Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2014
Net revenue:
Product	$ 1,289	$ 1,146	$ 1,459
Service and other	3,405	3,046	2,784
Total net revenue	4,694	4,192	4,243
Cost of revenue:
Cost of product revenue	131	139	137
Cost of service and other revenue	599	556	466
Amortization of acquired technology	22	30	18
Selling and marketing	1,289	1,288	1,157
Research and development	881	798	714
General and administrative	518	483	444
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets	12	12	7
Goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges	0	148	0
Total costs and expenses	3,452	3,454	2,943
Operating income from continuing operations	1,242	738	1,300
Interest expense	(35)	(27)	(31)
Interest and other income (expense), net	(4)	1	31
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	1,203	712	1,300
Income tax provision	397	299	447
Net income from continuing operations	806	413	853
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	173	(48)	54
Net income	$ 979	$ 365	$ 907
Basic net income per share from continuing operations	$ 3.08	$ 1.47	$ 2.99
Basic net income (loss) per share from discontinued operations	0.65	(0.17)	0.19
Basic net income per share	$ 3.73	$ 1.30	$ 3.18
Shares used in basic per share calculations	262	281	285
Diluted net income per share from continuing operations	$ 3.04	$ 1.45	$ 2.94
Diluted net income (loss) per share from discontinued operations	0.65	(0.17)	0.18
Diluted net income per share	$ 3.69	$ 1.28	$ 3.12
Shares used in diluted per share calculations	265	286	291
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 1.2	$ 1.00	$ 0.76