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Microsoft posts record $92.3bn quarterly revenue days after buyout offer to 60,000 employees
October 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Microsoft reported $92.3bn in quarterly revenue and $36.6bn in profit, two days after offering buyouts to 60,000 employees.
- Microsoft reported $92.3bn in revenue and $36.6bn in profit, beating analyst estimates of $90.6bn and $35.1bn.
- Azure cloud revenue reached $33.2bn, up 48% year over year, in Microsoft's first quarterly dollar disclosure for the unit.
- Two days before the report, Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce.
- Microsoft recorded $10bn in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, about 11% of its total quarterly revenue.




