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Microsoft's Third Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations with Continued Dynamics Revenue Growth

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

Microsoft Corp. today announced quarterly revenue of $17.41 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2012, a 6% increase from the prior year period. Operating income was $6.37 billion, up 12% from the prior year period.  The results beat analyst expectations.

Net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.11 billion and $0.60 per share, compared with $5.23 billion and $0.61 per share, respectively, in the prior year period.

The Microsoft Business Division reported $5.81 billion in third-quarter revenue, a 9% increase from the prior year period, reflecting the continued strength of Office 2010 with businesses and consumers. Dynamics posted an 11% revenue increase from the prior year period, with Dynamics CRM revenue growing more than 30%.

According to the earnings announcement, Dynamics CRM revenue growing more than 30%.  And according to SEC filings, overall Dynamics product revenue increased 11% compared to the same quarter last year, the same rate increase seen in the previous quarter, and 13% increase compared to the same nine month period last year (growth was 14% for the same period last quarter).

The Microsoft Dynamics product line generates less than 10% of the revenue for MBD.

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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