“In our on-premise server business, we expect revenue to decline in the mid-single digits with ongoing customer shift to cloud offerings.”

In context

“mpact from a strong prior-year comparable and the bookings trends noted earlier. For Intelligent Cloud, we expect revenue of $37.95 to $38.25 billion or growth of 27% to 28%. In Azure, we continue to focus on accelerating the delivery of capacity and increasing fleet efficiencies. Therefore, we expect Q4 revenue growth to be between 39 and 40% in constant currency against a strong prior-year comparable that included accelerating growth. Broad and growing customer demand continues to exceed supply, and we continue to balance the incoming supply we can allocate here against our other high-ROI priorities: first-party applications, R&D, and end-of-life server replacement. As a reminder, year-over-year Azure growth rates can vary quarter to quarter, based on capacity, timing, and contract mix. In our on-premise server business, we expect revenue to decline in the mid-single digits with ongoing customer shift to cloud offerings. In More Personal Computing, we are lapping strong prior-year comparables, navigating complex PC market dynamics impacted by memory prices, and refocusing on delivering quality and value to consumers. Therefore, we expect revenue to be $11.75 to $12.25 billion. Windows OEM revenue should decline in the high teens with roughly six points of impact from a prior-year comparable that benefited from Windows 10 end of support, six points from inventory levels that we expect to come down for the quarter, and six points from a lower PC market as prices increase due to memory cost. The range of potential outcomes remains wider than normal. Therefore, Windows OEM and devices revenue should decline in the mid- to high teens. Search advertising revenue ex-TAC growth should be in the high single digits”