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2026-10-27 · Yahoo

Does Azure AI Growth Make Microsoft Stock a Hold Ahead of Q1 Earnings?

Microsoft's MSFT first-quarter fiscal 2027 results, scheduled to be reported on Oct. 28, are likely to have been driven by accelerating growth in its cloud platform, Azure. The quarter unfolded against a backdrop of surging AI consumption, expanding agentic platforms and persistent capacity constraints that had defined the company's cloud narrative through fiscal 2026. Click here to know how the company's overall fiscal first-quarter fiscal 2027 performance is likely to have been. Azure Guidance and Capacity Management's guidance, issued alongside fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results, called for Azure and other cloud services revenues to grow approximately 45% in constant currency, accelerating from the fourth quarter's 43% pace.

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