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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2019
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2017
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues $ 39,506 $ 39,383 $ 37,792
Cloud services and license support expenses [1] 3,782 3,606 3,011
Sales and marketing expenses [1] 8,509 8,433 8,085
Margin 13,535 13,264 12,913
Operating Segments [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 39,526 39,430 37,963
Expenses 15,545 15,573 14,755
Margin [3] 23,981 23,857 23,208
Operating Segments [Member] | Cloud and License [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues [2] 32,582 32,041 30,452
Cloud services and license support expenses 3,597 3,441 2,881
Sales and marketing expenses 7,398 7,213 6,770
Margin [3] 21,587 21,387 20,801
Operating Segments [Member] | Hardware [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues 3,704 3,994 4,152
Hardware products and support expenses 1,327 1,547 1,618
Sales and marketing expenses 520 643 825
Margin [3] 1,857 1,804 1,709
Operating Segments [Member] | Services [Member]      
Segment reporting information [Line Items]      
Revenues 3,240 3,395 3,359
Services expenses 2,703 2,729 2,661
Margin [3] $ 537 $ 666 $ 698
[1] Exclusive of amortization of intangible assets, which is shown separately.
[2] Cloud and license revenues presented for management reporting included revenues related to cloud and license obligations that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. See Note 9 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total consolidated revenues as reported in our consolidated statements of operations.
[3] The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of product development, general and administrative and certain other allocable expenses, net. Additionally, the margins reported above do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or non-operating income, net. Refer to the table below for a reconciliation of our total margin for operating segments to our income before provision for income taxes as reported per our consolidated statements of operations.