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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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 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 December 31, |  | Nine Months Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Cost of revenue | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Research and development | 74 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 214 |  |  | 170 |
Marketing and sales | 11 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 27 |
General and administrative | 25 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 56 |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 256 |
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 nine months ended December 31, 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 |  |  | 122.84 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (790) |  |  | 29.34 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020 |  | 286 |  |  | $ | 35.78 |  |  | 3.49 |  | $ | 31 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 286 |  |  | $ | 35.78 |  |  | 3.49 |  | $ | 31 |
Exercisable as of December 31, 2020 |  | 286 |  |  | $ | 35.78 |  |  | 3.49 |  | $ | 31 |
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 nine months ended December 31, 2020:
| Restricted Stock Rights (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 | 6,217 |  |  | $ | 100.42 |
Granted | 3,080 |  |  | 126.46 |
Vested | (3,102) |  |  | 103.39 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (345) |  |  | 107.52 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020 | 5,850 |  |  | $ | 112.14 |
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 nine months ended December 31, 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 December 31, 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 nine months ended December 31, 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 | (420) |  |  | 137.69 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020 | 2,195 |  |  | $ | 134.60 |
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 nine months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
|  |  |  |  |  | May 2018 Program |  | November 2020 Program |  | Total |  |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |
Three months ended December 31, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | 2.5 |  | $ | 326 |  |  | 2.5 |  | $ | 326 |  |  |  |  |
Nine months ended December 31, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | 2.5 |  | $ | 326 |  |  | 3.2 |  | $ | 404 |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.1 |  | $ | 305 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 3.1 |  | $ | 305 |  |  |  |  |
Nine months ended December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.6 |  |  | $ | 916 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 9.6 |  |  | $ | 916 |  |  |  |  |

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