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Microsoft sales grow on cloud strength, shares dip on heightened valuation<blockquote>微软销售额因云实力而增长，股价因估值上升而下跌</blockquote>
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The company’s operating margin narrowed somewhat as cloud became a larger part of its business.</p><p><blockquote><ul><li>微软的营收和利润以及收入指引超出了分析师的预期。</li><li>来自设备制造商的Windows收入增长高于该公司的预期。</li><li>Azure云收入增长与上一季度持平。</li></ul>软件制造商微软公布了强于分析师预期的第三财季盈利和季度收入指引后，该公司股价周二在盘后交易中下跌2.6%。随着云计算成为其业务的重要组成部分，该公司的营业利润率有所收窄。</blockquote></p><p> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/37e56904b785cd612b360cb4662adcab\" tg-width=\"1302\" tg-height=\"833\"></p><p><blockquote></blockquote></p><p> Here’s how the company did:</p><p><blockquote>该公司的做法如下：</blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li><b>Earnings:</b>$1.95 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.78 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.</li> <li><b>Revenue:</b>$41.71 billion, vs. $41.03 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.</li> </ul> The software and hardware maker posted 19% annualized revenue growth for the quarter, which ended March 31, according to a statement. That’s the biggest quarterly increase the company has posted since 2018, thanks in part to gains in PC sales resulting from coronavirus-driven shortages last year.</p><p><blockquote><ul><li><b>收益：</b>根据Refinitiv的数据，调整后每股1.95美元，而分析师预期为每股1.78美元。</li><li><b>收入：</b>根据Refinitiv的数据，为417.1亿美元，而分析师预期为410.3亿美元。</li></ul>根据一份声明，这家软件和硬件制造商公布截至3月31日的季度年化收入增长19%。这是该公司自2018年以来最大的季度增幅，部分原因是去年冠状病毒导致的短缺导致PC销量增长。</blockquote></p><p> The company said its Azure public cloud, which competes with market leader Amazon Web Services, grew 50%, faster than the 46% growth analysts had expected, according to a CNBC review of 14 equity research notes. In the prior quarter Azure revenue grew 50%. Microsoft does not disclose Azure revenue in dollars.</p><p><blockquote>根据CNBC对14份股票研究报告的评论，该公司表示，与市场领导者亚马逊网络服务竞争的Azure公共云增长了50%，快于分析师预期的46%增长。上一季度，Azure收入增长了50%。微软没有披露Azure的美元收入。</blockquote></p><p> With respect to guidance, Microsoft is expecting $43.6 billion to $44.5 billion in revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter, said Amy Hood, Microsoft’s finance chief, on a conference call with analysts. At the middle of the range that would represent 16% growth, more than the $42.98 billion consensus estimate among analysts polled by Refinitiv.</p><p><blockquote>微软首席财务官Amy Hood在与分析师举行的电话会议上表示，关于指引，微软预计第四财季营收为436亿至445亿美元。处于16%增长区间的中间，高于Refinitiv调查的分析师普遍预期的429.8亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/04deaac8d015743ca14f06c8b77bd26e\" tg-width=\"1910\" tg-height=\"1549\"></p><p><blockquote></blockquote></p><p> Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud segment delivered $15.12 billion in revenue in the fiscal third quarter. That was up 23% year over year and above the FactSet consensus estimate of $14.92 billion. Intelligent Cloud contains Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, GitHub and Enterprise Services.</p><p><blockquote>微软智能云部门第三财季实现营收151.2亿美元。这一数字同比增长23%，高于FactSet 149.2亿美元的共识预期。智能云包含Azure、Windows Server、SQL Server、Visual Studio、GitHub和企业服务。</blockquote></p><p> The Productivity and Business Processes segment, containing Office, Dynamics and LinkedIn, contributed $13.55 billion in revenue, up 15% and more than the $13.49 billion FactSet consensus. The Teams chat and calling app reached 145 million daily active users, up from 115 million in October, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on the call.</p><p><blockquote>包括Office、Dynamics和LinkedIn在内的生产力和业务流程部门贡献了135.5亿美元的收入，增长了15%，超过了FactSet预期的134.9亿美元。微软首席执行官Satya Nadella在看涨期权上表示，Teams聊天和通话应用程序的日活跃用户达到1.45亿，高于10月份的1.15亿。</blockquote></p><p> The company’s More Personal Computing unit, which includes Windows, gaming, devices and search, came up with $13.04 billion in revenue. That was up almost 19% and higher than the $12.55 billion consensus. Technology research company Gartner estimated earlier this month that PC manufacturers shipped nearly 70 million units in the quarter, 32% more than in the year-ago quarter, the fastest growth since Gartner started tracking the PC market in 2000.</p><p><blockquote>该公司的更多个人计算部门，包括Windows、游戏、设备和搜索，收入为130.4亿美元。这一数字增长了近19%，高于125.5亿美元的共识。技术研究公司Gartner本月早些时候估计，PC制造商本季度出货量接近7000万台，比去年同期增长32%，这是Gartner自2000年开始跟踪PC市场以来的最快增长。</blockquote></p><p> That benefits Microsoft’s sales of Windows licenses to PC makers, which were up 10%. There are now over 1.3 billion monthly active devices running the Windows 10 operating system, Nadella said.</p><p><blockquote>这有利于微软向个人电脑制造商销售Windows许可证，增长了10%。纳德拉表示，现在每月有超过13亿台活跃设备运行Windows 10操作系统。</blockquote></p><p> The outcome was greater than Microsoft itself had forecast. In January, Hood called for Windows license revenue from device makers to be up in the low single digits.</p><p><blockquote>结果比微软自己预测的要好。一月份，胡德呼吁设备制造商的Windows许可收入保持在低个位数。</blockquote></p><p> The PC market endured “significant ongoing constraints in the supply chain,” Hood said on Tuesday.</p><p><blockquote>胡德周二表示，个人电脑市场经历了“供应链中持续的重大限制”。</blockquote></p><p> At the same time, the gross margin for Microsoft’s broad Commercial Cloud category of products — including Azure, commercial subscriptions to the Office 365 productivity bundle, cloud-based Dynamics 365 enterprise applications and commercial parts of LinkedIn — narrowed to 70% from 71%. The number is important to investors who want to see that Microsoft can continue to make Azure more profitable.</p><p><blockquote>与此同时，微软广泛的商业云类别产品（包括Azure、Office 365生产力捆绑包的商业订阅、基于云的Dynamics 365企业应用程序和LinkedIn的商业部分）的毛利率从71%收窄至70%。对于希望看到微软能够继续让Azure盈利更高的投资者来说，这个数字很重要。</blockquote></p><p> The operating margin for the Intelligent Cloud segment that includes Azure also narrowed to 42.5% from about 44.5%. Microsoft’s overall operating margin came in at 40.9%, down from 41.6%.</p><p><blockquote>包括Azure在内的智能云部门的营业利润率也从约44.5%收窄至42.5%。微软的整体营业利润率为40.9%，低于41.6%。</blockquote></p><p> Microsoft said in the quarter it had won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $21.9 billion over a decade for augmented reality headsets based on its latest HoloLens device. The company also issued patches to address vulnerabilities in its Exchange Server on-premises email and calendar software that Chinese hackers exploited. It also closed the $8.1 billion acquisition of video game maker ZeniMax Media.</p><p><blockquote>微软表示，本季度它赢得了美国。陆军合同在十年内价值高达219亿美元，用于基于其最新HoloLens设备的增强现实耳机。该公司还发布了补丁，以解决其Exchange Server内部电子邮件和日历软件中被中国黑客利用的漏洞。它还完成了对视频游戏制造商ZeniMax Media的81亿美元收购。</blockquote></p><p> Notwithstanding the after-hours move, Microsoft shares are up 18% year to date, compared with a gain of around 12% for the S&P 500 over the same time period.</p><p><blockquote>尽管盘后出现波动，微软股价今年迄今仍上涨了18%，而标普500同期的涨幅约为12%。</blockquote></p><p></p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Microsoft sales grow on cloud strength, shares dip on heightened valuation<blockquote>微软销售额因云实力而增长，股价因估值上升而下跌</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nMicrosoft sales grow on cloud strength, shares dip on heightened valuation<blockquote>微软销售额因云实力而增长，股价因估值上升而下跌</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1079075236\">\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/8274c5b9d4c2852bfb1c4d6ce16c68ba);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Tiger Newspress </p>\n<p class=\"h-time smaller\">2021-04-28 07:33</p>\n</div>\n</a>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p><b>KEY POINTS</b></p><p><blockquote><b>要点</b></blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li>Microsoft exceeded analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines, as well as revenue guidance.</li> <li>Windows revenue growth from device makers was higher than the company had predicted.</li> <li>Azure cloud revenue growth was flat from the prior quarter.</li> </ul> Microsoft shares moved 2.6% lower in extended trading Tuesday after the software maker announced fiscal third-quarter earnings and quarterly revenue guidance that came in stronger than analysts had expected. The company’s operating margin narrowed somewhat as cloud became a larger part of its business.</p><p><blockquote><ul><li>微软的营收和利润以及收入指引超出了分析师的预期。</li><li>来自设备制造商的Windows收入增长高于该公司的预期。</li><li>Azure云收入增长与上一季度持平。</li></ul>软件制造商微软公布了强于分析师预期的第三财季盈利和季度收入指引后，该公司股价周二在盘后交易中下跌2.6%。随着云计算成为其业务的重要组成部分，该公司的营业利润率有所收窄。</blockquote></p><p> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/37e56904b785cd612b360cb4662adcab\" tg-width=\"1302\" tg-height=\"833\"></p><p><blockquote></blockquote></p><p> Here’s how the company did:</p><p><blockquote>该公司的做法如下：</blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li><b>Earnings:</b>$1.95 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.78 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.</li> <li><b>Revenue:</b>$41.71 billion, vs. $41.03 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.</li> </ul> The software and hardware maker posted 19% annualized revenue growth for the quarter, which ended March 31, according to a statement. That’s the biggest quarterly increase the company has posted since 2018, thanks in part to gains in PC sales resulting from coronavirus-driven shortages last year.</p><p><blockquote><ul><li><b>收益：</b>根据Refinitiv的数据，调整后每股1.95美元，而分析师预期为每股1.78美元。</li><li><b>收入：</b>根据Refinitiv的数据，为417.1亿美元，而分析师预期为410.3亿美元。</li></ul>根据一份声明，这家软件和硬件制造商公布截至3月31日的季度年化收入增长19%。这是该公司自2018年以来最大的季度增幅，部分原因是去年冠状病毒导致的短缺导致PC销量增长。</blockquote></p><p> The company said its Azure public cloud, which competes with market leader Amazon Web Services, grew 50%, faster than the 46% growth analysts had expected, according to a CNBC review of 14 equity research notes. In the prior quarter Azure revenue grew 50%. Microsoft does not disclose Azure revenue in dollars.</p><p><blockquote>根据CNBC对14份股票研究报告的评论，该公司表示，与市场领导者亚马逊网络服务竞争的Azure公共云增长了50%，快于分析师预期的46%增长。上一季度，Azure收入增长了50%。微软没有披露Azure的美元收入。</blockquote></p><p> With respect to guidance, Microsoft is expecting $43.6 billion to $44.5 billion in revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter, said Amy Hood, Microsoft’s finance chief, on a conference call with analysts. At the middle of the range that would represent 16% growth, more than the $42.98 billion consensus estimate among analysts polled by Refinitiv.</p><p><blockquote>微软首席财务官Amy Hood在与分析师举行的电话会议上表示，关于指引，微软预计第四财季营收为436亿至445亿美元。处于16%增长区间的中间，高于Refinitiv调查的分析师普遍预期的429.8亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/04deaac8d015743ca14f06c8b77bd26e\" tg-width=\"1910\" tg-height=\"1549\"></p><p><blockquote></blockquote></p><p> Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud segment delivered $15.12 billion in revenue in the fiscal third quarter. That was up 23% year over year and above the FactSet consensus estimate of $14.92 billion. Intelligent Cloud contains Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, GitHub and Enterprise Services.</p><p><blockquote>微软智能云部门第三财季实现营收151.2亿美元。这一数字同比增长23%，高于FactSet 149.2亿美元的共识预期。智能云包含Azure、Windows Server、SQL Server、Visual Studio、GitHub和企业服务。</blockquote></p><p> The Productivity and Business Processes segment, containing Office, Dynamics and LinkedIn, contributed $13.55 billion in revenue, up 15% and more than the $13.49 billion FactSet consensus. The Teams chat and calling app reached 145 million daily active users, up from 115 million in October, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on the call.</p><p><blockquote>包括Office、Dynamics和LinkedIn在内的生产力和业务流程部门贡献了135.5亿美元的收入，增长了15%，超过了FactSet预期的134.9亿美元。微软首席执行官Satya Nadella在看涨期权上表示，Teams聊天和通话应用程序的日活跃用户达到1.45亿，高于10月份的1.15亿。</blockquote></p><p> The company’s More Personal Computing unit, which includes Windows, gaming, devices and search, came up with $13.04 billion in revenue. That was up almost 19% and higher than the $12.55 billion consensus. Technology research company Gartner estimated earlier this month that PC manufacturers shipped nearly 70 million units in the quarter, 32% more than in the year-ago quarter, the fastest growth since Gartner started tracking the PC market in 2000.</p><p><blockquote>该公司的更多个人计算部门，包括Windows、游戏、设备和搜索，收入为130.4亿美元。这一数字增长了近19%，高于125.5亿美元的共识。技术研究公司Gartner本月早些时候估计，PC制造商本季度出货量接近7000万台，比去年同期增长32%，这是Gartner自2000年开始跟踪PC市场以来的最快增长。</blockquote></p><p> That benefits Microsoft’s sales of Windows licenses to PC makers, which were up 10%. There are now over 1.3 billion monthly active devices running the Windows 10 operating system, Nadella said.</p><p><blockquote>这有利于微软向个人电脑制造商销售Windows许可证，增长了10%。纳德拉表示，现在每月有超过13亿台活跃设备运行Windows 10操作系统。</blockquote></p><p> The outcome was greater than Microsoft itself had forecast. In January, Hood called for Windows license revenue from device makers to be up in the low single digits.</p><p><blockquote>结果比微软自己预测的要好。一月份，胡德呼吁设备制造商的Windows许可收入保持在低个位数。</blockquote></p><p> The PC market endured “significant ongoing constraints in the supply chain,” Hood said on Tuesday.</p><p><blockquote>胡德周二表示，个人电脑市场经历了“供应链中持续的重大限制”。</blockquote></p><p> At the same time, the gross margin for Microsoft’s broad Commercial Cloud category of products — including Azure, commercial subscriptions to the Office 365 productivity bundle, cloud-based Dynamics 365 enterprise applications and commercial parts of LinkedIn — narrowed to 70% from 71%. The number is important to investors who want to see that Microsoft can continue to make Azure more profitable.</p><p><blockquote>与此同时，微软广泛的商业云类别产品（包括Azure、Office 365生产力捆绑包的商业订阅、基于云的Dynamics 365企业应用程序和LinkedIn的商业部分）的毛利率从71%收窄至70%。对于希望看到微软能够继续让Azure盈利更高的投资者来说，这个数字很重要。</blockquote></p><p> The operating margin for the Intelligent Cloud segment that includes Azure also narrowed to 42.5% from about 44.5%. Microsoft’s overall operating margin came in at 40.9%, down from 41.6%.</p><p><blockquote>包括Azure在内的智能云部门的营业利润率也从约44.5%收窄至42.5%。微软的整体营业利润率为40.9%，低于41.6%。</blockquote></p><p> Microsoft said in the quarter it had won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $21.9 billion over a decade for augmented reality headsets based on its latest HoloLens device. The company also issued patches to address vulnerabilities in its Exchange Server on-premises email and calendar software that Chinese hackers exploited. It also closed the $8.1 billion acquisition of video game maker ZeniMax Media.</p><p><blockquote>微软表示，本季度它赢得了美国。陆军合同在十年内价值高达219亿美元，用于基于其最新HoloLens设备的增强现实耳机。该公司还发布了补丁，以解决其Exchange Server内部电子邮件和日历软件中被中国黑客利用的漏洞。它还完成了对视频游戏制造商ZeniMax Media的81亿美元收购。</blockquote></p><p> Notwithstanding the after-hours move, Microsoft shares are up 18% year to date, compared with a gain of around 12% for the S&P 500 over the same time period.</p><p><blockquote>尽管盘后出现波动，微软股价今年迄今仍上涨了18%，而标普500同期的涨幅约为12%。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"MSFT":"微软"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1157918353","content_text":"KEY POINTS\n\nMicrosoft exceeded analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines, as well as revenue guidance.\nWindows revenue growth from device makers was higher than the company had predicted.\nAzure cloud revenue growth was flat from the prior quarter.\n\nMicrosoft shares moved 2.6% lower in extended trading Tuesday after the software maker announced fiscal third-quarter earnings and quarterly revenue guidance that came in stronger than analysts had expected. The company’s operating margin narrowed somewhat as cloud became a larger part of its business.\n\nHere’s how the company did:\n\nEarnings:$1.95 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.78 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.\nRevenue:$41.71 billion, vs. $41.03 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.\n\nThe software and hardware maker posted 19% annualized revenue growth for the quarter, which ended March 31, according to a statement. That’s the biggest quarterly increase the company has posted since 2018, thanks in part to gains in PC sales resulting from coronavirus-driven shortages last year.\nThe company said its Azure public cloud, which competes with market leader Amazon Web Services, grew 50%, faster than the 46% growth analysts had expected, according to a CNBC review of 14 equity research notes. In the prior quarter Azure revenue grew 50%. Microsoft does not disclose Azure revenue in dollars.\nWith respect to guidance, Microsoft is expecting $43.6 billion to $44.5 billion in revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter, said Amy Hood, Microsoft’s finance chief, on a conference call with analysts. At the middle of the range that would represent 16% growth, more than the $42.98 billion consensus estimate among analysts polled by Refinitiv.\n\nMicrosoft’s Intelligent Cloud segment delivered $15.12 billion in revenue in the fiscal third quarter. That was up 23% year over year and above the FactSet consensus estimate of $14.92 billion. Intelligent Cloud contains Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, GitHub and Enterprise Services.\nThe Productivity and Business Processes segment, containing Office, Dynamics and LinkedIn, contributed $13.55 billion in revenue, up 15% and more than the $13.49 billion FactSet consensus. The Teams chat and calling app reached 145 million daily active users, up from 115 million in October, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on the call.\nThe company’s More Personal Computing unit, which includes Windows, gaming, devices and search, came up with $13.04 billion in revenue. That was up almost 19% and higher than the $12.55 billion consensus. Technology research company Gartner estimated earlier this month that PC manufacturers shipped nearly 70 million units in the quarter, 32% more than in the year-ago quarter, the fastest growth since Gartner started tracking the PC market in 2000.\nThat benefits Microsoft’s sales of Windows licenses to PC makers, which were up 10%. There are now over 1.3 billion monthly active devices running the Windows 10 operating system, Nadella said.\nThe outcome was greater than Microsoft itself had forecast. In January, Hood called for Windows license revenue from device makers to be up in the low single digits.\nThe PC market endured “significant ongoing constraints in the supply chain,” Hood said on Tuesday.\nAt the same time, the gross margin for Microsoft’s broad Commercial Cloud category of products — including Azure, commercial subscriptions to the Office 365 productivity bundle, cloud-based Dynamics 365 enterprise applications and commercial parts of LinkedIn — narrowed to 70% from 71%. The number is important to investors who want to see that Microsoft can continue to make Azure more profitable.\nThe operating margin for the Intelligent Cloud segment that includes Azure also narrowed to 42.5% from about 44.5%. Microsoft’s overall operating margin came in at 40.9%, down from 41.6%.\nMicrosoft said in the quarter it had won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $21.9 billion over a decade for augmented reality headsets based on its latest HoloLens device. The company also issued patches to address vulnerabilities in its Exchange Server on-premises email and calendar software that Chinese hackers exploited. It also closed the $8.1 billion acquisition of video game maker ZeniMax Media.\nNotwithstanding the after-hours move, Microsoft shares are up 18% year to date, compared with a gain of around 12% for the S&P 500 over the same time period.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"MSFT":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":328,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":51,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/100362549"}
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