{"id":2214,"date":"2026-01-29T01:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/microsoft-reports-strong-cloud-earnings-in-q2-as-gaming-declines\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:23:36","slug":"microsoft-reports-strong-cloud-earnings-in-q2-as-gaming-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/microsoft-reports-strong-cloud-earnings-in-q2-as-gaming-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft just posted<\/a> the second quarter of its 2026 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $81.3 billion in revenue and a net income of $30.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 23 percent.<\/p>\n

The holiday quarter saw PC shipments grow unexpectedly amid an ongoing RAM shortage. Microsoft’s end of Windows 10 support<\/a> helped push PC shipments up, but IDC revealed<\/a> earlier this month that PC makers have also been aggressively pulling forward inventory to combat potential tariffs and ongoing global memory shortage.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft’s Windows OEM and devices revenue over this holiday period was up just 1 \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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