Microsoft beat both its revenue and earnings growth estimates as of Q3 FY23. Its "Azure and other cloud services" revenue grew at a rapid 27% YoY growth rate, which was faster than AWS at 16%.

It was a nightmare scenario for the digital age. On Wednesday, just hours before Microsoft was scheduled to release its earnings, its foundational cloud services—Azure and 365—abruptly went offline.

As more companies shift their operations to the cloud, choosing the right provider has become a major decision that affects everything from scalability to performance to long-term costs. Amazon Web ...

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Despite Amazon (AMZN) underperforming Microsoft (MSFT) last year, their share performance has diverged since November 2025, when Amazon started to outperform Microsoft, as can be seen below. The ...

‘Building out world class storage services [at Azure],’ wrote Ahmed Shihab on LinkedIn regarding his new role at Microsoft. Amazon Web Services Vice President of AWS Infrastructure Hardware Ahmed ...

Microsoft's cloud saw accelerating growth in the third quarter, while Google's growth rate slowed. Microsoft pointed to a surge in demand for artificial intelligence tools, even as some clients ...

Microsoft is doubling down on its cloud partner initiatives -- extending beyond Office 365 to announce new Azure skills training and certification offers. At the same time, Microsoft is seeking new ...

An improperly redacted document reportedly showed $34 billion in Microsoft Azure cloud server business revenue for the 2022 fiscal year. An unredacted Microsoft document reportedly revealed that the ...

Microsoft announced general availability of a cloud-to-cloud migration tool for users adopting its Azure platform. Azure Storage Mover is designed for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers who want to ...

BofA’s Justin Post sees AWS growing 19%-20% in Q4 as Azure faces go-to-market challenges. Post maintains a Buy on Amazon, citing strong AI-driven cloud demand and an attractive risk-reward setup. The ...