Notes to Financial Statements

NOTE 14 — UNEARNED REVENUE

Unearned revenue by segment was as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,
2017

 

 

June 30,
2017

 

 

 

 

Productivity and Business Processes

 

$

11,808

 

 

$

12,692

 

Intelligent Cloud

 

 

10,156

 

 

 

11,152

 

More Personal Computing

 

 

2,940

 

 

 

2,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

24,904

 

 

$

26,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The opening balance of unearned revenue was $22.2 billion as of July 1, 2016.

Changes in unearned revenue were as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

26,656

 

Deferral of revenue

 

 

10,988

 

Recognition of unearned revenue

 

 

(12,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of period

 

$

 24,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue allocated to remaining performance obligations represent contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized (“contracted not recognized”), which includes unearned revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. Contracted not recognized revenue was $59 billion as of September 30, 2017, of which we expect to recognize approximately 60% of the revenue over the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter.