Microsoft Corp. reports recurring developments across enterprise software, cloud services, AI tools, gaming, search, devices, and shareholder capital actions. Company news commonly covers fiscal earnings releases, dividend declarations, and updates tied to platforms such as Windows, Office and Office 365, Azure, Dynamics, LinkedIn, Xbox, Bing, Surface, and AI-powered tools.
Microsoft updates also include partnerships and programs that apply AI to workforce training, healthcare workflows, infrastructure communities, and customer productivity. Gaming-related announcements include Candy Crush brand activations and tournaments, while corporate releases address operating results, material agreements, governance matters, and capital-structure disclosures.
Microsoft (MSFT) will publish its fiscal year 2027 first-quarter financial results after the market closes on October 28, 2026. The results will be available on the Microsoft Investor Relations website. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
King earned a Guinness World Records title for the most people playing a mobile game simultaneously. A total of 1,146 employees played Candy Crush Saga together continuously for five minutes. Guinness World Records adjudicator Richard Stenning officially recognized King as the record holder.
Microsoft (MSFT) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.98 per share, an increase of 7 cents, or 8%, over the previous quarter’s dividend.
The dividend is payable on Dec. 10, 2026, to shareholders of record on Nov. 19, 2026, which is also the ex-dividend date. Microsoft also set its 2026 Annual Shareholders Meeting for Dec. 8, 2026. Shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 30, 2026 will be entitled to vote at the virtual meeting, which will be hosted by Satya Nadella, Amy Hood, Brad Smith and Sandra E. Peterson.
Candy Crush Saga (MSFT) has launched its 2026 Music Season, featuring a candy-themed, dance-floor reimagining of Shania Twain's "You're Still The One" produced by Zedd, tied to an interactive music video set in "Candy Country."
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the video hides clues that can unlock prizes via candyroadhouse.com, where fans search for blue sugar stars. Six winners will receive a VIP trip to meet Shania Twain or Zedd on tour, while additional rewards include signed bandanas and items from the video wardrobe. The in-game Music Season tournament runs through October 5, 2026, with the Music Season Expedition available from level 11 onward, and the video plus code hunt accessible online for U.S. residents.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and HUMAIN, a PIF-owned AI company, announced the first milestone in a long-term strategic collaboration focused on accelerating AI adoption in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. The initial phase centers on integrating HUMAIN’s Arabic-language ALLAM models into Microsoft’s AI ecosystem, including Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
According to the companies, they also plan a co-engineering model where HUMAIN’s AI experts and Microsoft’s Forward Deployed Engineers work directly with customer teams to identify high-value use cases, integrate AI into existing workflows, and support production-scale deployment, while exploring broader collaboration across productivity, devices, models, infrastructure and joint go-to-market initiatives.
The Solutions Team (TST), a managed IT and cybersecurity provider focused on specialty healthcare and dental practices, has been ranked the 112th fastest-growing IT services company in the U.S. on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list. The company is also No. 4 among all Mississippi companies, No. 2 in the Jackson, MS metro area across all industries, and No. 2,243 overall out of 5,000 honorees.
According to The Solutions Team, Inc. ranks companies by percentage revenue growth from 2022 to 2025, during which TST's revenue grew 151%, its first time qualifying for Inc. 5000. The firm operates on a flat-fee, fully managed IT model and serves specialty practices in 43 states from its Flowood, Mississippi headquarters.
IHKWIP, a functional luxury lifestyle brand based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, announced it ranked No. 1,267 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, recognizing America's fastest-growing private companies. The company reported 277% three-year revenue growth, qualifying it for inclusion alongside past honorees such as Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, and Chobani.
According to IHKWIP, growth has been driven in part by its position as the No. 1 handbag brand on QVC and its focus on thoughtfully designed, organized handbags, accessories, and luggage. Inc. notes that the 2026 list companies had a median three-year revenue growth rate of 130% and collectively created more than 627,208 U.S. jobs from 2022 to 2025.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) reported Q4 FY2026 revenue of $90.0 billion, up 18% year over year (17% in constant currency), with Microsoft Cloud revenue rising 27% to $59.3 billion. GAAP net income for the quarter was $35.8 billion, up 31%, and GAAP diluted EPS increased 32% to $4.81. Operating income grew 18% to $40.6 billion.
Microsoft said discrete items added $0.27 to diluted EPS versus prior guidance, mainly from a $3.2 billion gain on its Anthropic investment and lower Voluntary Retirement Program costs, partly offset by severance and Xbox impairment charges. Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 43%, while commercial remaining performance obligation rose 84% to $678 billion. Azure surpassed $100 billion in annual revenue, and Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million paid seats.
For FY2026, revenue was $331.8 billion (+18%), operating income $155.2 billion (+21%), GAAP net income $133.7 billion (+31%), and GAAP diluted EPS $17.95 (+32%). Microsoft generated Q4 operating cash flow of $55.4 billion and returned $10.2 billion to shareholders in the quarter.
Evinced announced a new suite of agentic coding tools—Autopilot, Harness and Resolve—designed to automatically detect and fix digital accessibility defects with minimal developer effort. The launch was unveiled at the Disability:IN conference on July 29, 2026.
Autopilot integrates into CI/CD pipelines and works with a customer's LLM to find accessibility issues, generate fixes, test them, and notify developers for review. Resolve targets backlogs by verifying existing production issues, applying code fixes, and testing against Evinced accessibility standards. Harness operates inside major coding agents to help developers interactively test and repair accessibility problems while building new features or updating existing ones.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Databricks announced an expanded strategic partnership, extending their collaboration into the 2030s. Databricks will deepen its use of Azure Databricks to run core business operations and analytics, and expand use of Azure Cobalt, including Cobalt 100 today and planned adoption of Cobalt 200, which offers up to 50% better performance and default memory encryption.
According to Microsoft, the companies will advance native integration of the Databricks Data and AI Platform, including Genie and Unity AI Gateway, across the Microsoft ecosystem such as Azure, Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, Power BI and security services, aiming to help enterprises ground AI in their own business data with governance, performance and cost efficiency.