Microsoft Sales Climb 17 Percent, Lifted by Robust Cloud Demand
Microsoft Sales Climb 17 Percent, Lifted by Robust Cloud Demand Azure growth jumped 50 percent, fueled by the accelerated shift to the cloud. PC sales surged, boosting Windows, and gaming broke $5 billion for the first time. Bloomberg | Jan 27, 2021 Dina Bass (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. said fiscal second-quarter sales rose 17%, a faster clip than analysts projected, thanks to buoyant demand for corporate cloud-computing services and software tools that support at-home workers. Shares rose in late trading. Revenue in the period ended Dec. 31 rose to $43.1 billion, the Redmond, Wash...