CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		May 31, 2017	May 31, 2016	May 31, 2015
Revenues:
Cloud software as a service		$ 3,211	$ 2,001	$ 1,476
Cloud platform as a service and infrastructure as a service		1,360	852	617
Total cloud revenues		4,571	2,853	2,093
New software licenses		6,418	7,276	8,535
Software license updates and product support		19,229	18,861	18,847
Total on-premise software revenues		25,647	26,137	27,382
Total cloud and on-premise software revenues		30,218	28,990	29,475
Hardware revenues		4,152	4,668	5,205
Services revenues		3,358	3,389	3,546
Total revenues		37,728	37,047	38,226
Operating expenses:
Cloud software as a service	[1]	1,285	1,049	742
Cloud platform as a service and infrastructure as a service	[1]	678	469	375
Software license updates and product support	[1]	1,052	1,146	1,199
Hardware	[1]	1,653	2,064	2,287
Services	[1]	2,801	2,751	2,929
Sales and marketing	[1]	8,197	7,884	7,655
Research and development		6,159	5,787	5,524
General and administrative		1,176	1,155	1,077
Amortization of intangible assets		1,451	1,638	2,149
Acquisition related and other		103	42	211
Restructuring		463	458	207
Total operating expenses		25,018	24,443	24,355
Operating income		12,710	12,604	13,871
Interest expense		(1,798)	(1,467)	(1,143)
Non-operating income, net		605	305	106
Income before provision for income taxes		11,517	11,442	12,834
Provision for income taxes		2,182	2,541	2,896
Net income		$ 9,335	$ 8,901	$ 9,938
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 2.27	$ 2.11	$ 2.26
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 2.21	$ 2.07	$ 2.21
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		4,115	4,221	4,404
Diluted (in shares)		4,217	4,305	4,503
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.64	$ 0.60	$ 0.51

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