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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Edward Helmore

Microsoft reports strong earnings as Azure hit by major outage

a man speaks in front of a backdrop that reads 'Microsoft'
Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, speaks at the company’s annual developer conference in Seattle, Washington. Photograph: Max Cherney/Reuters

Microsoft blew off concerns of overspending on AI on Wednesday, reporting elevated earnings even as it faced an outage of its cloud computing service, Azure, and its office software suite, 365. The strong earnings report comes a day after a deal with OpenAI pushed the value of the tech giant to more than $4tn.

After its Xbox and investor relations pages went down, the company issued a statement that said: “We are working to address an issue affecting Azure Front Door that is impacting the availability of some services.”

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