Microsoft Corporation develops licenses and supports software services devices and solutions worldwide The company operates in three segments Productivity and Business Processes Intelligent Cloud and More Personal Computing The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers Office Exchange SharePoint Microsoft Teams Office 365 Security and Compliance Microsoft Viva and Skype for Business Skype Outlookcom OneDrive and LinkedIn and Dynamics 365 a set of cloudbased and onpremises business solutions for organizations and enterprise divisions The Intelligent Cloud segment licenses SQL Windows Servers Visual Studio System Center and related Client Access Licenses GitHub that provides a collaboration platform and code hosting service for developers Nuance provides healthcare and enterprise AI solutions and Azure a cloud platform It also offers enterprise support Microsoft consulting and nuance professional services to assist customers in developing deploying and managing Microsoft server and desktop solutions and training and certification on Microsoft products The More Personal Computing segment provides Windows original equipment manufacturer OEM licensing and other nonvolume licensing of the Windows operating system Windows Commercial such as volume licensing of the Windows operating system Windows cloud services and other Windows commercial offerings patent licensing and Windows Internet of Things It also offers Surface PC accessories PCs tablets gaming and entertainment consoles and other devices Gaming including Xbox hardware and Xbox content and services video games and thirdparty video game royalties and Search including Bing and Microsoft advertising The company sells its products through OEMs distributors and resellers and directly through digital marketplaces online stores and retail stores Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond Washington