Microsoft sees record profits

Software King of the World Microsoft saw its revenues climb eight per cent to $56.2 billion in its FY23 fourth quarter results.

Net income jumped 20 per cent to bring in $20.1 billion.

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella told listeners on an earnings conference call said that Microsoft Cloud surpassed $110 billion in annual revenue, up 27 per cent in constant currency with Azure all up accounting for more than 50 per cent of the total for the first time.
Another area were Vole was making cash was AI. Revenues in Microsoft’s intelligent cloud arm rose 15 per cent to $24 billion, Nadella said.

“Every customer I speak with is asking not only how but how fast they can apply next-generation AI to address the biggest opportunities and challenges they face and to do so safely and responsibly.”

Within this segment, server products and cloud services revenue were up 17 per cent, driven by Azure and other cloud services revenue growth of 26 per cent.

Though revenues from Azure grew more than one quarter, the growth rate was slower than in the previous quarter at 27 per cent.

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood revealed on the earnings call AI had added one per cent growth to its Azure platform.

Revenues in PCs were unsurprisingly down four per cent to $13.9 billion as the market slump continues.