Microsoft By AnaSalcedoM Apr 4, 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft japam Apr 4, 1975 Microsft was founded in Albuquerque. Nov 26, 1976 Microsoft became an register brand. Nov 1, 1978 First international office in Japan Jan 1, 1979 microsoft moves to Bellevue, Washington Jun 25, 1981 Microsoft incorporates as a company. Aug 12, 1981 IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's OS Nov 19, 1985 Micrososft Windows was announced. Nov 19, 1985 Microsoft Windows version 1.0 was released Feb 26, 1986 Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington Mar 13, 1986 Microsoft stock goes public Apr 19, 1987 Microsoft Windows version 2.0 was released Aug 1, 1989 Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications May 22, 1990 Microsoft launches Windows 3.0 Aug 24, 1995 Microsoft launches Windows 95 Dec 7, 1995 Internet by launching internet explorer a web browser. Jun 25, 1998 Microsoft launches Windows 98 Jan 13, 2000 Steve Ballmer named president and chief executive officer for Microsoft Feb 17, 2000 Microsoft launches Windows 2000 Jun 22, 2000 Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft's .NET strategy for Web services May 31, 2001 Microsoft launches Office XP Oct 25, 2001 Microsoft launches Windows XP Nov 15, 2001 Microsoft launches Xbox Nov 7, 2002 Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC Apr 24, 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server Oct 21, 2003 Microsoft launches Microsoft Office System Nov 22, 2005 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Jan 30, 2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide Feb 27, 2008 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 Jun 27, 2008 Bill Gates transitions from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to spend more time on his work at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jun 3, 2009 Microsoft launches Bing search engine Oct 22, 2009 Microsoft launches Windows 7 Jun 15, 2010 Microsoft launches general availability of Office 2010 Nov 4, 2010 Microsoft launches Kinect for Xbox 360 Nov 10, 2010 Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 Nov 17, 2010 Microsoft announces availability of Microsoft Lync Jun 28, 2011 Microsoft launches Office 365 Oct 26, 2012 Microsoft released Windows 8 to the general public Oct 17, 2013 Windows 8.1
