Microsoft operates the search engine Bing and owns the professional network LinkedIn.
Bing is Microsoft's web-search service. It was launched in June 2009 as a successor to earlier Microsoft search brands, including Live Search. Bing also supplies search technology for some partner products and has been integrated with Microsoft's broader software and artificial-intelligence offerings.
Microsoft announced its agreement to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in June 2016, and the transaction closed later that year. LinkedIn remains a professional social network focused on careers, recruiting, business publishing, and workplace relationships.
Microsoft is sometimes confused with Alphabet when people discuss major search businesses, because Alphabet owns Google. Bing belongs to Microsoft, while Google Search belongs to Google. LinkedIn's professional identity and Bing's search technology are separate products within Microsoft's much larger portfolio.