
that is accessible to everyone and that adapts to
each person's needs.
• Accessible technology eliminates barriers for
people with disabilities and it enables individuals
to take full advantage of their capabilities.

10. MISSION OF MICROSOFT
• At Microsoft, their mission is to enable people
and businesses throughout the world to realize
one’s full potential.
• They deliver on that commitment by striving to
create technology that is accessible to
everyone—of all ages and abilities.
• Microsoft is one of the industry leaders in
accessibility innovation and in building products
that are safer and easier to use.

11. STRATEGY OF MICROSOFT
• Accessibility, as part of overall usability, is a
fundamental consideration for Microsoft during
product design, development, evaluation, and
release.
• Microsoft endeavors to integrate accessibility
into planning, design, research, development,
testing, and documentation.

12. CSR ACTIVITIES OF MICROSOFT IN
INDIA
• To promote a strategic and sustainable approach to
CSR across the Company in line with our corporate
vision to help individuals and businesses realize their
full potential.
• To ensure that our CSR investments are relevant to
the national agenda and contribute in a significant way
to India’s inclusive development.
• To strengthen and deepen commitment across the
organization through a sustained program for
employee participation and engagement in the
Company’s CSR and nation building agenda.

13. SWOT ANALYSIS OF MICROSOFT
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Brand loyalty Poor
acquisitions and
investments
Cloud based
services
Intense
competition
in software
products
Brand
reputation
Dependence on
hardware
manufacturers
Mobile advertising Changing
consumer
needs and
habits
Easy to use
software
Criticism over
security flaws
Mobile device
industry
Open source
projects
Acquisition of
Skype
Slow to
innovate
Growth through
acquisitions
Potential
lawsuits

14. DETAILS ABOUT THE LOGO
• 1985: In 1985, Microsoft debuted the third logo, and made Windows
1.0.
• 1987: Microsoft "Pac-Man" logo, designed by Scott Baker and used
from 1987 to 2012 with the 1994-2002 slogan "Where do you want to
go today?".
• 2006-2011: Microsoft logo as of 2006–2011, with the slogan "Your
potential. Our passion”.
• 2011-2012: Logo by Microsoft with the slogan "Be what's next.“
• 2012–present: Introduced on August 23, 2012, to symbolize the
"world of digital motion" and Microsoft's "diverse portfolio of
products".

15. VARIOUS LOGOS OVER THE YEARS

16. VARIOUS MICROSOFT DEVICES

17. VARIOUS MICROSOFT DEVICES

18. OTHER MAJOR PROUCTS

19. THANK YOU