Productivity And Business Processes — Goodwill
Business Segments · GoodwillMicrosoft Productivity And Business Processes — Goodwill increased by 0.1% to $31.50B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 0.5%, from $31.33B to $31.50B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Productivity And Business Processes — Goodwill shows an upward trend with a 6.5% CAGR.
Analysis
How to read this metric
A steady balance indicates stable asset value, while a significant increase reflects new acquisitions and a decrease typically signals an impairment charge due to underperforming business units.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the portion of the purchase price from historical acquisitions within the Productivity and Busine...
Peer comparison
Similar to the goodwill associated with Salesforce's acquisition of Slack or Oracle's acquisition of Cerner within their respective cloud and application segments.
msft_segment_productivity_and_business_processes_goodwillHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $24.32B | $24.35B | $24.68B | $24.91B | $24.81B | $24.72B | $24.81B | $24.80B | $24.78B | $24.76B | $24.82B | $24.78B | $31.36B | $31.41B | $31.33B | $31.38B | $31.46B | $31.46B | $31.50B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.1% | +1.3% | +0.9% | -0.4% | -0.4% | +0.4% | -0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% | +0.2% | -0.2% | +26.6% | +0.1% | -0.2% | +0.2% | +0.2% | +0.0% | +0.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +2.0% | +1.5% | +0.5% | -0.4% | -0.1% | +0.2% | +0.0% | -0.1% | +26.6% | +26.8% | +26.3% | +26.6% | +0.3% | +0.2% | +0.5% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Microsoft's productivity and business processes — goodwill?
- Microsoft (MSFT) reported productivity and business processes — goodwill of $31.50B in Q4 2025.
- How has Microsoft's productivity and business processes — goodwill changed year-over-year?
- Microsoft's productivity and business processes — goodwill increased by 0.5% year-over-year, from $31.33B to $31.50B.
- What is the long-term trend for Microsoft's productivity and business processes — goodwill?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Microsoft's productivity and business processes — goodwill has grown at a 6.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $97.66B to $125.80B.
- What does productivity and business processes — goodwill mean?
- The extra money Microsoft paid to buy companies like LinkedIn and Dynamics, representing the value of their brand and future potential rather than physical assets.