List of acquisitions by Microsoft

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This is a list of acquisitions by Microsoft, a computer software company founded on April 4, 1975.[1] Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between Microsoft and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US$ because Microsoft is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed. If the Microsoft product that is derived from the acquired company is known, then it is also listed.

Microsoft's largest acquisition as of April 2008 is the purchase of aQuantive, a digital marketing company, on May 18, 2007 for $6 billion. The majority of the companies acquired by Microsoft are based in the United States. A total of 118 companies have been acquired as of April 2008.

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[edit] Acquisitions

Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) Derived products References
01986 1986 Dynamical Systems Research Operating system Flag of the United States USA $&0000000001500000.0000001,500,000 Microsoft Windows [2]
01987-08-03 3 August 1987 Forethought Graphics software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft PowerPoint [3]
01991-03-18 18 March 1991 Consumers Software Computer networking Flag of Canada CAN — E-mail service provider [4]
01992-03-25 25 March 1992 Fox Software Database Flag of the United States USA $&0000000173000000.000000173,000,000 Visual FoxPro [5]
01994-06-28 28 June 1994 Softimage 3D computer graphics software Flag of Canada CAN — DirectX [6]
01994-11-15 15 November 1994 One Tree Software Revision control Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Visual SourceSafe [6]
01995-01-30 30 January 1995 NextBase Route planning software Flag of the United Kingdom UK — Microsoft Streets & Trips [6]
01995-02-23 23 February 1995 RenderMorphics Reality Lab Flag of the United States USA — Direct3D [6]
01995-10-16 16 October 1995 Blue Ribbon Soundworks Digital audio editor Flag of the United States USA — DirectSound [6]
01995-12-12 12 December 1995 Bruce Artwick Organization Personal computer game Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Space Simulator [6]
01996-01-16 16 January 1996 Vermeer Technologies Incorporated HTML editor Flag of the United States USA $&0000000130000000.000000130,000,000 Microsoft FrontPage [7]
01996-03-12 12 March 1996 Colusa Software Object-oriented programming Flag of the United States USA — ActiveX [8]
01996-04-15 15 April 1996 EXOS Video game Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Game Studios [9]
01996-06-11 11 June 1996 eShop Electronic commerce Flag of the United States USA — MSN Shopping [10]
01996-11-20 20 November 1996 ResNova Software Web server Flag of the United States USA — MSN [11]
01996-12-10 10 December 1996 NetCarta Content management system Flag of the United States USA $&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000 Microsoft FrontPage [12]
01997-03-03 3 March 1997 Intersé Web analytics Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft BackOffice Server [13]
01997-04-06 6 April 1997 WebTV Networks Internet television Flag of the United States USA $&0000000425000000.000000425,000,000 MSN TV [14]
01997-05-07 7 May 1997 Dimension X Multimedia Flag of the United States USA — DirectX [15]
01997-06-13 13 June 1997 Cooper & Peters Software framework Flag of the United States USA $&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000 Application Foundation Classes [16]
01997-06-30 30 June 1997 LinkAge Software E-mail Flag of Canada CAN $&0000000030000000.00000030,000,000 Microsoft Exchange Server [17]
01997-08-05 5 August 1997 Vxtreme Streaming media Flag of the United States USA $&0000000075000000.00000075,000,000 Windows Media Player [18]
01997-12-31 31 December 1997 Hotmail Web-based email Flag of the United States USA $&0000000395000000.000000395,000,000 Hotmail [19]
01998-02-23 23 February 1998 Flash Communications Instant messaging client Flag of the United States USA — MSN Messenger [6]
01998-04-09 9 April 1998 Firefly Network Recommender system Flag of the United States USA $&0000000040000000.00000040,000,000 Windows Live ID [20]
01998-04-28 28 April 1998 MESA Group Instant messaging client Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Exchange Server [21]
01998-08-25 25 August 1998 Valence Research Computer cluster Flag of the United States USA — Windows NT [22]
01998-11-05 5 November 1998 LinkExchange Advertising network Flag of the United States USA $&0000000250000000.000000250,000,000 Microsoft adCenter [23]
01999-01-07 7 January 1999 FASA Interactive Video game Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Game Studios [24]
01999-03-04 4 March 1999 CompareNet Price comparison service Flag of the United States USA — MSN Shopping [25]
01999-03-29 29 March 1999 Numinous Technology Computer graphics Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Game Studios [26]
01999-04-19 19 April 1999 Indie Built Game development Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Game Studios [27]
01999-04-26 26 April 1999 Jump Networks Calendaring software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Outlook [28]
01999-06-07 7 June 1999 ShadowFactor Software Voice over Internet Protocol Flag of Canada CAN $&0000000120000000.000000120,000,000 Microsoft Game Studios [29]
01999-06-14 14 June 1999 OmniBrowse Mobile software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000400000000.000000400,000,000 MSN Mobile [30]
01999-07-01 1 July 1999 Sendit Mobile Web Flag of Sweden SWE $&0000000130000000.000000130,000,000 MSN Mobile [31]
01999-07-07 7 July 1999 ZOOMIT Identity management Flag of Canada CAN — Microsoft Identity Integration Server [32]
01999-07-21 21 July 1999 STNC Enterprises Mobile Web Flag of the United Kingdom UK — MSN Mobile [33]
01999-09-15 15 September 1999 Visio Corporation Diagramming software Flag of the United States USA $&0000001400000000.0000001,400,000,000 Microsoft Visio [34]
01999-09-17 17 September 1999 Softway Systems Customer relationship management Flag of the United States USA — Interix [35]
01999-10-29 29 October 1999 Entropic Research Laboratory Speech recognition Flag of the United Kingdom UK $&0000000090000000.00000090,000,000 Windows Speech Recognition [36]
02000-02-29 29 February 2000 Peach Network Interactive television Flag of Israel ISR — Microsoft TV [37]
02000-06-12 12 June 2000 Driveoff.Com Online Car Shopping Flag of the United States USA — MSN [38]
02000-06-19 19 June 2000 Bungie Video game developer Flag of the United States USA $&0000000038000000.00000038,000,000 Microsoft Game Studios [39]
02000-07-12 12 July 2000 NetGames USA Online game Flag of the United States USA — MSN Games [40]
02000-09-13 13 September 2000 MongoMusic Media player Flag of the United States USA $&0000000065000000.00000065,000,000 MSN Music [41]
02000-09-18 18 September 2000 Pacific Microsonics Media player Flag of the United States USA — Windows Media Player [42]
02000-12-05 5 December 2000 Digital Anvil Video game developer Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Game Studios [43]
02000-12-21 21 December 2000 Great Plains Software Accounting software Flag of the United States USA $&0000001400000000.0000001,400,000,000 Microsoft Dynamics GP [44]
02001-02 February 2001 Maximal Innovative Intelligence Information management Flag of Israel ISR $&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000 Microsoft Outlook [45]
02001-04-30 30 April 2001 NCompass Labs Content management system Flag of Canada CAN $&0000000036000000.00000036,000,000 .NET Framework [46]
02001-05 May 2001 iCommunicate Customer relationship management Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Dynamics CRM [47]
02001-05-03 3 May 2001 Ensemble Studios Video game developer Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Game Studios [48]
02002-05-21 21 May 2002 Navision Software A/S Enterprise resource planning Flag of Denmark DNK $&0000001450000000.0000001,450,000,000 Microsoft Dynamics NAV [49]
02002-05-21 21 May 2002 Sales Management Systems Point of sale Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Dynamics GP [50]
02002-09-29 29 September 2002 Rare Video game developer Flag of the United Kingdom UK $&0000000375000000.000000375,000,000 Microsoft Game Studios [51]
02002-10-22 22 October 2002 Vicinity Internet marketing Flag of the United States USA $&0000000105000000.000000105,000,000 Microsoft MapPoint [52]
02003-02-19 19 February 2003 Connectix Virtualization Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Virtual PC [53]
02003-05-01 1 May 2003 PlaceWare Web conferencing Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Office Live Meeting [54]
02003-06-10 10 June 2003 RAV Antivirus Antivirus software Flag of Romania ROU — Microsoft Anti-Virus [55]
02003-11-06 6 November 2003 Creature House Graphics software Flag of Hong Kong HKG — Creature House Expression [56]
02004-04-26 26 April 2004 ActiveViews Analytical software Flag of the United States USA — SQL Server Reporting Services [57]
02004-04-27 27 April 2004 Encore Business Solutions Accounting software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Dynamics [58]
02004-07-16 16 July 2004 Lookout Software Desktop search Flag of the United States USA $&0000000010000000.00000010,000,000 Windows Search [59]
02004-12-16 16 December 2004 GIANT Company Software Anti-spyware Flag of the United States USA — Windows Defender [60]
02005-02-08 8 February 2005 Sybari Software Antivirus software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000182000000.000000182,000,000 Microsoft Anti-Virus [61]
02005-02-22 22 February 2005 En'tegrate Software Enterprise resource planning Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Dynamics AX [62]
02005-03-10 10 March 2005 Groove Networks Collaborative software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000120000000.000000120,000,000 Microsoft Groove [63]
02005-03-15 15 March 2005 ContentGuard Digital rights management Flag of the United States USA — PlayReady [64]
02005-05-11 11 May 2005 MessageCast Instant messaging client Flag of the United States USA — MSN Messenger [65]
02005-07-20 20 July 2005 FrontBridge E-mail service provider Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services [66]
02005-08-30 30 August 2005 Teleo Voice over Internet Protocol Flag of the United States USA — MSN Messenger [67]
02005-09-19 19 September 2005 Alacris Identity and Access Management Flag of the United States USA — Active Directory [68]
02005-10-06 6 October 2005 Unveil Technologies Speech recognition Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Speech Server [69]
02005-11-02 2 November 2005 media-streams.com Voice over Internet Protocol Flag of Switzerland CHE — Microsoft Office [70]
02005-11-03 3 November 2005 FolderShare File sharing Flag of the United States USA — Windows Live FolderShare [71]
02005-12-23 23 December 2005 GeoTango Web mapping Flag of Canada CAN — Microsoft MapPoint [72]
02006-01-19 19 January 2006 UMT Project management software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server [73]
02006-02-13 13 February 2006 MotionBridge Search engine technology Flag of France FRA — Live Search Mobile [74]
02006-03-03 3 March 2006 String Bean Software iSCSI Flag of the United States USA — Windows Server 2003 [75]
02006-03-07 7 March 2006 Onfolio Information management Flag of the United States USA — Windows Live Toolbar [76]
02006-03-07 7 March 2006 Apptimum Software migration Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Windows [77]
02006-04-03 3 April 2006 ProClarity Corporation Business intelligence software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft SQL Server [78]
02006-04-06 6 April 2006 Lionhead Studios Video game developer Flag of the United Kingdom UK — Microsoft Game Studios [79]
02006-04-26 26 April 2006 AssetMetrix Business intelligence software Flag of Canada CAN — Microsoft Systems Management Server [80]
02006-05-04 4 May 2006 Vexcel Satellite imagery Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft MapPoint [81]
02006-05-04 4 May 2006 Massive Incorporated In-game advertising Flag of the United States USA — Xbox Live [82]
02006-05-08 8 May 2006 DeepMetrix Web analytics Flag of Canada CAN — Microsoft adCenter [83]
02006-05-18 18 May 2006 Whale Communications Virtual private network Flag of the United States USA $&0000000075000000.00000075,000,000 Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway [84]
02006-06-27 27 June 2006 iView Media Digital asset management Flag of the United Kingdom UK — Microsoft Expression Media [85]
02006-07-17 17 July 2006 Softricity Application Virtualization Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Application Virtualization [86]
02006-07-17 17 July 2006 Winternals Utility software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Windows [87]
02006-07-26 26 July 2006 Azyxxi Medical software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Amalga [88]
02006-09-26 26 September 2006 Gteko Utility software Flag of Israel ISR $&0000000110000000.0000-0110,000,000 Microsoft Research [89]
02006-10-03 3 October 2006 DesktopStandard Group Policy Flag of the United States USA — Group Policy [90]
02006-10-12 12 October 2006 Colloquis Instant messaging Flag of the United States USA — Windows Live Agents [91]
02007-01-11 11 January 2007 Secured Dimensions Computer security Flag of Israel ISR — Windows Live OneCare [92]
02007-02-27 27 February 2007 Medstory Medical software Flag of the United States USA — Live Search Health [93]
02007-03-15 15 March 2007 Tellme Networks Voice over Internet Protocol Flag of the United States USA $&0000000800000000.000000800,000,000 Windows Mobile [94]
02007-03-26 26 March 2007 devBiz Web application Flag of Turkey TUR — Visual Studio Team System [95]
02007-05-03 3 May 2007 ScreenTonic Mobile advertising Flag of France FRA — Microsoft adCenter [96]
02007-05-09 9 May 2007 SoftArtisans Reporting software Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Office [97]
02007-05-18 18 May 2007 aQuantive Digital marketing Flag of the United States USA $&0000006000000000.0000006,000,000,000 Microsoft adCenter [98]
02007-06-04 4 June 2007 Engyro Interoperability Flag of the United States USA — System Center Operations Manager [99]
02007-06-04 4 June 2007 Dundas Data Visualization Database Flag of Canada CAN — SQL Server Reporting Services [100]
02007-06-07 7 June 2007 Stratature Database management system Flag of the United States USA — Bulldog [101]
02007-07-26 26 July 2007 AdECN Online advertising Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft adCenter [102]
02007-08-29 29 August 2007 Parlano Instant messaging Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Office Communications Server [103]
02007-10-01 01 October 2007 Jellyfish.com Reverse auction Flag of the United States USA — Live Search [104]
02007-10-29 29 October 2007 Global Care Solutions Medical software Flag of Thailand THA — Microsoft Amalga [105]
02007-12-12 12 December 2007 Multimap.com Location-based service Flag of the United Kingdom UK — Live Search Maps [106]
02008-01-08 8 January 2008 Fast Search & Transfer Enterprise search Flag of Norway NOR $&0000001300000000.0000001,300,000,000 Live Search [107]
02008-01-21 21 January 2008 Calista Technologies Virtual device Flag of the United States USA $&0000000100000000.000000100,000,000 Microsoft Application Virtualization [108]
02008-02-06 6 February 2008 Caligari 3D computer graphics Flag of the United States USA — Microsoft Virtual Earth [109]
02008-02-11 11 February 2008 Danger Mobile software Flag of the United States USA — MSN Mobile [110]
02008-02-27 27 February 2008 YaData Online advertising Flag of Israel ISR $&0000000030000000.00000030,000,000 Microsoft adCenter [111]
02008-03-12 12 March 2008 Kidaro Desktop Virtualization (VDI) Flag of Israel ISR $&0000000100000000.000000100,000,000 Microsoft Virtual PC [112]
02008-03-20 20 March 2008 Komoku Computer security Flag of the United States USA — Windows Live OneCare [113]
02008-04-17 17 April 2008 Farecast Computer reservations system Flag of the United States USA $&0000000115000000.000000115,000,000 — [114]

[edit] See also

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