Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion
TechCrunchby Aditya Mehta
Context: Microsoft disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars for the first time, showing how close it is to AWS.
From TechCrunch: Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.
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