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The following is an incomplete list of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft since its first acquisition in 1986.
| Date | Company | Business | Country | Value (USD) |
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| June 20, 1986 | Dynamical Systems Research | Operating systems | United States | $1.5 million |
| July 30, 1987 | Forethought, Inc. | Computer software | United States | $14 millon |
| March 31, 1991 | Consumers Software | Software | Canada | -- |
| June 29, 1992 | Fox Software | PC database software | United States | $174 million |
| March 3, 1997 | Interse | Internet software | United States | -- |
| December 31, 1997 | Hotmail | Internet software, email service | United States | $500 million |
| January 7, 2000 | Visio Corporation | Wholesale drawing software | United States | $1.375 million |
| June 19, 2000 | Bungie | Video games | United States | -- |
| March 10, 2005 | Groove Networks | Community software | United States | $120 million |
| May 3, 2007 | Tellme Networks | Mobile phone software | United States | -- |
| May 10, 2011 | Skype Technologies | Telecommunications | Luxembourg | $8.5 billion |
| June 25, 2012 | Yammer | Social networking | United States | $1.2 billion |
| November 6, 2014 | Mojang Studios | Video games | Sweden | $2.5 billion |
| February 3, 2016 | SwiftKey | Virtual keyboard | United Kingdom | $250 million |
| January 18, 2022 | Activision Blizzard | Video games | United States | $75.4 billion |