Sales of on-premises server and system management products like SQL Server and System Center grew 6% to $11.22 billion, while Windows volume licensing revenue climbed 11%.
The Bing search engine has been growing its usage and search ad revenue and is expected to become profitable in fiscal year 2016, Nadella said. That starts next July.
Regarding Windows, Nadella said its next major version – known informally as Windows 9 – will be a “single, converged” OS for “screens of all sizes”.
“We will unify our stores, commerce and developer platforms to drive a more coherent user experience and a broader developer opportunity,” he said.
He was basically reiterating Microsoft’s strategy to simplify development of Windows apps, in order to draw more developers and grow the apps collection for the Windows 8.1 “Modern” interface, which is based on tiles and optimised for touch.
He didn’t say when the new version of Windows will ship but added that details will be provided in the coming months.
Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service
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