Bill Gates

The only one that's not under active antitrust investigation today by the federal government. The one that is a massive provider of software and services to the U.S. and its allies at the government level.

The only one that's not under active antitrust investigation today by the federal government. The one that is a massive provider of software and services to the U.S. and its allies at the government level.

And Bill Gates is still chairman of the board. Like, not only is he a full-time employee being the chief software architect here, It's not that it's like a sham that he's not the CEO, but he is a very present voice at the table in these big decision-making moments.

And Bill Gates is still chairman of the board. Like, not only is he a full-time employee being the chief software architect here, It's not that it's like a sham that he's not the CEO, but he is a very present voice at the table in these big decision-making moments.

And so for how do we become a company that continues to innovate and make great products despite all this, he still has Bill as the technical leader of the future products.

And so for how do we become a company that continues to innovate and make great products despite all this, he still has Bill as the technical leader of the future products.

So then the question becomes, how did Microsoft build this phenomenal enterprise business? And along with that, release XP, the most successful Windows operating system ever. And then we're going to talk about Vista. And then we're going to talk about Zune and Search and Bing and Windows Mobile. Windows 8 and, yeah, all that.

So then the question becomes, how did Microsoft build this phenomenal enterprise business? And along with that, release XP, the most successful Windows operating system ever. And then we're going to talk about Vista. And then we're going to talk about Zune and Search and Bing and Windows Mobile. Windows 8 and, yeah, all that.

But before we do, we would like to thank huge partners of ours here in this season of Acquired ServiceNow.

But before we do, we would like to thank huge partners of ours here in this season of Acquired ServiceNow.

And speaking of Microsoft and ServiceNow, they just announced a huge expansion of their partnership, specifically integrating the two companies' enterprise AI assistants. Starting in the fall, customers will be able to interact with ServiceNow's NowAssist AI assistant directly within Microsoft Copilot.

And speaking of Microsoft and ServiceNow, they just announced a huge expansion of their partnership, specifically integrating the two companies' enterprise AI assistants. Starting in the fall, customers will be able to interact with ServiceNow's NowAssist AI assistant directly within Microsoft Copilot.

Yes. And like that historic announcement from Bill committing to Microsoft Office for the Mac, this partnership is also huge. ServiceNow's Now Assist will be integrated with Microsoft Copilot and will be available directly from Office apps starting with Microsoft Teams in August. the AIs are integrated into one seamless user experience without actually sharing data.

Yes. And like that historic announcement from Bill committing to Microsoft Office for the Mac, this partnership is also huge. ServiceNow's Now Assist will be integrated with Microsoft Copilot and will be available directly from Office apps starting with Microsoft Teams in August. the AIs are integrated into one seamless user experience without actually sharing data.

So if, for example, a user asks Copilot in Teams about how the company's laptop policy works, behind the scenes, Copilot shares that request and context with Now Assist, and Now Assist accesses internal company policy with the right permissions for that user and returns the answer to Copilot in a rich card with options for the user to kick off a workflow via Now Assist.

So if, for example, a user asks Copilot in Teams about how the company's laptop policy works, behind the scenes, Copilot shares that request and context with Now Assist, and Now Assist accesses internal company policy with the right permissions for that user and returns the answer to Copilot in a rich card with options for the user to kick off a workflow via Now Assist.

In the future, Microsoft Copilot will also be integrated the other way into Now Assist so it can automatically generate Office files like PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets directly from assets and knowledge in the ServiceNow platform.

In the future, Microsoft Copilot will also be integrated the other way into Now Assist so it can automatically generate Office files like PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets directly from assets and knowledge in the ServiceNow platform.

All right, so to contextualize how this enterprise business was built, it is worth understanding the shape of Microsoft's business, like the divisions, what products generated what revenue, even before all this DOJ stuff. So if we go back to 1996, Bill Gates gave a great interview where he was talking about the kind of four businesses that they're in today.

All right, so to contextualize how this enterprise business was built, it is worth understanding the shape of Microsoft's business, like the divisions, what products generated what revenue, even before all this DOJ stuff. So if we go back to 1996, Bill Gates gave a great interview where he was talking about the kind of four businesses that they're in today.