Microsoft
Enterprise software · United States
Microsoft sells cloud computing, business software and AI to organisations and consumers, mostly as subscriptions and usage-based services on Azure and Microsoft 365.
What makes it different
Customers have already contracted $678 billion of future revenue.
$678BCommercial contracted revenue to comeFY2026
This commercial backlog, mostly multi-year cloud commitments, lets Microsoft plan datacenter spending years ahead.
How big it is
How big is Microsoft?
$331.8BRevenueFY2026
$214.4BMicrosoft Cloud revenueFY2026
223,000EmployeesFY2026
How it makes money FY2026
Cloud servers and Microsoft 365 lead.
- Server products and cloud services$129.4B
- Microsoft 365 Commercial$102.0B
- Xbox$21.8B
- LinkedIn$19.8B
- Windows and Devices$17.1B
- Search advertising$15.2B
- Microsoft 365 Consumer$9.2B
- Dynamics$9.0B
- Enterprise and partner services$8.3B
How the business works
Own the platform. Sell the seats.
- 1Azure cloud and AI platform
- 2Microsoft 365 per user
- 3Cloud usage and subscriptions
Per-seat subscriptions and metered cloud use turn one-time software sales into recurring revenue.
Brands and businesses
More than Microsoft.
Who owns it
- The Vanguard Group, Inc.8.95%
- BlackRock, Inc.7.3%
CEO: Satya Nadella
Who it competes with
AmazonKey moments
- 1975Microsoft is founded
- 1981IBM PC launches with Microsoft MS-DOS
- 1986Microsoft stock goes public
- 1995Windows 95 launches
- 2000Steve Ballmer named CEO
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Microsoft's own reports.
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What Microsoft tracks21 metrics
Microsoft 365 Copilot paid seats
Share of commercial RPO due within 12 months
Weighted average duration of commercial RPO
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
United States
Other countries
The full timeline19 moments
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