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In what year did Microsoft acquire LinkedIn? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2016 uint256

year
calendar year of Microsoft's public announcement of the LinkedIn acquisition (June 2016), also the year the deal closed (December 2016)
sources
, blogs.microsoft.com, en.wikipedia.org, microsoft investor relations, fy17 q2 press release: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/earnings/fy-2017-q2/press-release-webcast (states microsoft completed the acquisition on december 8, 2016)., microsoft news center press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" (announced june 13, 2016) and microsoft's official announcement that the acquisition closed on december 8, 2016, microsoft news center press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" (june 13, 2016) and microsoft's december 8, 2016 announcement confirming completion of the acquisition, microsoft news center press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" / "microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin", june 13, 2016 (https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/), microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (december 13, 2016), microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin', december 8, 2016, microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (announced june 13, 2016) and follow-up 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (december 8, 2016), https://news.microsoft.com, microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (announced june 13, 2016) and microsoft's follow-up statement confirming the acquisition closed december 8, 2016, microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (june 13, 2016), https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/, microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (announced and completed same year), microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/), microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/), corroborated by microsoft's december 8, 2016 completion announcement, microsoft news center press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin); deal closed december 8, 2016 per microsoft's follow-up announcement, microsoft news center press release, 2016-06-13, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', microsoft news center press release, dec 8, 2016: 'microsoft completes linkedin acquisition', microsoft news center press release, december 8, 2016: 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (https://news.microsoft.com/2016/12/08/microsoft-completes-acquisition-of-linkedin/), microsoft news center press release, december 8, 2016: 'microsoft completes linkedin acquisition', microsoft news center press release, june 13 2016, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin'; deal closed december 8, 2016 per microsoft's official announcement, microsoft news center press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', microsoft news center press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/), microsoft news press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/), microsoft news, 'microsoft cloud strength highlights second quarter results' (jan. 26, 2017), https://news.microsoft.com/source/2017/01/26/microsoft-cloud-strength-highlights-second-quarter-results-2/, microsoft news, 'microsoft cloud strength highlights second quarter results' (jan. 26, 2017): https://news.microsoft.com/source/2017/01/26/microsoft-cloud-strength-highlights-second-quarter-results-2/, microsoft news, microsoft cloud strength highlights second quarter results (jan. 26, 2017): https://news.microsoft.com/source/2017/01/26/microsoft-cloud-strength-highlights-second-quarter-results-2/, microsoft news: microsoft cloud strength highlights second quarter results (jan. 26, 2017), https://news.microsoft.com/source/2017/01/26/microsoft-cloud-strength-highlights-second-quarter-results-2/, microsoft official blog, ‘microsoft and linkedin begin journey to empower professionals around the world to achieve more’ (dec. 8, 2016): https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/12/08/microsoft-and-linkedin-begin-journey-to-empower-professionals-around-the-world-to-achieve-more/, microsoft official press release, "microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin" (news.microsoft.com, december 8, 2016), microsoft official press release, 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (news.microsoft.com, december 8, 2016), microsoft official press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (announced june 13, 2016) and 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (closed december 8, 2016), news.microsoft.com, microsoft official press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (announced june 13, 2016) and 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (december 8, 2016), news.microsoft.com, microsoft official press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', announced june 13, 2016, and microsoft's follow-up announcement confirming the acquisition closed on december 8, 2016 (news.microsoft.com), microsoft official press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (news.microsoft.com), microsoft official press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', microsoft press release, "microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin" (december 8, 2016), https://news.microsoft.com/2016/12/08/microsoft-completes-acquisition-of-linkedin/, microsoft press release, "microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin", december 8, 2016 (news.microsoft.com), microsoft press release, "microsoft completes linkedin acquisition", december 8, 2016 (news.microsoft.com), microsoft press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" (announced june 13, 2016) and microsoft's december 8, 2016 announcement confirming the acquisition closed, microsoft press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" (announced june 13, 2016) and microsoft's december 8, 2016 announcement confirming the acquisition closed; microsoft fy2017 form 10-k (filed with the sec) reporting the linkedin acquisition as completed on december 8, 2016., microsoft press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" (june 13, 2016) and microsoft news announcement of deal closing (december 8, 2016), https://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/, microsoft press release, "microsoft to acquire linkedin" (june 13, 2016) and microsoft news center announcement confirming deal completion on december 8, 2016, microsoft press release, 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin' (december 8, 2016), news.microsoft.com, microsoft press release, 'microsoft completes acquisition of linkedin', microsoft.com/en-us/news, dated june 13, 2016, microsoft press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (june 13, 2016 announcement) and microsoft's confirmation the deal closed on december 8, 2016, microsoft press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (news.microsoft.com), microsoft press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (news.microsoft.com); acquisition completed december 8, 2016, microsoft press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016 (news.microsoft.com); deal closed december 8, 2016 per microsoft's official announcement, microsoft press release, 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', june 13, 2016; microsoft news center announcement of deal completion, december 8, 2016, microsoft press release, june 13 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin'; deal closed december 8, 2016, microsoft press release, june 13 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin'; deal closed december 8, 2016 per microsoft's dec 8 2016 announcement, microsoft press release, june 13, 2016 announcement and completed acquisition on december 8, 2016, microsoft press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin', microsoft press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (news.microsoft.com), microsoft press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (news.microsoft.com); deal closed december 8, 2016 per microsoft's follow-up announcement, microsoft press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (news.microsoft.com); deal closed december 8, 2016 per microsoft's official announcement, microsoft press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin' (news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/), microsoft press release, june 13, 2016: 'microsoft to acquire linkedin'; deal closed december 8, 2016, microsoft states that it completed the acquisition of linkedin on december 8, 2016: https://news.microsoft.com/source/2017/01/26/microsoft-cloud-strength-highlights-second-quarter-results-2/, microsoft's official press release announcing the completed acquisition of linkedin, dated december 8, 2016 (microsoft acquired linkedin in 2016), microsoft, microsoft cloud strength highlights second quarter results (jan. 26, 2017): https://news.microsoft.com/source/2017/01/26/microsoft-cloud-strength-highlights-second-quarter-results-2/, news.linkedin.com, news.microsoft.com, www.microsoft.com

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