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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model | The estimated assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model to value our ESPP purchase rights were as follows:
| ESPP Purchase Rights |
| Three Months Ended September 30, |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |
Risk-free interest rate | 0.1 | % |  | 1.7 - 1.9% |
Expected volatility | 34 - 39% |  | 34 - 37% |
Weighted-average volatility | 37 | % |  | 36 | % |
Expected term | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months |
Expected dividends | None |  | None |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options, restricted stock units, market-based restricted stock units, performance-based restricted stock units, and the ESPP purchase rights included in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Six Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Cost of revenue | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Research and development | 74 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 140 |  |  | 110 |
Marketing and sales | 12 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 17 |
General and administrative | 25 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 36 |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 215 |  |  | $ | 165 |
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes our stock option activity for the six months ended September 30, 2020:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 |  | 1,074 |  |  | $ | 30.85 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 2 |  |  | 124.20 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (351) |  |  | 28.27 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2020 |  | 725 |  |  | $ | 32.31 |  |  | 3.49 |  | $ | 70 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 725 |  |  | $ | 32.31 |  |  | 3.49 |  | $ | 70 |
Exercisable as of September 30, 2020 |  | 725 |  |  | $ | 32.31 |  |  | 3.49 |  | $ | 70 |
Restricted Stock Rights [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes our restricted stock unit activity for the six months ended September 30, 2020:
| Restricted Stock Rights (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 | 6,217 |  |  | $ | 100.42 |
Granted | 2,825 |  |  | 126.20 |
Vested | (1,645) |  |  | 103.67 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (204) |  |  | 106.79 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2020 | 7,193 |  |  | $ | 109.62 |
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes our performance-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the six months ended September 30, 2020:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |
Granted | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited or cancelled | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2020 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |
Market-Based Restricted Stock Units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes our market-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the six months ended September 30, 2020:
| Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 | 1,898 |  |  | $ | 128.41 |
Granted | 874 |  |  | 145.78 |
Vested | (157) |  |  | 113.72 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (398) |  |  | 137.98 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2020 | 2,217 |  |  | $ | 134.58 |
Repurchase Program, Total [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes total shares repurchased during the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |
Three months ended September 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
Six months ended September 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended September 30, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 306 |  |  |  |  |
Six months ended September 30, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  | $ | 611 |  |  |  |  |

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