Earlier this year saw one of the biggest deals of all time between Microsoft and LinkedIn, and with the involvement of Salesforce.com Inc., the deal reached the huge amount of 26.2 billion USD (Salesforce PMULBBD., 2016). This document discusses the complete breakdown of the negotiation between these two parties and highlights the important aspects and decisions made during the negotiations and how they would affect the future of both companies. The positioning and interests of other parties during the negotiations are as follows, where Facebook Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are involved in the early stages, but Facebook Inc. did not support or assist LinkedIn during the negotiation, where Salesforce.com Inc. had stood by LinkedIn and eventually increased each of LinkedIn's stock value is about $200 from $182 (Salesforce PMULBBD, 2016). The main reason why Microsoft acquired LinkedIn is that companies like Google and Facebook have their own social networking sites, where Microsoft does not have one, Microsoft had thought of having its own social networking site for its future jobs and has negotiated for a better deal (Salesforce PMULBBD, 2016). The parties did not separate people from the agreement during the negotiation, which made it even more effective and benefited both parties. During the deal Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had acquired LinkedIn and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and staff would still be responsible for the company's operations (M.,