Shareholders' Equity Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Jul. 01, 2016
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options	2 years 8 months
Options Outstanding To Purchase Shares With Exercise Price Below Company Stock Price	6.4
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 71
Options Outstanding To Purchase Shares With Exercise Price Below Company Stock Price Intrinsic Value	$ 245
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options	2 years 6 months
Aggregate Value Of Restricted Stock Awards Vested	$ 363
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 537
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options	1 year 2 months
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 34
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Appreciation Right Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 24.10
Cash Settled Stock Appreciation Rights Liability	$ 6	$ 20

Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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