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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021
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,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  |
Risk-free interest rate | 0.1% |  | 0.1% |  |
Expected volatility | 25 - 28% |  | 34 - 39% |  |
Weighted-average volatility | 27% |  | 37% |  |
Expected term | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months |  |
Expected dividends | 0.6% |  | 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,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Cost of revenue | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Research and development | 101 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 186 |  |  | 140 |
Marketing and sales | 15 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 23 |
General and administrative | 31 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 49 |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 274 |  |  | $ | 215 |
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, 2021:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 |  | 267 |  |  | $ | 35.71 |  |  |  |  |
Assumed via acquisition |  | 150 |  |  | 60.87 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 2 |  |  | 142.78 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (34) |  |  | 46.29 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | (35) |  |  | 66.29 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2021 |  | 350 |  |  | $ | 42.86 |  |  | 3.18 |  | $ | 35 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 350 |  |  | $ | 42.86 |  |  | 3.18 |  | $ | 35 |
Exercisable as of September 30, 2021 |  | 309 |  |  | $ | 40.24 |  |  | 2.70 |  | $ | 32 |
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, 2021:
| Restricted Stock Rights (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 5,764 |  |  | $ | 113.25 |
Assumed via acquisition | 816 |  |  | 120.54 |
Granted | 3,486 |  |  | 142.04 |
Vested | (1,860) |  |  | 117.02 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (552) |  |  | 121.42 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2021 | 7,654 |  |  | $ | 125.63 |
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, 2021:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |
Granted | 219 |  |  | 142.60 |
Vested | (266) |  |  | 110.51 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (317) |  |  | 110.98 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2021 | 215 |  |  | $ | 142.60 |
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, 2021:
| Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 2,195 |  |  | $ | 134.60 |
Granted | 159 |  |  | 173.25 |
Vested | (176) |  |  | 128.62 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (614) |  |  | 153.69 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2021 | 1,564 |  |  | $ | 131.71 |
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, 2021 and 2020:
|  |  |  |  |  | May 2018 Program |  | November 2020 Program |  | Total |  |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |
Three months ended September 30, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | 2.3 |  | $ | 325 |  |  | 2.3 |  | $ | 325 |  |  |  |  |
Six months ended September 30, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | 4.6 |  | $ | 650 |  |  | 4.6 |  | $ | 650 |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended September 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
Six months ended September 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  |  |  |

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