Rising cloud revenue helps soften Microsoft’s growth slowdown

However, the company was still able to post an overall increase in revenue, up 11% to $50.1 billion for the three months that ended September 30, driven by the ongoing strength of its cloud computing services, which exceeded $25 billion in quarterly revenue, up 24%.

As a result of the announcement, Microsoft saw its share price fall by 5.65% in morning trading on the Nasdaq exchange Wednesday.