NOTE 17 — SEGMENT INFORMATION AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA

In its operation of the business, management, including our chief operating decision maker, who is also our Chief Executive Officer, reviews certain financial information, including segmented internal profit and loss statements prepared on a basis not consistent with GAAP. During the periods presented, we reported our financial performance based on the following segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing.

Our reportable segments are described below.

Productivity and Business Processes

Our Productivity and Business Processes segment consists of products and services in our portfolio of productivity, communication, and information services, spanning a variety of devices and platforms. This segment primarily comprises:

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Office Commercial, including Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions and Office licensed on-premises, comprising Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business, and Microsoft Teams, and related Client Access Licenses (“CALs”).

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Office Consumer, including Office 365 subscriptions and Office licensed on-premises, and Office Consumer Services, including Skype, Outlook.com, and OneDrive.

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LinkedIn, including Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, and Premium Subscriptions.

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Microsoft Dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics ERP on-premises, Dynamics CRM on-premises, and Dynamics 365, a set of cloud-based applications across ERP and CRM.

Intelligent Cloud

Our Intelligent Cloud segment consists of our public, private, and hybrid server products and cloud services that can power modern business. This segment primarily comprises:

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Server products and cloud services, including Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related CALs, and Microsoft Azure.

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Enterprise Services, including Premier Support Services and Microsoft Consulting Services.

More Personal Computing

Our More Personal Computing segment consists of products and services geared towards harmonizing the interests of end users, developers, and IT professionals across all devices. This segment primarily comprises:

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Windows, including Windows original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows Commercial, comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, Windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; Windows Internet of Things (“IoT”); and MSN advertising.

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Devices, including Microsoft Surface, PC accessories, and other intelligent devices.

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Gaming, including Xbox hardware and Xbox software and services, comprising Xbox Live transactions, subscriptions, and advertising (“Xbox Live”), video games, and third-party video game royalties.

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Search.

Revenue and costs are generally directly attributed to our segments. However, due to the integrated structure of our business, certain revenue recognized and costs incurred by one segment may benefit other segments. Revenue from certain contracts is allocated among the segments based on the relative value of the underlying products and services, which can include allocation based on actual prices charged, prices when sold separately, or estimated costs plus a profit margin. Cost of revenue is allocated in certain cases based on a relative revenue methodology. Operating expenses that are allocated primarily include those relating to marketing of products and services from which multiple segments benefit and are generally allocated based on relative gross margin.

In addition, certain costs incurred at a corporate level that are identifiable and that benefit our segments are allocated to them. These allocated costs include costs of: legal, including settlements and fines; information technology; human resources; finance; excise taxes; field selling; shared facilities services; and customer service and support. Each allocation is measured differently based on the specific facts and circumstances of the costs being allocated. Certain corporate-level activity is not allocated to our segments, including impairment and restructuring expenses.

Segment revenue and operating income were as follows during the periods presented:


(In millions)


Three Months Ended September 30,	2018		2017

Revenue

Productivity and Business Processes	$	9,771	$	8,238
Intelligent Cloud		8,567		6,922
More Personal Computing		10,746		9,378


Total	$	29,084	$	24,538


Operating Income

Productivity and Business Processes	$	3,881	$	3,006
Intelligent Cloud		2,931		2,137
More Personal Computing		3,143		2,565


Total	$	9,955	$	7,708

No sales to an individual customer or country other than the United States accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2018 or 2017. Revenue, classified by the major geographic areas in which our customers were located, was as follows:

(In millions)


Three Months Ended September 30,	2018		2017

United States ^(a)	$	14,740	$	12,527
Other countries		14,344		12,011


Total	$	29,084	$	24,538

(a)	Includes billings to OEMs and certain multinational organizations because of the nature of these businesses and the impracticability of determining the geographic source of the revenue.

Revenue from external customers, classified by significant product and service offerings, was as follows:

(In millions)


Three Months Ended September 30,	2018		2017

Office products and cloud services	$	7,622	$	6,575
Server products and cloud services		7,058		5,496
Windows		4,901		4,643
Gaming		2,738		1,896
Search advertising		1,788		1,639
LinkedIn		1,530		1,148
Enterprise Services		1,450		1,371
Devices		1,261		1,154
Other		736		616


Total	$	29,084	$	24,538

Our commercial cloud revenue, which includes Office 365 commercial, Azure, LinkedIn, Dynamics 365, and other cloud properties, was $8.5 billion and $5.8 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These amounts are primarily included in Office products and cloud services, Server products and cloud services, and LinkedIn in the table above.

Assets are not allocated to segments for internal reporting presentations. A portion of amortization and depreciation is included with various other costs in an overhead allocation to each segment; it is impracticable for us to separately identify the amount of amortization and depreciation by segment that is included in the measure of segment profit or loss.