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Operating Expense Breakdown
Details core costs like R&D, marketing, and admin, offering insight into how efficiently Microsoft runs and where it’s prioritizing investment.Microsoft has been reallocating its cost base toward innovation: R&D has accelerated sharply since early‑2024 and now dominates operating spend, while Sales & Marketing has climbed as well to support AI and cloud monetization. G&A is smaller but shows episodic spikes (late‑2022), suggesting discrete transaction/integration items; impairment/resurfacing is effectively nil. Expect near‑term margin pressure from sustained higher opex, but these increases look intentional—funding AI product development and go‑to‑market investment that could drive revenue upside over time.
Date | Sales and Marketing | Research and Development | General and Administrative | Impairment and Restructuring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 30, 2026 | $5.72B | $9.05B | $1.88B | $0.00 |
Jun 30, 2026 | $7.59B | $10.00B | $2.29B | $0.00 |
Mar 31, 2026 | $6.81B | $8.91B | $1.93B | $0.00 |
Dec 31, 2025 | $6.58B | $8.50B | $1.93B | $0.00 |
Sep 30, 2025 | $5.72B | $8.15B | $1.81B | $0.00 |
Jun 30, 2025 | $7.29B | $8.83B | $1.99B | $0.00 |
Mar 31, 2025 | $6.21B | $8.20B | $1.74B | $0.00 |
Dec 31, 2024 | $6.44B | $7.92B | $1.82B | $0.00 |
Sep 30, 2024 | $5.72B | $7.54B | $1.67B | $0.00 |
Jun 30, 2024 | $6.82B | $8.06B | $2.25B | $0.00 |