Cloud, Windows sales power Microsoft earnings above Wall Street estimates
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(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter revenue and profit that beat Wall Street expectations, a sign that its Azure cloud computing services continues to grow amid a pitched battle with Amazon.com Inc’s cloud unit.Microsoft's revenue and profit for the quarter ended in December were $36.9 billion (28.1 billion pounds) and $1.51 per share, compared with analyst estimates of $35.7 billion and $1.32 per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Sales were..