Four things we learned from Microsoft's Q4 numbers
We pick out the details from Microsoft's results, as the vendor's cloud growth continues to surge

Microsoft posted strong Q2 numbers overnight, showing a sizable increase to both revenues and profits as a shift to remote working continues. Revenues surged by 17 per cent year on year to $43.1bn while operating income grew by 29 per cent to $17.9bn. In a webcast following the results, CEO Satya Nadella told investors that we are amid "the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry". Here are our four key takeaways from Microsoft's Q2 results....
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