Microsoft Acquires PlaceWare

Announced April 30, 2003 — $200M

What happened

PlaceWare was a company based in United States operating in web conferencing.

Microsoft's acquisition history

74th 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 2003

44 across all acquirers

Microsoft in Web conferencing

1 acquisition

When did Microsoft acquire PlaceWare?

Microsoft acquired PlaceWare on April 30, 2003. This was Microsoft's 74th publicly tracked acquisition out of 280 we have on record.

How much did Microsoft pay for PlaceWare?

Microsoft paid $200M for PlaceWare.

What does PlaceWare do?

PlaceWare was a company based in United States operating in web conferencing.

What other Web conferencing companies has Microsoft acquired?

PlaceWare is Microsoft's only publicly tracked acquisition in Web conferencing so far.