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

CloudNews
1.3k viewscircle icon1 Upvotecircle icon5 Comments
Sort by:
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

Free Zunes for everyone

Lightbulb on2
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 ?

Lightbulb on1

Content you might like

What cloud cost optimization strategies have you found most effective in your organization? Are there specific techniques or best practices that have helped you reduce expenses without sacrificing the resources your teams need?

Where does robotic process automation (RPA) deliver the most value?

Backup and restoration7%

User provisioning34%

User notifications14%

Software installations7%

Monitoring13%

Customer service and support desks14%

Data migration2%

Incident management3%

Patch management2%

View Results

Which tech conference do you intend to attend in person next year or have already participated in this year, and what motivated your choice?

Read More Comments

How do you help your security and infrastructure teams experiment and innovate without compromising system reliability?

When buying a SaaS solution are you considering, looking, or using enterprise marketplace, such as Microsoft or AWS marketplace to complete a transaction?

Yes59%

Not allowed33%

Start evaluating14%

Only for some softwares/products1%

View Results