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# Microsoft Q1 FY27: $10B of revenue from OpenAI (11% of the total), Azure +48% to $33.2B, commercial backlog $677B

Microsoft reported on Oct 28, 2026 that revenue for the quarter to Sept 30 rose 19% to $92.3B and net income 32% to $36.6B. Its 10-Q shows $10B of revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue sharing, nearly 11% of the total (FY2026: $24.1B), and $7.2B owed by OpenAI at quarter end. Azure revenue grew 48% to $33.2B, the first time Microsoft gave it in dollars; the commercial remaining performance obligation rose 73% to $677B. Capex was $45.2B, below Microsoft's own $50B projection.

## Key facts
- Totals (press release): revenue $92.3B (+19%; consensus $90.69B per Techmeme), operating income $45.9B (+21%), GAAP net income $36.6B (+32%), diluted EPS $4.92; Microsoft Cloud $63.9B (+30%); commercial remaining performance obligation +73% to $677B; non-GAAP figures exclude the impact of its OpenAI investment
- OpenAI (10-Q via TechCrunch): $10B of revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI in the quarter, nearly 11% of total revenue; $24.1B in fiscal 2026; receivables from OpenAI $7.2B at Sept 30 (from $6B at June 30); Microsoft's stake fell from about 25% in June to 24% in September
- Azure: $33.17B, +48% (est. $32.32B), disclosed in dollars for the first time (TechCrunch)
- Capex $45.2B (from $34.9B a year earlier; below Microsoft's own $50B projection); free cash flow $18.6B vs $8.54B expected (Reuters via Techmeme)
- Nadella: 'By helping organizations build and own their own intelligence, and earning trust through agent safety and security, we are translating our innovation into growing adoption'

## What happened

Microsoft's first fiscal-2027 quarter beat expectations. For the first time its filing put a size on the OpenAI relationship in a
single quarter: $10B, a run rate of about $40B a year, while OpenAI's unpaid balance to Microsoft kept growing.

## Why it matters

OpenAI is now one of Microsoft's largest revenue sources even as the two compete for enterprise customers and OpenAI spreads its compute
across Google, Oracle and others. The $677B backlog and the capex figures show how much of the cloud boom is AI contracts already
signed.

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## Sources

1. [Microsoft: FY27 Q1 press release (Oct 28)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2027-Q1/press-release-webcast) (microsoft.com, official)
2. [TechCrunch: Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI (Oct 28)](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/microsoft-recorded-10-billion-in-revenue-from-openai/) (techcrunch.com, press)
3. [TechCrunch: Microsoft just shared Azure's actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion (Oct 28)](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/microsoft-just-shared-azures-actual-revenue-in-dollars-33-2-billion/) (techcrunch.com, press)
4. [GeekWire: Microsoft's OpenAI haul reaches $10B in quarterly revenue (Oct 28)](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/bigger-than-bing-or-xbox-microsofts-openai-haul-reaches-10b-in-quarterly-revenue/) (geekwire.com, press)
5. [Reuters: Microsoft beats quarterly cloud revenue estimates (Oct 28; not fetchable here)](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/microsoft-beats-quarterly-cloud-revenue-estimates-2026-10-28/) (reuters.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-10-29 (filed): Created (news agent)

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