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REDMOND, Wash. — October 27, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $37.2 billion and increased 12%; Operating income was $15.9 billion and increased 25%; Net income was $13.9 billion and increased 30% Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters to catch every headline, presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union, GeekWire Podcast: Skyscrapers, scooters, and a post-pandemic vision for big cities, How culture and leadership helped ventilator maker Ventec meet huge demand in COVID-19 response, Holiday gaming gift guide: What to know about the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch, ‘Superintelligence’ in Seattle: AI researchers do a reality check on a movie that adds romance to tech, With deep roots in Seattle, real estate brokerage Compass reportedly eyes IPO, Smartsheet sets sail in round-the-world race with female skipper, and its first sports sponsorship, Amazon Web Services outage affects Adobe, Roku, Twilio, Flickr, others, Walter Isaacson likens Bezos to Einstein and Jobs, calls out Trump for ‘corrupt’ treatment of Amazon, Junior Geek of the Month: Archika Dogra discovers how she can use tech to make a positive impact, Suit targets Nintendo over Switch ‘Joy-Con drift,’ seeks damages for U.S. kids who bought console, Bill Gates looks back at ‘The Road Ahead’ after 25 years and some hit-and-miss tech predictions, ‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world, Amazon prevails over eBay in lawsuit accusing Seattle company of poaching third-party sellers, Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts whips up more ‘table topics’ to stuff Thanksgiving talk with real data, Ada Developers Academy going independent in hopes of expanding its tech diversity impact, A SPAC called FLAC? While expanding Windows Update’s scope of protection like Microsoft is doing with Pluton is so logical that it seems unremarkable, that masks the significant legal, logistical, and technological difficulties this move entails. At the time, I wrote, “this [split up] could be a good thing for security and privacy at Microsoft…the truth of what this means will be shown in actions and not words.” The Pluton announcement shows that while there may not be a TWC group, the ideas and ideals from the TWC memo are still a part of Microsoft. Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. | Microsoft News Center. Microsoft has provided this non-GAAP financial information to aid investors in better understanding our performance. Learn more about underwritten and sponsored content on GeekWire. There are many things truly new about today’s Microsoft, but this is a reminder that it is still a powerful force in the industry. REDMOND, Wash. — July 22, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $38.0 billion and increased 13%; Operating income was $13.4 billion and increased 8%; Net income was $11.2 billion and decreased 15% GAAP (up 5% non-GAAP) Microsoft presents constant currency information to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying businesses performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. Microsoft Corporation’s Weaknesses (Internal Strategic Factors) by Christopher Budd on November 21, 2020 at 9:56 amNovember 21, 2020 at 10:32 am, [Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.]. 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Financial Performance Constant Currency Reconciliation, Segment Revenue Constant Currency Reconciliation, Selected Product and Service Revenue Constant Currency Reconciliation. Satya Nadella, chief executive officer, Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Alice Jolla, chief accounting officer, Keith Dolliver, deputy general counsel, and Michael Spencer, general manager of investor relations, will host a conference call and webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time (5:30 p.m. Eastern time) today to discuss details of the company’s performance for the quarter and certain forward-looking information. Second, by enabling Pluton for Windows computers to integrate with the Windows Update process for security firmware updates. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as: For more information about risks and uncertainties associated with Microsoft’s business, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of Microsoft’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by contacting Microsoft’s Investor Relations department at (800) 285-7772 or at Microsoft’s Investor Relations website at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor. After it showed its usefulness in helping counter those attacks, it became a central pillar in Microsoft’s security tactics and strategy and made its way into Gates’ memo. The non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes was $12.3 billion and increased 11%, with the following business highlights: Revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $13.0 billion and increased 20% (up 19% in constant currency), with the following business highlights: Revenue in More Personal Computing was $11.8 billion and increased 6%, with the following business highlights: Microsoft returned $9.5 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, an increase of 21% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. New crop of Cosmic Crisp apples begins shipping from Washington state to stores across the U.S. The webcast will be available for replay through the close of business on October 27, 2021. Windows Vista brought support for TPM into Windows for the first time, while the Pluton design itself was part of the Xbox One, itself an outgrowth of earlier work in Windows and TPM. Shareholder and financial information, as well as today’s 2:30 p.m. Pacific time conference call with investors and analysts, is available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor.