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Microsoft reports FY25 record results and AI platform strategy at AGM
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Revenue Acceleration/Inflection
New Projects/Investments
  • Microsoft delivered record FY25 results: $281 billion revenue (+15%), 17% operating income growth, 16% EPS growth, and returned $37.7 billion to shareholders, including a 10% dividend increase.
  • The Microsoft Cloud business generated $168 billion in revenue (+23%), with Azure at $75 billion (+34%), Microsoft 365 Commercial +15%, and Dynamics 365 +19% year over year.
  • Leadership emphasized AI investments, operating over 400 data centers in 70 regions, opening the Fairwater AI superfactory, and supporting 150 million active Copilot users.
  • CFO highlighted demand-driven AI infrastructure spending, noting $400 billion of committed cloud contracts underpinning confidence in long-term returns.
4 hours ago
Microsoft reports record FY25 results and details AGM proposals
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Proxy Vote Outcomes
Dividends
Share Buyback
  • Record FY25 financial performance including revenue of $281 billion (+15%), operating income up 17%, EPS up 16%; Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $168 billion (+23%), with Azure at $75 billion (+34%).
  • Capital returns included $37.7 billion in cash returned (+10%), a 10% quarterly dividend increase, and continuation of the $60 billion share buyback program.
  • AGM agenda items included board recommendations to re-elect 12 directors, approve advisory say-on-pay, ratify Deloitte & Touche as auditor, and adopt the 2026 stock plan; management opposed six shareholder proposals on AI censorship and oversight.
  • FY26 began with 18% revenue growth in Q1 and Microsoft Cloud revenue of $49 billion (+26%), underscoring continued demand for cloud and AI services.
  • AI strategy highlights included expansion to over 400 data centers in 70 regions, launch of the Fairwater AI superfactory, introduction of Microsoft Foundry, and surpassing 150 million Copilot users.
6 hours ago
Microsoft holds FY25 Annual Shareholder Meeting
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Proxy Vote Outcomes
New Projects/Investments
  • Record FY25 financial performance with revenue up 15% to $281 billion, operating income up 17%, EPS up 16%, and Microsoft Cloud revenue of $168 billion (Azure $75 billion).
  • Four management proposals presented: election of 12 directors, advisory say-on-pay, ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor, and approval of the 2026 stock plan.
  • Consideration of six shareholder proposals on AI privacy reporting, human rights due diligence, and censorship risk audits, with the board recommending votes against each.
  • Emphasis on AI and infrastructure investments: over 400 data centers in 70 regions, launch of Microsoft Foundry, and more than 150 million active Copilot users, underpinning a full-stack AI strategy.
7 hours ago
Microsoft raises 365 subscription prices for business and government
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  • Effective July 2026, Microsoft will increase Microsoft 365 subscription prices by 8%–16.7%, raising Business Basic to $7 (+16.7%), Business Standard to $14 (+12%), and frontline plans F1 to $3 and F3 to $10 per user per month
  • The Business Premium plan remains unchanged at $22 and the entry-level E1 plan retains its $10 price despite other increases
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot continues as a separate $30 per user per month add-on and is being bundled into new packages for small and medium-sized businesses
  • The productivity and business processes segment, including Office, represented 43% of last quarter’s $77.7 billion revenue and saw 17% growth in commercial cloud services
1 day ago
Microsoft trims AI sales targets amid customer hesitation
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Guidance Update
Demand Weakening
  • Lowered sales growth targets for some Azure AI products due to slow customer adoption and missed sales quotas.
  • Stock price declined on concerns that AI market hype is giving way to cautious real-world value assessments.
  • Microsoft denied reducing AI sales quotas, stating targets remain unchanged, which helped moderate stock losses.
  • Company invested nearly $35 billion in fiscal Q1 on AI infrastructure, underscoring its long-term commitment to AI growth.
2 days ago
Microsoft outlines Copilot momentum and AI strategy at UBS Global Technology and AI Conference 2025
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Product Launch
  • M365 seat growth reached 6% quarter-over-quarter, with continued maturity-driven scale and no AI-induced declines; ARPU growth is fueled by E5 upsell and Copilot adoption.
  • Daily active Copilot engagement has more than doubled quarter-over-quarter, and Copilot penetration in Fortune 500 companies increased from 70% to 90%, highlighting robust usage trends.
  • Microsoft introduced Agent 365 to deliver unified governance, compliance, and observability for enterprise AI agents, addressing concerns over sprawl and security.
  • The Copilot experience emphasizes multi-model integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, customer-tuned models) and an upcoming agent mode in Office apps to leverage in-context Work IQ while maintaining data governance.
  • Ensuring first-party AI performance is a compute capacity priority, with a multidimensional approach to hardware allocation, global routing, and geo-fencing to balance internal and third-party demands.
3 days ago
Microsoft discusses M365 Copilot growth and AI infrastructure at UBS Tech & AI Conference 2025
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Product Launch
New Projects/Investments
  • Rajesh Jha reports 6% seat growth for Microsoft 365 and 15% revenue growth, serving 400 million paid subscribers, driven by ARPU gains from E5 and Copilot.
  • Daily active engagement with M365 Copilot has doubled quarter-over-quarter, and Copilot is now deployed in 90% of Fortune 500 companies, contributing to stable ARPU growth.
  • Microsoft unveils Agent 365, offering a unified governance, compliance, and security layer to manage AI agents and prevent sprawl across enterprise deployments.
  • Plans to embed agent mode natively into Office apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams) in early 2026, and support a multi-model Copilot ecosystem including OpenAI, Anthropic, and customer-tuned models via Copilot Tuning.
  • Microsoft is actively optimizing compute capacity, balancing first-party (M365 and GitHub Copilot) and third-party AI workloads through geo-aware resource allocation and asynchronous processing strategies.
3 days ago
Microsoft outlines M365 growth drivers and Copilot advancements
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Product Launch
New Projects/Investments
Revenue Acceleration/Inflection
  • Experiences & Devices portfolio includes Office, Teams, Windows, Surface, Dynamics, Power Platform, and M365 Copilot, focusing on productivity for global information workers.
  • M365 saw 6% seat growth in the latest quarter, surpassing 400 million paid subscribers, with 15% growth driven by seat adds, E5 premium uptake, and Copilot.
  • Daily active engagement with Copilot more than doubled quarter-over-quarter for two consecutive quarters, and 90% of the Fortune 500 now use Copilot, boosting ARPU.
  • New tools like Copilot Analytics and Agent 365 provide ROI measurement, governance, and control to prevent agent sprawl and ensure compliance in AI deployments.
  • Microsoft differentiates Copilot via Work IQ integration, multi-model support (OpenAI, Anthropic, customer-tuned models), in-app orchestration, and enterprise-grade security and compliance.
3 days ago
Microsoft fund backs human rights risk report, opposes Nadella as board chair
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Proxy Vote Outcomes
Executive Compensation
  • Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, holding 1.35% stake (≈ $50 billion) in Microsoft, will vote for a detailed human rights risk report at the Dec 5 annual meeting.
  • The fund will oppose CEO Satya Nadella’s re-election as board chair and his executive pay package, citing separation of roles and governance concerns.
  • Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 Q1 revenue rose 18% y/y to $77.7 billion, with Azure and other cloud services up 40%, and non-GAAP EPS up 23%, reflecting strong fundamentals.
  • The stance highlights tensions between institutional investors demanding governance reforms and Microsoft management, despite management’s recommendation against the proposal.
6 days ago
Microsoft: Google withdraws EU antitrust complaint amid cloud probe
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Legal Proceedings
  • Google withdraws its 2024 antitrust complaint against Microsoft over alleged anti-competitive cloud licensing practices, deferring the issue to the EU’s Digital Markets Act investigation.
  • The EU’s DMA probe could designate Microsoft Azure and AWS as gatekeepers within a year, imposing stricter rules on cloud services.
  • In the cloud market, Amazon leads with 30% share, Microsoft holds 20%, and Google has 13%, highlighting the stakes of the investigation.
8 days ago