Editing Microsoft Corporation

{{CompanyInfobox
|image = Microsoft logo (2012).png
|company_type = Public
|foundation = April 4, 1975
|hqcountry = United States
|hq = Redmond, Washington, U.S.
|products=[[Xbox (series)]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Xbox Live]], [[Microsoft Zone]]
}}

'''Microsoft Corporation''' is an American technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States. It is best known for its [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] line of operating systems and [[Xbox (series)|Xbox]] [[video game consoles]].

The company was founded by [[Bill Gates]] and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, and rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with [[MS-DOS]] in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft entered the [[home console]] market in November 2001 with the [[Xbox]] and has since released three more generations of consoles: the [[Xbox 360]] in 2005, the [[Xbox One]] in 2013, and the [[Xbox Series S]] and [[Xbox Series X|Series X]] in 2020.

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.microsoft.com}}
* [http://www.xbox.com/ Official Xbox Site]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/company/xbox-game-studios Xbox Game Studios] profile on [[MobyGames]]
{{wikipedia-info|Microsoft}}
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[[Category:Game publishers]]
[[Category:English video game companies]]