Pandemic-related supply chain disruption in China meant the company couldn't expand data centers as much as planned, leading to some Azure and Office capacity shortages.
Microsoft adds a number of new features to its Azure cloud, including updated capabilities for Dedicated Hosts, monitoring capabilities and incremental backups for managed cloud storage.
In what seemed like an inevitable decision amid all the COVID-19-related cancellations these last few weeks, Microsoft Build 2020 will not happen in May as scheduled, the Redmond-based company confirmed.
Its quarterly sales beat analysts’ projections by more than $1 billion, fueled by corporate customers seeking to shift computing tasks to cloud-based systems.