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I work with fortune 500 clients, and all of them use Windows server for something. Usually a lot of somethings. For example: Active Directory. If we look at Mi
by mapontosevenths 6mo ago
I work with fortune 500 clients, and all of them use Windows server for something. Usually a lot of somethings. For example: Active Directory.
If we look at Microsoft's revenue I think it's pretty clear that they do in fact care an awful lot about Windows Server - or at least should.
In fiscal year 2025, Microsoft Corporation's revenue by segment:
Devices: $17.31 B
Dynamics Products And Cloud Services: $7.83 B
Enterprise Services: $7.76 B
Gaming: $23.46 B
Linked In Corporation: $17.81 B
Microsoft Three Six Five Commercial Products And Cloud Services: $87.77 B
Microsoft Three Six Five Consumer Products and Cloud Services: $7.40 B
Other Products And Services: $72.00 M
Search Advertising: $13.88 B
Search And News Advertising: $13.88 B
Server Products And Cloud Services: $98.44 B
Server Products And Tools: $98.44 B
Windows: $17.31 B
- dangus 6mo agoI don’t think this is clear at all because the segments are lumped together and highly unclear. What’s the difference between “server products and cloud services” and “server products and tools?” I assume the former is Azure and the latter is on-premise. In that case if we lump 365 in with server products and cloud tools then it shows that 2/3 of the enterprise revenue is going to cloud and 1/3 is on-premise (and I assume that 1/3 is declining over time)
- throw0101d 6mo ago> Linked In Corporation: $17.81 B Hwat? How does LinkedIn generate revenue (as much as "Windows")?
- badpun 6mo agoAll recruiters get paid accounts.
- lozenge 6mo agoYou only need a couple of Active Directory and Exchange servers here and there. But who's using IIS or SQL Server these days? Sharepoint also seems to be on a downturn.
- hnlmorg 6mo agoIIS was always the black sheep of web hosting. Nothing has changed there. Windows Server is used for more than just directory services and web hosting though.