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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Schedule of assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model |  |
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,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Cost of revenue | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Research and development | 86 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 272 |  |  | 214 |
Marketing and sales | 14 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 34 |
General and administrative | 28 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 74 |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 403 |  |  | $ | 326 |
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, 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 |  |  | 142.46 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (77) |  |  | 55.73 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | (41) |  |  | 66.97 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 |  | 301 |  |  | $ | 39.56 |  |  | 3.10 |  | $ | 28 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 301 |  |  | $ | 39.56 |  |  | 3.10 |  | $ | 28 |
Exercisable as of December 31, 2021 |  | 282 |  |  | $ | 37.62 |  |  | 2.85 |  | $ | 27 |
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, 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 | 4,058 |  |  | 140.94 |
Vested | (3,125) |  |  | 114.13 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (871) |  |  | 123.64 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 | 6,642 |  |  | $ | 129.29 |
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, 2021:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |
Granted | 300 |  |  | 140.48 |
Vested | (266) |  |  | 110.51 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (342) |  |  | 113.23 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 | 271 |  |  | $ | 140.25 |
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, 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 | (271) |  |  | 123.82 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (778) |  |  | 146.26 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 | 1,305 |  |  | $ | 134.59 |
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, 2021 and 2020:
|  |  |  |  |  | May 2018 Program |  | November 2020 Program |  | Total |  |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |
Three months ended December 31, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | 2.4 |  | $ | 325 |  |  | 2.4 |  | $ | 325 |  |  |  |  |
Nine months ended December 31, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | 7.0 |  | $ | 975 |  |  | 7.0 |  | $ | 975 |  |  |  |  |
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 |  |  |  |  |

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