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.
Lumen Technologies (Nasdaq: LUMN) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) expanded their co-selling collaboration to connect enterprise network planning with Azure modernization and AI initiatives.
Lumen intends to bring its full suite of cloud networking and application connectivity capabilities to Azure. The companies plan to extend joint account planning for opportunities involving network modernization, Azure migration and AI transformation, and identify additional Lumen capabilities for Azure and Microsoft Marketplace over time. Alkira, a Lumen Connect solution, is already available through Microsoft Marketplace.
The companies also plan to explore combining AI-ready connectivity with Microsoft's AI-agent governance and security capabilities. Further details will follow as joint go-to-market plans progress.
Apple (AAPL) holds its fiscal fourth-quarter results call on November 2, as investor attention shifts from cloud earnings to hardware. Qualcomm (QCOM) reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results on November 4, after the close. Apple's September-quarter 2025 comparison is revenue of $102.5 billion and diluted earnings per share of $1.85.
The preceding cloud reports showed Microsoft (MSFT) revenue rising 19% to $92.3 billion, Alphabet (GOOG) revenue growing 25% to $127.6 billion, and Amazon (AMZN) sales increasing 12% to $201.9 billion. Alphabet and Amazon nevertheless reported lower diluted earnings per share than a year earlier. Property and equipment spending increased at all three companies. Qualcomm has cited rising semiconductor input costs and steps to reflect them in pricing; Amazon identified supply volatility, including memory chips, as a factor that could affect results.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported first-quarter revenue of $92.3 billion, up 19% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. For the quarter ended September 30, 2026, operating income rose 21% to $45.9 billion. GAAP net income increased 32% to $36.6 billion, and diluted earnings per share rose 32% to $4.92. Excluding OpenAI investment impacts, adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share increased 18% to $36.4 billion and $4.89.
Microsoft Cloud revenue increased 30% to $63.9 billion, while Azure revenue grew 48%. Commercial remaining performance obligation, representing contracted future revenue, rose 73% to $677 billion. Agents and Infra revenue increased 25% to $76.8 billion. Devices and Consumer revenue fell 3% to $15.5 billion, including a 22% decline in Windows OEM and Devices revenue. Microsoft returned $10.2 billion through dividends and share repurchases.
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.