Focus on Growth and Adding Share

After launching several vertical industry clouds last fall, Microsoft is emphasizing specialization in key growth sectors including financial services, health care, retail, manufacturing and the public sector. Microsoft is also going to invest in serving startups and cloud-only customers.

“We’re going to invest in digital natives like never before in fiscal year 2023,” Althoff said. “We’re counting on all of you to help really ignite the future of innovation with those startups. That entire ecosystem will be rewarded together by increased share. [That’s] because the Microsoft cloud is the cloud that helps customers do more with less. And so frankly, even in a challenged economy, we stand to have more opportunity than ever before.”