MSFT — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of MSFT's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-04-29 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-01-28
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +53 | −51 | ~40 | 62 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +3 | −3 | ~14 | 69 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +3 | −3 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Legal proceedings
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-29
Microsoft Cloud gross margin percentage decreased to 66% driven by continued investments in AI infrastructure and growing AI product usage, offset in part by efficiency gains in Azure and Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud.
Operating expenses increased $1.5 billion or 9% primarily driven by continued investments in research and development compute capacity, AI talent, and data to support product development across the portfolio. Total company headcount declined year-over-year.
Operating income increased $6.4 billion or 20% driven by growth in Productivity and Business Processes and Intelligent Cloud.
Revenue, gross margin, and operating income included a favorable foreign currency impact of 3%, 3%, and 4%, respectively. Cost of revenue included an unfavorable foreign currency impact of 2%.
Current year net income and diluted EPS were negatively impacted by net losses from investments in OpenAI, which resulted in a decrease in net income of $14 million. Prior year net income and diluted EPS were negatively impacted by net losses from investments in OpenAI, which resulted in a decrease …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-01-28
Operating expenses increased $840 million or 5% driven by research and development investments in compute capacity and AI talent, as well as impairment charges in our Gaming business.
Revenue, gross margin, and operating income each included a favorable foreign currency impact of 2%.
Revenue increased $23.7 billion or 18% with growth across each of our segments. Intelligent Cloud revenue increased driven by Azure. Productivity and Business Processes revenue increased driven by Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud. More Personal Computing revenue increased driven by Search and news adv…
Cost of revenue increased $8.1 billion or 19% driven by growth in Microsoft Cloud.
Gross margin increased $15.6 billion or 17% with growth across each of our segments.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-29
Cyberthreats are constantly evolving and becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex, increasing the difficulty of detecting and successfully defending against them. Threat actors also utilize emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning to, among other things, increase the speed and sc…
Our internal environment continues to evolve. Often, we are early adopters of new devices and technologies. We embrace new ways of sharing data and communicating internally and with partners and customers using methods such as social networking and other consumer-oriented technologies. Increasing us…
Inadequate account security or organizational security practices, including those of companies we have acquired or those of the third parties we utilize, have resulted and may result in unauthorized access to our systems and data, including customer systems and data. For example, passwords may not b…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-01-28
Inadequate account security or organizational security practices, including those of companies we have acquired or those of the third parties we utilize, have resulted and may result in unauthorized access to our systems and data, including customer systems and data. For example, passwords may not b…
Cyberthreats are constantly evolving and becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex, increasing the difficulty of detecting and successfully defending against them. Threat actors may also utilize emerging technologies, such as AI and machine learning. Our current capabilities may not detect cer…
Our internal environment continues to evolve. Often, we are early adopters of new devices and technologies. We embrace new ways of sharing data and communicating internally and with partners and customers using methods such as social networking and other consumer-oriented technologies. Increasing us…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-29
Our Section 16 officers and directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), may from time to time enter into plans for the purchase or sale of our common stock that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the…
Satya Nadella, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, adopted a new written 10b5-1 trading plan on March 8, 2026, during an open trading window. The plan’s maximum duration is until September 4, 2026. The first trade will not occur until August 31, 2026, at the earliest.…
No other officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K, during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-01-28
None of our officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K, during the three months ended December 31,…
Disclosure Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we are required to disclose knowing transactions or dealings involving specific sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). We disclose the following activities in connection with two Taiwane…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice