While a few parts of Microsoft's business will be challenged because of the pandemic, an accounting change will benefit Microsoft's gross margin this quarter.
Microsoft's gross margin will benefit from an accounting change related to depreciation of server equipment.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, is pictured at Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, Washington on November 30, 2016.will announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings after market close on Tuesday.$1.54 per share, adjusted, as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.That means analysts expect Microsoft's revenue to be up 8% on an annualized basis, down from 13% growth in.
This is the first quarter Microsoft will benefit from an accounting change that extended the useful life of its server equipment from three years to four years. That adjustment could lift Microsoft's gross margin while some parts of Microsoft, such as LinkedIn and search advertising, experience slowdowns -- in some cases because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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