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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
May. 31, 2015
May. 31, 2014
May. 31, 2013
Revenues Included for Management Reporting Not Recognized in Consolidated Statements of Operations (Narrative) [Abstract]      
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service revenues [1] $ 12 $ 17 $ 45
Software license updates and product support revenues [1] 11 3 14
Hardware systems support revenues [1] 4 11 14
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues 38,226 38,275 37,180
Margin 24,221 24,647 23,945
New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 10,025 10,542 10,350
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service expenses 742 437 313
Sales and distribution expenses 5,812 5,666 5,227
Margin [3] 3,471 4,439 4,810
Cloud infrastructure as a service [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues 608 456 457
Cloud infrastructure as a service expenses 329 304 296
Sales and distribution expenses 89 61 61
Margin [3] 190 91 100
Software license updates and product support [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 18,858 18,209 17,156
Software license updates and product support expenses 1,130 1,111 1,120
Margin [3] 17,728 17,098 16,036
Total software and cloud business [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 29,491 29,207 27,963
Expenses 8,102 7,579 7,017
Margin [3] 21,389 21,628 20,946
Hardware systems products [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues 2,825 2,976 3,033
Hardware systems products expenses 1,465 1,516 1,498
Sales and distribution expenses 864 940 885
Margin [3] 496 520 650
Hardware systems support [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 2,384 2,407 2,327
Hardware systems support expenses 783 802 857
Margin [3] 1,601 1,605 1,470
Total hardware systems business [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 5,209 5,383 5,360
Expenses 3,112 3,258 3,240
Margin [3] 2,097 2,125 2,120
Total services business [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 3,553 3,716 3,930
Services expenses 2,818 2,822 3,051
Margin [3] 735 894 879
Total for operating segments [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 38,253 38,306 37,253
Expenses 14,032 13,659 13,308
Margin [3] $ 24,221 $ 24,647 $ 23,945
[1] New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions revenues, software license updates and product support revenues and hardware systems support revenues for management reporting included revenues that would have otherwise been recorded by our acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. Refer to footnote one to our business and operating segments summary results table above in this Note 16 for additional information.
[2] New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions revenues for management reporting included revenues related to cloud SaaS and PaaS contracts that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the amounts of $12 million, $17 million and $45 million for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Software license updates and product support revenues for management reporting included revenues related to software support contracts that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the amounts of $11 million, $3 million and $14 million for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In addition, we did not recognize hardware systems support revenues related to hardware systems support contracts that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities in the amounts of $4 million, $11 million and $14 million for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. See Note 10 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total revenues. Our new software license and services revenues for management reporting also differ from amounts reported per our consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to certain insignificant reclassifications between these lines for management reporting purposes.
[3] The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of product development, marketing and partner programs, and corporate, general and administrative and information technology expenses. Additionally, the margins reported do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or certain other income (expense), net.