Microsoft beats quarterly revenue estimates, Azure growth misses mark

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(Reuters) – Microsoft (NASDAQ:) beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday, driven by gains from AI adoption across its cloud services and business software products.

Revenue rose 15% to $64.7 billion in the quarter ended June, compared with analysts’ consensus estimate of $64.39 billion, according to LSEG data.