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Published onSeptember 21, 2018
published onSeptember 21, 2018
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Microsoft investors will see a nice bump in “Commercial Cloud” revenue reporting as the company will seemingly pad its stats with the inclusion of large portions of its recent LinkedIn acquisition.
According toa report from Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet, Microsoft is no longer keeping LinkedIn at arms length during its quarterly financial reporting but, instead “…now including the “commercial” portion of LinkedIn’s business in its Commercial Cloud metrics, and is restating its FY18 numbers to include LinkedIn’s commercial business.”
While outwardly, it may seem like a sleight of hand reporting practice for business looking to bolster an otherwise stagnant financial bracket, Microsoft is defining the portions of “commercial” LinkedIn as LinkedIn Recruiter, Sales Navigator, Premium business subscriptions and “other.”
What is not being counted are marketing services and consumer subscriptions, understandably.
The move makes practical sense as LinkedIn largely remains a cloud-based social networking platform aimed at the intersection of Microsoft’s enterprise and cloud customer. Similar to Office 365, LinkedIn offers subscription-based options for digital services.
For investors who may be understandably skittish about the new reporting, it’s being reported that Microsoft will also break out LinkedIn revenue growth as a new transparency metric. LinkedIn’s revenue growth reporting will be applied to both the commercial and consumer aspects of the platform.
Kareem Anderson
Networking & Security Specialist
Kareem is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. His passion for technology and content creation drives are unmatched, driving him to create well-researched articles and incredible YouTube videos.
He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.
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Kareem Anderson
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He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security
