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F23Q2 analysis, the subscription future, Microsoft 365 Insider program
• Microsoft announced a net income of $16.4 billion on revenues of $52.7 billion for the quarter ending December 31. Net income decreased by 12 percent year-over-year (YOY) in the time period while revenue was up just 2 percent. It was a mixed quarter, at best, and below expectations.
• Intelligent Cloud delivered $21.5 billion in revenues in the quarter, up 18 percent YOY.
• Productivity and Business Processes was Microsoft’s second-biggest business in the quarter, with $17 billion in revenues, up 7 percent.
• More Personal Computing was again the laggard with $14.2 billion in revenues, down an astonishing 19 percent YOY.
• The cloud saved the quarter
• Windows tanked
• Windows won’t get better any time soon
• Surface tanked even worse than Windows
• Surface also won’t get better any time soon thanks to “execution challenges”
• Xbox tanked, but was at least inline with expectations
• Teams has over 280 million users
• Microsoft 365 to evolve into an AI-first platform
• Office did OK overall, big shift away from one-off product sales to subscriptions
Windows
• It’s time to suck it up: the future of Windows is all advertising and subscriptions
• Microsoft is working on yet another File Explorer redesign
• Microsoft also starts testing tabs in Notepad
• Microsoft is also testing a side-by-side view for web pages in Edge
• And now a new Insider build for the Dev channel with a new (Facebook) Messenger widget
• Microsoft kills Altspace VR as part of an AR/MR house-cleaning move
• Microsoft may be walking away from AR/MR, but Apple’s coming headset will allegedly switch between the two modes
Microsoft 365
• Office Insider Program renamed to Microsoft 365 Insider Program
• This rebranding crusade is a mistake and is reminiscent of the .NET branding mistake
Antitrust
• EU to announce antitrust case against Microsoft Teams
• DOJ announces antitrust case against Google for advertising and Google responds
• Google lays off 12,000. Nothing from Apple?
Dev
• Github now has over 100 million developers
• Google announces what’s next for Flutter
• An examination of .NET MAUI reveals what it’s good for on the Windows desktop
Xbox
• N64 classic GoldenEye is coming to Xbox, Game Pass January 27
• Sony pushes forward with VR2 plans
Tips and Picks
• Tip of the week: Paul is working on a new book and needs your help
• Tip of the week #2: Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 downloads
• Brown alcohol pick of the week: Nomad Outland Whisky
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