Updated: July 12, 2020 (October 3, 2011)

Five Divisions Revenue and Income

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Microsoft reports finances in five divisions. Shown here are revenue and operating income for Microsoft’s five reported business divisions for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years. (Microsoft fiscal years end on June 30.) Operating income is revenue minus all costs of doing business, and excludes taxes and investment income.

Windows and Windows Live includes the Windows 7 OS for PCs, as well as Windows Live PC software and online services (such as Hotmail), and various PC hardware products. It does not include Windows Server, whose revenue is reported in the Server and Tools division.

Business includes Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and other “Office System” products and cloud services, as well as the Dynamics line of customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning products.

Server and Tools includes the Windows Server OS, the SQL Server database management and business intelligence product, the System Center management software, the Forefront security products, Visual Studio and other developer tools, and the Windows Azure cloud platform. It also includes Microsoft’s product support and consulting services and the Windows Embedded line of OSs for specialized devices.

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