---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-225746"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSFT"
cik: "0000789019"
company_name: "MICROSOFT CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:22:40.387240+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Microsoft Q4 FY2021 revenue $46.2B (+21%), EPS $2.17 (+49%); cloud revenue $19.5B (+36%)

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $46.2B (+21% YoY); operating income $19.1B (+42%); net income $16.5B (+47%); diluted EPS $2.17 (+49%).
- Commercial cloud revenue $19.5B (+36% YoY); Azure revenue +51%; Office 365 Commercial +25%; Dynamics 365 +49%.
- LinkedIn revenue +46%; Search advertising (ex-TAC) +53%; Windows OEM -3%; Xbox content -4%; Surface -20%.
- Full year FY2021 revenue $168.1B (+18%); GAAP EPS $8.05 (+40%); non-GAAP EPS $7.97 (+38%).
- Returned $10.4B to shareholders via buybacks and dividends in Q4, up 16% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-225746
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSFT
- cik: 0000789019
- company_name: MICROSOFT CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312521225746/0001193125-21-225746-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312521225746/d200100d8k.htm

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