1. Anirudh Balasubramanian | Noah Goetsch | Lei Haun
Caterina Centeno | Joseph Koch

2. Company Background
Multinational Corporation specializing in consumer and business technology
Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington
Current CEO: Satya Nadella 
Succeeding Steve Balmer in 2014
UWM Alumni 

3. Products and Services Business and consumer technology/software
Video Games: Xbox gaming console
Operating Systems: Windows (98, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
Tablets: Microsoft Surface Tablet
Mobile Phones: Windows Phone
Servers: SharePoint, SQL, etc.
Software: Microsoft Office, Skype for Business, etc.

4. Financial Figures Fortune 500 rank in 2017: 28 revenues ($M) $85,320
Revenue change  -8.8%
Profits($M) $16,798
Profit change 37.8%
Assets($M) $193,694
MKT Value as of 3/31/2017($M) $508,935
Employees 114,000
Previous rank: 25

6. Global Presence Area Headquarters Development Centers IT Centers
Operation Centers
Research Labs
Offices: Sales, Marketing, Services 
Technical Support Centers 

7. Global Presence (continued)
Area Headquarters
Serves as hub for regional activities
Sales, business development, marketing 
China, France, Germany, Singapore, Turkey, and the U.S.
Development Centers
Software engineers improving current & creating new technology 
Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Serbia, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.
IT Centers
Design, deploy, manage, troubleshoot, support global IT infrastructure
China, India, U.S.

8. Global Presence (continued)
Operation Centers
Software manufacturing and fulfillment, electronic software distribution, volume licensing, logistical support activities.
Ireland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, U.S. 
Research Labs
House top minds in computing; work to advance products & technology 
13 locations around the globe
China, India, U.K., Germany, Egypt, Israel, 7 labs in the U.S.

9. Global Presence (continued)
Offices: Sales, Marketing, Services
Operate as independent corporate subsidiaries
Generate majority of revenue 
In over 100 countries
"We’re located close to our customers to help us better understand their needs and the local market." 
Technical Support 
"We solve the toughest customer issues and improve our company’s products, programs, and services."
70 locations worldwide
Largest centers based in China, Europe, India, Japan, and the U.S. 
Global Presence  (continued)

10. Global Expansion Data centers in Africa Johannesburg and Cape Town
Microsoft HoloLens
Self-Contained Holographic Computer
Now Available in Australia, France, UK, Germany, Ireland, & New Zealand 

11. Microsoft & Currency 40 years ago Paul Allen and Bill Gates
Stock Price started at $21.56
Windows 95' -- Internet Explorer
Dotcom bubble

12. Financial Risks
In most microcomputers software market, Microsoft is the dominant enterprise.
This led to a lot of dissatisfaction.
This dissatisfaction does not exist only among competitors
  Microsoft's Online Services Division has been continuously loss-making since 2006 and in Q it lost $ 726 million. This follows a loss of $ 2.5 billion for the year 2010

13. Political Risks Expanding into emerging markets
Dispute with the U.S. Government
Offshore data servers in Ireland
Contains a vast amount of customer data
U.S. Government ordered Microsoft to turn over the data
Microsoft refused since the prosecutor cannot search personal data in another country
The Judge denied the claim & the U.S. is aggressively trying to obtain jurisdiction

14. FATCA Law Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Foreign financial institutions to provide customer data of U.S. clients
Since Microsoft has its data servers offshore, it's considered foreign

15. Thank you for listening!
Questions?

16. Sources http://fortune.com/fortune500/microsoft/