Notes to Financial Statements

NOTE 19 — SEGMENT INFORMATION AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA

In its operation of the business, management, including our chief operating decision maker, who is also our Chief Executive Officer, reviews certain financial information, including segmented internal profit and loss statements prepared on a basis not consistent with GAAP. During the periods presented, we reported our financial performance based on the following segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing.

Our reportable segments are described below.

Productivity and Business Processes

Our Productivity and Business Processes segment consists of products and services in our portfolio of productivity, communication, and information services, spanning a variety of devices and platforms. This segment primarily comprises:

 

Office Commercial (Office 365 subscriptions, the Office 365 portion of Microsoft 365 Commercial subscriptions, and Office licensed on-premises), comprising Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Security and Compliance, and Skype for Business.

 

Office Consumer, including Microsoft 365 Consumer subscriptions and Office licensed on-premises, and Office Consumer Services, including Skype, Outlook.com, and OneDrive.

 

LinkedIn, including Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Premium Subscriptions, Sales Solutions, and Learning Solutions.

 

Dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, comprising a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, Customer Insights, Power Apps, and Power Automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications.

Intelligent Cloud

Our Intelligent Cloud segment consists of our public, private, and hybrid server products and cloud services that can power modern business and developers. This segment primarily comprises:

 

Server products and cloud services, including Azure; SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (“CALs”); and GitHub.

 

Enterprise Services, including Premier Support Services and Microsoft Consulting Services.

More Personal Computing

Our More Personal Computing segment consists of products and services that put customers at the center of the experience with our technology. This segment primarily comprises:

 

Windows, including Windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows Commercial, comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, Windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; Windows Internet of Things; and MSN advertising.

 

Devices, including Surface and PC accessories.

 

Gaming, including Xbox hardware and Xbox content and services, comprising digital transactions, Xbox Game Pass and other subscriptions, video games, third-party video game royalties, cloud services, and advertising.

 

Search advertising.

Revenue and costs are generally directly attributed to our segments. However, due to the integrated structure of our business, certain revenue recognized and costs incurred by one segment may benefit other segments. Revenue from certain contracts is allocated among the segments based on the relative value of the underlying products and services, which can include allocation based on actual prices charged, prices when sold separately, or estimated costs plus a profit margin. Cost of revenue is allocated in certain cases based on a relative revenue methodology. Operating expenses that are allocated primarily include those relating to marketing of products and services from which multiple segments benefit and are generally allocated based on relative gross margin.

In addition, certain costs incurred at a corporate level that are identifiable and that benefit our segments are allocated to them. These allocated costs include legal, including settlements and fines, information technology, human resources, finance, excise taxes, field selling, shared facilities services, and customer service and support. Each allocation is measured differently based on the specific facts and circumstances of the costs being allocated. Certain corporate-level activity is not allocated to our segments.

Segment revenue and operating income were as follows during the periods presented:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended June 30,

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Productivity and Business Processes

 

$

53,915

 

 

$

46,398

 

 

$

41,160

 

Intelligent Cloud

 

 

60,080

 

 

 

48,366

 

 

 

38,985

 

More Personal Computing

 

 

54,093

 

 

 

48,251

 

 

 

45,698

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

168,088

 

 

$

143,015

 

 

$

125,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Productivity and Business Processes

 

$

24,351

 

 

$

18,724

 

 

$

16,219

 

Intelligent Cloud

 

 

26,126

 

 

 

18,324

 

 

 

13,920

 

More Personal Computing

 

 

19,439

 

 

 

15,911

 

 

 

12,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

69,916

 

 

$

52,959

 

 

$

42,959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No sales to an individual customer or country other than the United States accounted for more than 10% of revenue for fiscal years 2021, 2020, or 2019. Revenue, classified by the major geographic areas in which our customers were located, was as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended June 30,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

United States (a)

 

$

83,953

 

 

$

73,160

 

 

$

64,199

 

Other countries

 

 

84,135

 

 

 

69,855

 

 

 

61,644

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

168,088

 

 

$

143,015

 

 

$

  125,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Includes billings to OEMs and certain multinational organizations because of the nature of these businesses and the impracticability of determining the geographic source of the revenue.

Revenue from external customers, classified by significant product and service offerings, was as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended June 30,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

Server products and cloud services

 

$

52,589

 

 

$

41,379

 

 

$

32,622

 

Office products and cloud services

 

 

39,872

 

 

 

35,316

 

 

 

31,769

 

Windows

 

 

23,227

 

 

 

22,294

 

 

 

20,395

 

Gaming

 

 

15,370

 

 

 

11,575

 

 

 

11,386

 

LinkedIn

 

 

10,289

 

 

 

8,077

 

 

 

6,754

 

Search advertising

 

 

8,528

 

 

 

7,740

 

 

 

7,628

 

Enterprise Services

 

 

6,943

 

 

 

6,409

 

 

 

6,124

 

Devices

 

 

6,791

 

 

 

6,457

 

 

 

6,095

 

Other

 

 

4,479

 

 

 

3,768

 

 

 

3,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

168,088

 

 

$

143,015

 

 

$

125,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our commercial cloud revenue, which includes Azure, Office 365 Commercial, the commercial portion of LinkedIn, Dynamics 365, and other commercial cloud properties, was $69.1 billion, $51.7 billion and $38.1 billion in fiscal years 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. These amounts are primarily included in Server products and cloud services, Office products and cloud services, and LinkedIn in the table above.

Assets are not allocated to segments for internal reporting presentations. A portion of amortization and depreciation is included with various other costs in an overhead allocation to each segment. It is impracticable for us to separately identify the amount of amortization and depreciation by segment that is included in the measure of segment profit or loss.

Long-lived assets, excluding financial instruments and tax assets, classified by the location of the controlling statutory company and with countries over 10% of the total shown separately, were as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

76,153

 

 

$

60,789

 

 

$

55,252

 

Ireland

 

 

13,303

 

 

 

12,734

 

 

 

12,958

 

Other countries

 

 

38,858

 

 

 

29,770

 

 

 

25,422

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 128,314

 

 

$

  103,293

 

 

$

  93,632