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-Surface and Windows revenue down 20%-Xbox revenue increases year-over-year-Microsoft 365 Copilot costs how much?!

That’s a decrease of 4% overall but the division had a mix of ups and downs.

Surface Pro 9

Microsoft’s search and news advertising revenue went up 8% (excluding traffic acquisitions).

In that category, Microsoft did stupendously.

The $56.2 billion the company earned in revenue beat the estimate of $55.5 billion set by experts.

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood.

Microsoft also set financial records, including its highest gross sales and net income to date.

Forbeshighlighted that Microsoft’s $2.6 trillion market cap today made the company the second-most valuable in the world.

While Microsoft saw another drop in Surface sales, there’s plenty of good news for the company.

Xbox Cloud Gaming represented by an Xbox controller resting in a soft, fluffy cloud.

Stock increased 21% and revenue also increased.

Windows, Office, Bing, and GitHub have all received AI features this year.

The question is whether these investments will pay off financially.

Surface Pro 11

Experts and the stock market certainly suggest that Microsoft will capitalize on interest in AI.

The tech giant’s value has increased $800 billion this year.

Microsoft only announced theprice of Microsoft 365 Copilotlast week.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc. during a Bloomberg Television interview

That news sent stocks soaring, but we’ll have to see if that momentum carries throughout this quarter.

Bill Gates holding up a copy of Windows XP operating system in New York�s Times Square.

Apple Store in Bangkok, Thailand

Cloud servers

Microsoft 50

Microsoft event

Marathon gameplay reveal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.