Notes to Financial Statements

NOTE 13  LEASES

We have operating and finance leases for datacenters, corporate offices, research and development facilities, Microsoft Experience Centers, and certain equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms of less than 1 year to 19 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 5 years, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within 1 year.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

684

 

 

$

469

 

 

$

1,346

 

 

$

1,057

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

$

457

 

 

$

264

 

 

$

646

 

 

$

490

 

Interest on lease liabilities

 

 

119

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total finance lease cost

 

$

576

 

 

$

371

 

 

$

878

 

 

$

701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

$

645

 

 

$

441

 

 

$

1,299

 

 

$

1,007

 

Operating cash flows from finance leases

 

 

119

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

211

 

Financing cash flows from finance leases

 

 

262

 

 

 

222

 

 

 

518

 

 

 

422

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

525

 

 

 

1,559

 

 

 

1,714

 

 

 

2,730

 

Finance leases

 

 

598

 

 

 

985

 

 

 

1,209

 

 

 

2,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

 

(In millions, except lease term and discount rate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

2022

 

 

June 30,

2022

 

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

13,624

 

 

$

13,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

2,287

 

 

$

2,228

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

11,998

 

 

 

11,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

14,285

 

 

$

13,717

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, at cost

 

$

18,514

 

 

$

17,388

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(3,920

)

 

 

(3,285

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

$

14,594

 

 

$

14,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

1,105

 

 

$

1,060

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

14,479

 

 

 

13,842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total finance lease liabilities

 

$

15,584

 

 

$

14,902

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

8 years

 

 

 

8 years

 

Finance leases

 

 

11 years

 

 

 

12 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Discount Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

2.5%

 

 

 

2.1%

 

Finance leases

 

 

3.2%

 

 

 

3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table outlines maturities of our lease liabilities as of December 31, 2022:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ending June 30,

 

Operating Leases

 

 

Finance Leases

 

 

 

 

2023 (excluding the six months ended December 31, 2022)

 

$

1,320

 

 

$

790

 

2024

 

 

2,498

 

 

 

1,598

 

2025

 

 

2,217

 

 

 

1,912

 

2026

 

 

1,847

 

 

 

1,595

 

2027

 

 

1,533

 

 

 

1,603

 

Thereafter

 

 

6,528

 

 

 

11,196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total lease payments

 

 

15,943

 

 

 

18,694

 

Less imputed interest

 

 

(1,658

)

 

 

(3,110

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

14,285

 

 

$

15,584

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2022, we have additional operating and finance leases, primarily for datacenters, that have not yet commenced of $6.3 billion and $19.7 billion, respectively. These operating and finance leases will commence between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2028 with lease terms of less than 1 year to 18 years.