Microsoft Acquires Fast Search & Transfer

Announced April 25, 2008 — $1.19B

What happened

Fast Search & Transfer was a company based in Norway operating in enterprise search.

Microsoft's acquisition history

134th of 280 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

70 of 280 Microsoft deals

Microsoft's average disclosed price

$2.55B

Microsoft's largest disclosed deal

Tracked acquisitions in 2008

75 across all acquirers

Microsoft in Enterprise search

1 acquisition

When did Microsoft acquire Fast Search & Transfer?

Microsoft acquired Fast Search & Transfer on April 25, 2008. This was Microsoft's 134th publicly tracked acquisition out of 280 we have on record.

How much did Microsoft pay for Fast Search & Transfer?

Microsoft paid $1.19B for Fast Search & Transfer.

What does Fast Search & Transfer do?

Fast Search & Transfer was a company based in Norway operating in enterprise search.

What other Enterprise search companies has Microsoft acquired?

Fast Search & Transfer is Microsoft's only publicly tracked acquisition in Enterprise search so far.