Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 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		July 31, 2025		January 31, 2025		Expense and retirements, net		July 31, 2025		January 31, 2025		July 31, 2025		July 31, 2025
Acquired developed technology	$	2,958	$	16	$	2,974	$	(1,753)	$	(312)	$	(2,065)	$	1,205	$	909	0.5
Customer relationships	6,894		0		6,894		(3,820)		(429)		(4,249)		3,074		2,645		3.2
Other (1)	331		0		331		(182)		(34)		(216)		149		115		1.7
Total	$	10,183	$	16	$	10,199	$	(5,755)	$	(775)	$	(6,530)	$	4,428	$	3,669	2.5

(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 July 31, 2025 and 2024 was $380 million and $454 million, respectively, and for the six months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 was $775 million, and $915 million, respectively.

The expected future amortization expense for intangible assets as of July 31, 2025 was as follows (in millions):

Fiscal Period:
Remaining six months of fiscal 2026	$	758
Fiscal 2027	1,148
Fiscal 2028	747
Fiscal 2029	580
Fiscal 2030	294
Thereafter	142
Total amortization expense	$	3,669

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
Acquisitions and adjustments (1)	155
Balance as of July 31, 2025	$	51,438

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