Technology · Software & cloud
MSFT Microsoft
Sells Windows, Office, business software, the Azure cloud platform, LinkedIn, GitHub and Xbox, mostly as subscriptions to businesses and consumers.
- The servers in the data center.
- Education only · not a recommendation
Price · as of previous close
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How it makes money
- Cloud services (Azure) sold to businesses by usage
- Office and other subscriptions
- Windows licences on new PCs
- LinkedIn, advertising, gaming and devices
What an owner watches
- Cloud growth and the capital it spends on data centers
- Subscription renewals and price increases
- Adoption of AI features inside its products
- Regulatory scrutiny of large technology companies
Questions we ask in class
- Why do investors value a subscription dollar differently from a one-time sale?
- What does it cost to build the data centers behind the cloud, and who pays for it?
- Which part of this business would you want to understand first?
What this page is
An educational profile: what the business does and the questions an owner asks. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation to buy or sell Microsoft, and not a forecast. Every company page on this site follows the same structure so you can compare businesses, not prices. Disclosures →