Microsoft Breaks Out Azure Sales as Computing Market Heats Up

Microsoft has started reporting Azure cloud sales on a quarterly basis for the first time. This change provides direct comparisons to its top rivals Amazon and Alphabet's Google in the computing market.

Azure had US$29.4 billion in sales in its most recently ended quarter, while its sales for the fiscal year ending June 30 reached US$101.9 billion.

Microsoft trails behind Amazon, whose cloud sales were US$42.2 billion in its recent quarter, but surpasses Google's US$24.8 billion in cloud sales over the same period.