Microsoft has published the results of the first quarter of its fiscal year 2019, which rises to September 30, 2018. Revenue amounted to $ 29.1 billion, an increase of 19 percent year on year, to set a new record for the company’s first quarter. The operating income increased by 29 percent to $ 10.0 billion, and net income increased by 34 percent to $ 8.8 billion. The share profits rose 36 percent to $ 1.14.
Microsoft currently has three sectors of reporting: productivity and commercial operations (covering office, stock exchange, SharePoint, Skype and LinkedIn), smart cloud (including Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio and Enterprise Services), and more Personal Computing (Windows coverage, Xbox, as well as search and advertising).
The production group revenues increased by 19 percent to $ 9.8 billion, as operating income increased by 29 percent to $ 3.9 billion. Commercial offices and consumers sales increased by 17 and 16 percent, respectively, and Office 365 continues to grow; Commercial seats have increased by 29 percent on an annual basis, and now they have more than 155 million active users per month. There are now 32.5 million subscribers for consumers. This continuous shift to the cloud means that the office’s licensed revenue permanently decreased by 12 percent. Dynamics revenues increased by 20 percent, and LinkedIn’s revenue has grown by 33 percent.
Smart cloud revenues increased by 24 percent to $ 8.6 billion, as operating income increased by 37 percent to $ 3.0 billion. Azure’s revenue increased by 76 percent on an annual basis, the revenue of server products increased by 10 percent, and the revenue of institutions services grew by 6 percent. Enterprise Mobility Suite now includes 88 million seats, an increase of 59 percent year on year, and 6 million seats.