--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "cf8edacbefbee50beda82c8ee3d6ee6d0d9c8a98e3b4877c99edaa67a305d9c4" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/cf8edacb?lang=en" title: "Microsoft Shares Rise After Azure Cloud Growth Beats First Quarter Projections" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-28T21:39:25.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["microsoft"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/earnings/microsoft-shares-rise-after-azure-cloud-growth-beats-first-quarter-proje-bb3be5b1","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2115535427599765939","https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2115544410180268230","https://x.com/TheTranscript_/status/2115539665768075309","https://x.com/RihardJarc/status/2115535114637894043","https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/2115535944187347131","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2115554140764197143","https://marketbrief.now/earnings/microsoft-shares-rise-after-azure-cloud-growth-beats-first-quarter-proje-bb3be5b1"] summary: "Microsoft's shares rose up to 5% in after-hours trading after first-quarter revenue of $92.3 billion exceeded analyst expectations, driven by 48% year-over-year growth in Azure revenue to $33.2 billion." --- # Microsoft Shares Rise After Azure Cloud Growth Beats First Quarter Projections > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-28T21:39:25.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** microsoft ## Summary Microsoft's shares rose up to 5% in after\-hours trading after first\-quarter revenue of $92\.3 billion exceeded analyst expectations, driven by 48% year\-over\-year growth in Azure revenue to $33\.2 billion\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()