Microsoft Reports Strong Quarterly Earnings and Azure Growth Despite Offering Employee Buyouts
Microsoft beat Wall Street quarterly expectations with 19% revenue growth and Azure cloud growth of 48%, while offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 employees to manage costs.
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“Microsoft beat Wall Street quarterly expectations with revenue up 19%. Its Azure cloud business grew 48%, which is a lot. billion. Shares rose nearly 4 percent.”
Scott Galloway
Heard on Pivot — “Trump's War on "Artificial Intelligence," Elon v. Scott, and Google's Wall Street Meltdown”, published Friday, October 30, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.