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We marketplace and distribute our services and products usually thru the subsequent channels: OEM; vendors and resellers; and on line. OEM We distribute software program thru OEMs that pre-deployation our software program on new PCs, servers, smartphones, and different clever gadgets that they promote to give up clients. The biggest element of the OEM commercial enterprise is the Windows working gadget pre-mounted on PCs. OEMs additionally promote hardware pre-mounted with different Microsoft merchandise, which include server and embedded working structures and programs consisting of our Microsoft Office suite. In addition to those merchandise, we additionally marketplace thru OEMs software program offerings consisting of our Windows Live Essentials suite. There are huge classes of OEMs. The biggest OEMs, a lot of which perform globally, are mentioned as "Direct OEMs," as our dating with them is controlled thru a right away settlement among Microsoft and the manufacturer. We have distribution agreements masking one or greater of our merchandise with simply all the multinational OEMs, which include Acer, ASUS, Dell, Fujitsu, HTC, Hewlett-Packard, LG, Lenovo, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, and with many nearby and neighborhood OEMs. The 2d huge class of OEMs includes lower-quantity PC manufacturers (additionally called "gadget builders"), which supply their Microsoft software program for pre-set up and neighborhood redistribution usually thru the Microsoft distributor channel instead of thru a right away settlement or dating with Microsoft. Some of the vendors withinside the Microsoft distributor channel are worldwide, consisting of Ingram Micro and Tech Data, however maximum perform at a neighborhood or nearby level. Distributors and Resellers Many businesses that license our services and products thru employer agreements transact without delay with us, with income guide from answer integrators, impartial software program vendors, net agencies, and builders that recommend businesses on licensing our services and products ("Enterprise Software Advisors"). Organizations additionally license our services and products indirectly, usually thru huge account resellers ("LARs"), vendors, fee-delivered resellers ("VARs"), OEMs, gadget builder channels, and retailers. Although every form of reselling accomplice reaches businesses of all sizes, LARs are usually engaged with huge businesses, vendors resell usually to VARs, and VARs commonly attain small-sized and medium-sized businesses. Enterprise Software Advisors commonly also are legal as LARs and perform as resellers for our different licensing applications, consisting of the Select Plus and Open licensing applications mentioned under "Licensing Options" below. Some of our vendors encompass Ingram Micro and Tech Data, and a number of our biggest resellers encompass CDW, Dell, Insight Enterprises, and Software House International. Our Microsoft Dynamics software program services are certified to establishments thru a worldwide community of channel companions imparting vertical answers and specialised offerings. We distribute our retail packaged merchandise usually thru impartial non-one-of-a-kind vendors, legal replicators, resellers, and retail outlets, which include Microsoft Stores. Individual purchasers attain those merchandise usually thru retail outlets, consisting of Wal-Mart and Dixons. We have a community of discipline income representatives and discipline guide employees that solicits orders from vendors and resellers, and offers product education and income guide. Online Although client-primarily based totally software program will stay an vital a part of our commercial enterprise, an increasing number of we're turning in extra fee to clients thru cloud-primarily based totally offerings. We offer on line content material and offerings to purchasers thru Bing, MSN portals and channels, Microsoft Office Web Apps, Windows Phone Marketplace, Xbox LIVE, and

Zune Marketplace. We offer content material and offerings to commercial enterprise customers thru the Microsoft Online Services platform, which incorporates cloud-primarily based totally offerings consisting of Exchange Online, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Office Communications Online, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, SQL Azure, SharePoint Online, Windows Azure, and Windows Intune. Other offerings added on line encompass our on line marketing and marketing platform with services for advertisers, in addition to Microsoft Developer Networks subscription content material and updates, periodic product updates, and on line technical and exercise readiness assets to guide our companions in growing and promoting our merchandise and answers. We additionally promote our merchandise thru our on line store, microsoftstore.com....