CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2016	May 31, 2015	May 31, 2014
Cloud and on-premises software revenues
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service		$ 2,207	$ 1,485	$ 1,121
Cloud infrastructure as a service		646	608	456
Total cloud revenues		2,853	2,093	1,577
New software licenses		7,276	8,535	9,416
Software license updates and product support		18,861	18,847	18,206
Total on-premise software revenues		26,137	27,382	27,622
Total cloud and on-premise software revenues		28,990	29,475	29,199
Hardware revenues:
Hardware products		2,471	2,825	2,976
Hardware support		2,197	2,380	2,396
Total hardware revenues		4,668	5,205	5,372
Total services revenues		3,389	3,546	3,704
Total revenues		37,047	38,226	38,275
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	[1]	7,884	7,655	7,567
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service	[1]	1,152	773	455
Cloud infrastructure as a service	[1]	366	344	308
Software license updates and product support	[1]	1,146	1,199	1,162
Hardware products	[1]	1,371	1,471	1,521
Hardware support	[1]	693	816	836
Services	[1]	2,751	2,929	2,954
Research and development		5,787	5,524	5,151
General and administrative		1,155	1,077	1,038
Amortization of intangible assets		1,638	2,149	2,300
Acquisition related and other		42	211	41
Restructuring		458	207	183
Total operating expenses		24,443	24,355	23,516
Operating income		12,604	13,871	14,759
Interest expense		(1,467)	(1,143)	(914)
Non-operating income (expense), net		305	106	(141)
Income before provision for income taxes		11,442	12,834	13,704
Provision for income taxes		2,541	2,896	2,749
Net income		$ 8,901	$ 9,938	$ 10,955
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 2.11	$ 2.26	$ 2.42
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 2.07	$ 2.21	$ 2.38
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		4,221	4,404	4,528
Diluted (in shares)		4,305	4,503	4,604
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.60	$ 0.51	$ 0.48

[1] Exclusive of amortization of intangible assets, which is shown separately