Microsoft just announced a 21% profit today (Oct 24) and credited it to their cloud offering. What are your thoughts? 

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CIO in Energy and Utilities5 years ago

I think that is to be expected because of mobility to support WFH and migration to cloud to cut costs. The good news is that they fially came with a balanced offering in price-services.

CIO in Software5 years ago

Given the COVID-19 situation, it actually makes sense that the Microsoft three clouds are generating more money, our utilization for cloud-based services increased approx. 40% since the pandemic, the Microsoft cloud (and most other cloud providers) noticed a surge in cloud utilization in the past 6 months.

I remember during the early days of the pandemic that we couldn't provision resources in some of the Azure Regions due to high demand and limited resources, this kept going for several months.

Senior Security and Compliance Auditor in Software6 years ago

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ISSO and Director of the IRU in Healthcare and Biotech6 years ago

It sounds about right since they are getting and winning all the government contracts.

VP of Global IT and Cybersecurity in Manufacturing6 years ago

I thought Azure earnings fell short from last year ?

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