Microsoft origins

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.[4] It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows. The company's 1986 initial public offering, and subsequent rise in its share price, created an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date.


Microsoft logos in 1987:

Microsoft in 2006-2011: 

Microsoft in 2011-12

Microsoft in 2012- till date

Impact of Microsoft on the lives of people

Imagine a computer without Windows, without Microsoft office package ,with out cloud computing and without skype. .. and this is just a beginning of the long list of the Microsoft products which are now the part of our daily life.

Microsoft created a revolution in the field of software industry but the hardware industry to..

Kinnect and Xbox are the 2 very popular packages by Microsoft which are used by people of almost all age group be it a child or a gaming expert .   

From a small child to a student in college ...
From a house wife to corporate ladies...
From enjoyment to work ..
You will find Microsoft every where around you need is just to recognize its existence and aura..
Microsoft Office:

Skype:

Xbox:

Outlook:

How I plan to bring a change to the society being a Microsoft Student Associate?

My passion towards technology made me a fan of Microsoft . Being a Microsoft Student Associate I'll help people find about product of Microsoft and how they make our work easy,simplified and more presentable.
How with cheaper cost and fast methods people can make their lives easier and save time. We students have form a network , a network to share things, a network to share information, a network to work together around us.It might be of school, coaching,college , our home and when things are discussed in these networks they proof help full to people who actually are in need .

Products By Microsoft

The Following are few software packages by microsoft:

Internet

• Bing Bar
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Silverlight
• Skype
• MSN
• Windows Essentials, formerly Windows Live Essentials
• Microsoft Family Safety
• Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
• OneDrive for Windows, replaced SkyDrive, replaced Windows Live Mesh
• Windows Live Mail
• Windows Live Writer
• Windows Photo Gallery

Office

• Office 365
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Entourage
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft FrontPage
• Microsoft InfoPath
• Microsoft Paint
• Microsoft Notepad
• Microsoft Lync
• Microsoft MapPoint
• Microsoft Office Picture Manager
• Microsoft Office shared tools
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Works
• Office Assistant
• Outlook Web App

Microsoft Office suites

• Microsoft Office 3.0
• Microsoft Office 95
• Microsoft Office 97
• Microsoft Office 2000
• Microsoft Office XP
• Microsoft Office 2003
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Microsoft Office 2010
• Microsoft Office 2013

Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows
  • Windows NT
  • Windows CE
  • Windows Embedded
  • Windows Mobile
  • Windows Phone
  • Windows Preinstallation Environment
  • Windows Server
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows ME
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows RT
• MSX-DOS
• OS/2
• Midori
• MIDAS
• Singularity
• Xenix
• Zune

Video Games

• Age of Empires series
• Age of Mythology
• Dead Rising 3
• Freelancer
• Halo series
• Microsoft Flight
• Microsoft Flight Simulator series
• Midtown Madness series
• Rise of Nations 

and the list goes on...................

About me:

I am Sarthak Gupta a student of  B.Tech from IEC College of Engineering and Technology,Greater Noida.
I am a final year student of Electronics and Communication Engineering.
I am from Lucknow(City of Nawabs) and completed my schooling at Montfort Inter College,Lucknow
I am a passionate learner .

Innovision 2k14:
A techno-cultural event of 3 days having many technical,non-technical and cultural events .
Being a part of organizing committee gave me experience and confidence to stand out from the line and lead.
I was the Graphics Designer and had designed posters for the fest.