Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2025

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations

Intangible assets acquired through business combinations were as follows (in millions):

	Intangible Assets, Gross						Accumulated Amortization						Intangible Assets, Net				Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (Years)
	January 31, 2025		Additions and retirements, net		April 30, 2025		January 31, 2025		Expense and retirements, net		April 30, 2025		January 31, 2025		April 30, 2025		April 30, 2025
Acquired developed technology	$	2,958	$	0	$	2,958	$	(1,753)	$	(162)	$	(1,915)	$	1,205	$	1,043	0.7
Customer relationships	6,894		0		6,894		(3,820)		(216)		(4,036)		3,074		2,858		3.4
Other (1)	331		0		331		(182)		(17)		(199)		149		132		2.2
Total	$	10,183	$	0	$	10,183	$	(5,755)	$	(395)	$	(6,150)	$	4,428	$	4,033	2.7

(1) Included in Other are in-place leases, trade names, trademarks and territory rights.

Amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations for the three months ended April 30, 2025 and 2024 was $395 million and $461 million, respectively.

The expected future amortization expense for intangible assets as of April 30, 2025 was as follows (in millions):

Fiscal Period:
Remaining nine months of fiscal 2026	$	1,134
Fiscal 2027	1,143
Fiscal 2028	742
Fiscal 2029	578
Fiscal 2030	294
Thereafter	142
Total amortization expense	$	4,033

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of net assets acquired.

The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, which is generally not deductible for tax purposes, were as follows (in millions):

Balance as of January 31, 2025	$	51,283
Adjustments (1)	(2)
Balance as of April 30, 2025	$	51,281

(1) Includes the effect of foreign currency translation and measurement period adjustments from prior period acquisitions.