Microsoft increases its revenue by 8%: Office 365

As every end of the quarter, it's time to take a look at Microsoft's quarterly results. Fiscal third quarter falls short of last quarter's record profits, but manages to post good numbers: 8% higher revenue than the same period last year, which leaves them at 20,489 million dollars. Profits do not grow that much: 3%, which translates into 7,612 million dollars.

The most interesting thing about this quarter are the areas in which Microsoft has grown the most. The main push comes from devices and consumers: 12% growth led by Surface, now a $500 million business, up 50% than last quarter.It's still curious that the Surface earns so much in the same quarter that the iPad drops 16%.

Windows also improves: 4% increase in revenue from sales to manufacturers, most of it thanks to Windows Pro (19% growth). The Xbox division has managed to sell 2 million units, of which 800,000 have been Xbox 360 and the rest, 1,200,000, Xbox One. And if not If we had enough, the traditionally ill-fated Bing has reached an 18.6% share in the United States, with 38% more revenue from ads.

Azure and Office 365, the fastest growing

The part of services to companies does not grow as much (7%) although it continues to be the one that reports the most revenue to Microsoft, some 12 billion; and it is also the one with the two divisions that are growing the most. Azure, the division led by Satya Nadella before becoming CEO, multiplied its revenue by 2.5 and continued its unstoppable growth.

Office 365 also posted good results, doubling revenue and business users. Office 365 Home reaches 4.4 million subscribers, one million more than three months ago.

Those from Redmond also highlight the growth of volume licenses, which are sold to companies to install on their computers: 11% compared to the previous year. Growth is likely to be fueled by the recent end of support for XP.

However, keep in mind that things are missing,such as the performance of Windows Phone, or how many of the sales OEM Windows correspond to Windows 8 (Windows 7 continues to be sold to manufacturers).

In short, these aren't bad numbers (especially eye-catching ones for Surface), but they are still reminiscent of the Ballmer era: Nadella was named CEO in early February and still There has not been time for there to be really relevant changes in the management of Microsoft that can be seen reflected in these results.We'll see how the next quarter pans out, and if Nadella achieves even a fraction of the growth she's led to Azure.

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