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3 Reasons Microsoft Needs to Reveal Azure's Financials

3 Reasons Microsoft Needs to Reveal Azure's Financials

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted its fourth-quarter earnings on July 27. Its commercial cloud revenue -- which mainly comes from Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), LinkedIn, Dynamics CRM, and its cloud infrastructure platform Azure -- increased 36% year-over-year to $19.5 billion. Azure's growth rates still look robust, but Microsoft's refusal to divulge any additional numbers for the cloud platform is frustrating.