Microsoft’s entry into the operating systems business
Bill Gates announced Microsoft Windows
Microsoft moved its headquarters to Redmond
Microsoft went public
Born of Office
Microsoft Research was created to expand the reach of personal computing technology.
Windows 95 released
New product: Visual Studio 97 was the first comprehensive set of tools for developers
New live gaming experience: Xbox
Visual Studio .NET - free, open source, cross platform framework
Internet version of Windows = Windows Azure
Bing the search engine published
Flagship suite has born for collaboration - launch of Office 365
Skype become part of the family
Surface hybrid tablet appears
Microsoft's launch of Office for iPad - across device experience
Purchase of Minecraft
Mission statement created - “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more”
Windows 10 rolled out
Acquisition of LinkedIn
Microsoft Teams launched
Highest-capacity subsea cable launched to cross the Atlantic Ocean
Xbox Adaptive Controller for players with disabilities
GitHub acquisition
Microsoft announced it will be carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 will remove from the environment all the carbon it has emitted since it was founded in 1975.
One of the top five supercomputers is built to train AI
Windows 11 announced
Nuance acquisition - shared vision to build outcomes-based AI
GitHub Copilot - the hit product of the generative AI age
New paradigm for search: AI powered Copilot for the Web
Copilot - introduction of everyday AI companion in Bing, Edge, M365 and Windows11
acquisition of Activision Blizzard - cross device gaming experience
Debute of Phi family of AI models
Copilot + PC, PC designed for AI
Azure Quantum
Microsoft announced the world's first quantum chip