Earnings Release FY23 Q2

Intelligent Cloud

Revenue increased $3.2 billion or 18%.

• Server products and cloud services revenue increased $3.2 billion or 20% driven by Azure and other cloud services. Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 31% driven by growth in our consumption-based services. Server products revenue decreased 2%.

• Enterprise Services revenue increased $39 million or 2% driven by growth in Enterprise Support Services, offset by a decline in Microsoft Consulting Services.

Operating income increased $581 million or 7%.

• Gross margin increased $2.2 billion or 17% driven by growth in Azure and other cloud services and the change in accounting estimate. Gross margin percentage decreased slightly. Excluding the impact of the change in accounting estimate, gross margin percentage decreased 3 points driven by sales mix shift to Azure and other cloud services and higher energy costs.

• Operating expenses increased $1.6 billion or 34% driven by employee severance expenses, investments in Azure, and the Nuance acquisition.

Revenue, gross margin, and operating income included an unfavorable foreign currency impact of 6%, 6%, and 8%, respectively. Operating expenses included a favorable foreign currency impact of 3%.

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