CLAIM #44540 · Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) · 2024Q1 earnings call · Oct 24, 2023 · due Jan 31, 2024
“In Azure, we expect revenue growth to be 26% to 27% in constant currency, with an increasing contribution from AI.”
Amy Hood · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Azure revenue growth, constant currency, year-over-year, for fiscal Q2 2024 (quarter ending December 31, 2023)
It came true if: Constant currency revenue growth between 26% and 27%
Where: Company earnings release / 10-Q disclosure of Azure constant currency growth (Q2 FY2024 earnings call, late January 2024)
In context
“driven by Microsoft 365 subscriptions. For LinkedIn, we expect revenue growth in the mid-single-digits, driven by Talent Solutions and Marketing Solutions. Growth continues to be impacted by the overall market environment for recruiting and advertising, especially in the technology industry, where we have significant exposure. And in Dynamics, we expect revenue growth in the high teens, driven by Dynamics 365. For Intelligent Cloud, we expect revenue to grow between 17% and 18% or $25.1 billion to $25.4 billion. Revenue growth in constant currency will be approximately 1 point lower. Revenue will continue to be driven by Azure, which as a reminder can have quarterly variability, primarily from our per-user business and from in-period revenue recognition, depending on the mix of contracts. In Azure, we expect revenue growth to be 26% to 27% in constant currency, with an increasing contribution from AI. Growth continues to be driven by Azure consumption business and we expect the trends from Q1 to continue into Q2. Our per user business should continue to benefit from Microsoft 365 suite momentum, though we expect continued moderation in seat growth rates, given the size of the installed base. For H2, assuming the optimization and new workload trends continue and with the growing contribution from AI, we expect Azure revenue growth in constant currency to remain roughly stable compared to Q2. And our on-premises server business, we expect revenue growth to be roughly flat with continued hybrid demand, particularly from licenses running in multi-cloud environments. And in enterprise and partner services, revenue should decline by low-to-mid single digits. Now to more Personal Computing, w”
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