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Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft
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Microsft was founded in Albuquerque.
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Microsoft became an register brand.
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First international office in Japan
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microsoft moves to Bellevue, Washington
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Microsoft incorporates as a company.
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IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's OS
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Micrososft Windows was announced.
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Microsoft Windows version 1.0 was released
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Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington
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Microsoft stock goes public
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Microsoft Windows version 2.0 was released
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Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications
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Microsoft launches Windows 3.0
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Microsoft launches Windows 95
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Internet by launching internet explorer a web browser.
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Microsoft launches Windows 98
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Steve Ballmer named president and chief executive officer for Microsoft
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Microsoft launches Windows 2000
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Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft's .NET strategy for Web services
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Microsoft launches Office XP
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Microsoft launches Windows XP
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Microsoft launches Xbox
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Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC
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Microsoft launches Windows Server
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Microsoft launches Microsoft Office System
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Microsoft launches Xbox 360
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Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide
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Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008
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Bill Gates transitions from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to spend more time on his work at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Microsoft launches Bing search engine
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Microsoft launches Windows 7
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Microsoft launches general availability of Office 2010
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Microsoft launches Kinect for Xbox 360
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Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7
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Microsoft announces availability of Microsoft Lync
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Microsoft launches Office 365
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Microsoft released Windows 8 to the general public
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Windows 8.1