Microsoft Corporation Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call
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Quarter Overview
- Microsoft delivered a stronger-than-expected start to FY2026, driven by accelerating AI demand, surging cloud commitments, and broad adoption of Copilot across enterprise and consumer markets.
- Total revenue reached $77.7 billion, up 18% year-over-year (17% in constant currency).
- Operating income grew 24% year-over-year; EPS rose 23% to $4.13.
- Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassed $49.1 billion, growing 26% year-over-year.
- Commercial bookings grew 112% year-over-year, driven heavily by Azure commitments including OpenAI. (This quarter’s results excluded the additional $250 billion OpenAI commitment announced the day prior.)
- Commercial RPO rose 51% to $392 billion, nearly doubling over two years. Weighted average duration remained ~2 years.
AI and Cloud Highlights
- Microsoft announced a new definitive agreement with OpenAI, extending exclusive Azure rights and IP agreements through at least 2030–2032.
- OpenAI has contracted an incremental $250 billion in Azure services.
- Total AI datacenter capacity will increase more than 80% this year; total footprint expected to double over two years.
- Microsoft deployed the first large-scale NVIDIA GB300 cluster and increased GPT‑4.1 and GPT‑5 token throughput by 30% per GPU.
- Azure took market share again this quarter.
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