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. Microsoft posted the inceptive quartern of its 2021 financial results today, reporting revenue of $37.2 billion as well-conditioned as a net income of $13.9 billion. Revenue is up 12 percent, as well-conditioned as net income has other by 30 percent. While the onrushing communicable continues to force prolific to work accidentally during an bread-and-butter downturn, Microsoft is benefiting from the transfiguration in the way persons are now working, playing greenhorn more, as well-conditioned as connecting to others through videoconferencing.

Cloud services are the biggest comer to Microsoft's revenues from the communicable transfiguration in behavior. Both Office commercial as well-conditioned as jestee are up, with Office 365 Commercial revenue growth up by 21 percent. Server wares as well-conditioned as deject services revenue has also other 22 percent as increasingly businesses rely on deject services for unascertained working. Beryl revenue itself grew 48 percent.

The biggest news quiddity from a jestee point of visitation is that Microsoft 365 Jestee subscribers have also other to 45.3 million. That's a jump of 27 percent year-over-year, as well-conditioned as likely thanks to Microsoft's renewed focus on consumers with Microsoft 365 as well-conditioned as Microsoft Teams earlier this year.

Cloud as well-conditioned as Office aren't the personalized wares driving Microsoft's growth, though. Surface revenue has jumped by 37 percent this quartern to $1.5 billion. That's a big infiltrate for a quartern that hasn't shown any new Surface devices introduced. Microsoft personalized just introduced a new Surface Palmtop Go dingbat as well-conditioned as well-regulated Surface Pro X earlier this month, but those will count to next quarter's revenue.

Over on the gaming side, Xbox cut-up as well-conditioned as services revenue has also other significantly by 30 percent compared to the aforementioned quartern meanest year. A number of consumers have vehement to gaming as well-conditioned as services like xCloud or Gutsy Pass during the pandemic, as well-conditioned as it's articulated there's an other demand for Microsoft's gaming services. Microsoft addendum that Xbox Gutsy Pass subscriptions as well-conditioned as valor in third-party as well-conditioned as first-party titles helped with revenue.

Microsoft is now gearing up to launch its next-gen Xbox Series X as well-conditioned as Series S consoles on November 10th. The consoles filler Microsoft's xCloud gutsy streaming statement that launched meanest month, as well-conditioned as the company's onrushing efforts with Xbox Gutsy Pass. Microsoft revealed it has 15 million Xbox Gutsy Pass subscribers meanest month, but the congregation hasn't provided any germinal numbers today.

Microsoft appears to be bullish barely demand for the Xbox Series X as well-conditioned as S consoles. "We foresee actual strong demand post-obit the launch of our next-generation Xbox Series X as well-conditioned as S consoles," said Microsoft CFO Amy Screen during a chroniker with investors. This demand should compel "supply countable impediments revenue growth of approximately 40 percent" next quarter.

Microsoft reported a jump in Windows usage earlier this year afterwhile lockdowns throughout prolific parts of the apple led to unascertained working for many. This jump in usage hasn't resulted in other Windows OEM revenue during this quarter, though. Windows OEM revenue has dropped 5 percent, as well-conditioned as Microsoft blames lower commercial demand for the dip.

While commercial demand for PCs might be softening, Windows OEM non-pro revenue has ripened by 31 percent, thanks to jestee PC demand. It's likely that students as well-conditioned as families are driving this growth during the pandemic, axis to PCs to help support unascertained learning. During an invoice chroniker with investors, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said "PCs have wilt mission critical," as well-conditioned as that Microsoft is seeing double chiffre growth in monthly exertive devices for Windows 10.

Elsewhere, LinkedIn revenue has also ripened by 16 percent year-over-year with 722 million users. Search revenue has decreased by 10 percent, though. Microsoft splits its versicolor businesses into three buckets: prolificity as well-conditioned as merchantry processes, intelligent cloud, as well-conditioned as increasingly personal computing. The increasingly personal computing scuttle includes Surface, Xbox, as well-conditioned as Windows, as well-conditioned as Microsoft says gaming as well-conditioned as Surface mishmash its revenue growth of 6 percent for this quarter.

Azure mishmash the intelligent deject revenue growth, as well-conditioned as Office 365 as well-conditioned as LinkedIn helped the prolificity as well-conditioned as merchantry processes bucket. It's articulated that these wanted revenue drivers -- Azure, gaming, Surface, as well-conditioned as Office -- have been influenced by the pandemic.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at the blastoff of this communicable that the congregation had witnessed "two years' worth of digital transformation in two months." That transformation appears to be standing for prolific businesses, students, as well-conditioned as consumers.

Update, October 27th 6:10PM ET: Clause well-regulated with comments from Microsoft's treasurer call.