Microsoft Investor Relations - Acquisitions

Acquisitions are available dating back to Fiscal Year 1994. Press releases for many investment and acquisition announcements are available online. Click the dates to read the releases.

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2008 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

July 14, 2008

Zoomix

July 1, 2008

Powerset

June 27, 2008

MobiComp

June 17, 2008

Navic Networks

April 9, 2008

Farecast

March 20, 2008

Komoku

March 14, 2008

Rapt Inc.

March 12, 2008

Kidaro

March 6, 2008

Credentica

February 27, 2008

YaData

February 11, 2008

Danger Inc.

February 7, 2008

Caligari Corporation

January 21, 2008

Calista Technologies

January 8, 2008

Fast Search & Transfer ASA

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2007 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

December 12, 2007

Multimap

October 29, 2007

Global Care Solutions

August 30, 2007

Parlano

July 26, 2007

AdECN, Inc.

May 18, 2007

aQuantive, Inc.

May 3, 2007

ScreenTonic

March 14, 2007

Tellme Networks, Inc.

February 26, 2007

Medstory Inc.

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2006 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

October 12, 2006

Colloquis

July 26, 2006

Azyxxi

July 18, 2006

Winternals

July 17, 2006

Softricity

May 18, 2006

Whale Communications

May 4, 2006

Massive Inc.

April 6, 2006

Lionhead Studios

April 3, 2006

ProClarity Corp

March 7, 2006

Apptimum Inc.

March 7, 2006

Onfolio Inc.

February 13, 2006

Motion Bridge

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2005 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

September 19, 2005

Alacris Inc.

November 3, 2005

FolderShare

November 3, 2005

media-streams.com AG

August 30, 2005

Teleo Inc.

July 20, 2005

FrontBridge Technologies

March 10, 2005

Groove Networks Inc.

February 8, 2005

Sybari Software Inc.

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2004 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

December 16, 2004

GIANT Company Software

April 26, 2004

ActiveViews

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2003 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

April 30, 2003

PlaceWare

February 19, 2003

Connectix

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2002 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

October 22, 2002

Vicinity

September 24, 2002

Rare

Sept. 10, 2002

XDegrees

May 7, 2002

Navision

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2001 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

May 3, 2001

Ensemble Studios

April 30, 2001

NCompass Labs

Jan. 12, 2001

Design Intelligence

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2000 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

December 21, 2000

Great Plains Software

December 5, 2000

Digital Anvil

Oct. 26, 2000

WebAppoint

September 18, 2000

Pacific Microsonics Inc.

September 13, 2000

MongoMusic

July 12, 2000

NetGames USA

June 19, 2000

Bungie Software

June 12, 2000

Driveoff.Com

February 29, 2000

Peach Networks

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1999 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

Oct. 29, 1999

Entropic

Sept. 17, 1999

Softway Systems

Sept. 15, 1999

Visio

July 21, 1999

STNC

July 7, 1999

ZOOMIT

July 1, 1999

Sendit

June 14, 1999

OmniBrowse

June 7, 1999

ShadowFactor

April 26, 1999

Jump Networks

April 19, 1999

Access Software

March 4, 1999

CompareNet

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1998 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

Nov. 5, 1998

LinkExchange

August 25, 1998

Valence Research

April 28, 1998

The MESA Group

April 9, 1998

Firefly Network

Feb. 23, 1998

Flash Communications

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1997 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

Dec. 31, 1997

Hotmail

Aug. 5, 1997

VXtreme

June 30, 1997

LinkAge Software

June 13, 1997

Cooper & Peters

May 7, 1997

Dimension X

April 6, 1997

WebTV Networks

March 3, 1997

Intersé

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1996 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

Dec. 10, 1996

NetCarta

Nov. 20, 1996

ResNova Software

Oct. 29, 1996

OLAP technology from Panorama Software

June 17, 1996

Electric Gravity Inc.

June 11, 1996

eShop Inc.

April 15, 1996

EXOS Inc.

April 8, 1996

aha! software

March 12, 1996

Colusa and Aspect

Jan. 16, 1996

Vermeer Technologies Inc.

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1995 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

Dec. 12, 1995

Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd.

Nov. 6, 1995

Interoperability Technology, Expertise from Netwise Inc.

Oct. 16, 1995

The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd.

July 31, 1995

Dare to Dream Intertainment

July 10, 1995

SNMP Technology From Network Managers

Feb. 23, 1995

RenderMorphics, Ltd.

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1994 acquisitions

Press ReleaseCompany

Nov. 15, 1994

One Tree Software

Nov. 1, 1994

NextBase

Sept. 27, 1994

Altamira

June 28, 1994

SOFTIMAGE


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