Investors will be looking to see if Microsoft's report can restart the rally, but the bar for success might be high.
The AI narrative Microsoft is viewed as one of the companies best-positioned to take advantage of recent advances in artificial intelligence.
Another area is Copilot , the AI tool that Microsoft is packaging with its Office suite of software products.
"That said, we expect AI contribution to Azure growth to increase w/ our checks pointing to strong demand for Azure AI services & elevated workloads as more models go into production.
Wall Street is overwhelmingly positive on the stock, with more than 90% of the analysts covering Microsoft giving it a rating of "buy" or "strong buy," according to LSEG.
Persons:
Jefferies, Brent Thill, MSFT's, LSEG, Brad Reback, Reback, MSFT, Guggenheim, John DiFucci, DiFucci, — CNBC's Michael Bloom
Organizations:
Microsoft, Investors, Wall Street
Locations:
MSFT, F4Q