Scenario Planning: Microsoft Corporation

Student’s Name:Professor’s Name:Course:Date:Scenario Planning: Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft is a global corporation that deals with software, whose headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington. The company’s founders are Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft’s leading product is the Windows Operating System and is commonly used in most home desktops. Other than that, the company has various products such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Windows media player. Microsoft also deals with the manufacturing of certain computer hardware like mouse and keyboards. The mentioned products have led to Microsoft becoming the biggest software company and one the most successful organizations globally.Microsoft is also known for offering cloud-based solutions and has gained a market in this niche. Nonetheless, the company has faced cloud wars with other giants in the cloud market. It hugest competitor is Amazon that holds an equally large share of this market. In this market, Microsoft relies on a product named Azure, which is popular in the cloud market. Therefore, Microsoft heavily relies on Azure to conquer this market. The product has done well in the recent past and even won the Pentagon contract against its competitor Amazon. Nevertheless, Microsoft need to do more to regain its dominance in the cloud