Microsoft 365 Consumer subscribers continued to grow, reaching 87.7 million, a 9% increase year-over-year. The segment’s operating income rose 15% (18% in constant currency) to $17.4 billion.

They called their company Microsoft, and it led the personal computing revolution. In 1975, the two friends were in their twenties: Gates was studying at Harvard and Allen had dropped out of ...

The company returned $9.7 billion to shareholders during the quarter, with $6.2 billion in dividends and $3.5 billion in share repurchases. Microsoft’s effective tax rate for the quarter was 18%. In ...