The sustaining growth of the company’s AI revenue and cloud platform Azure are not fully priced into the stock, Oppenheimer analysts said.

Outlook email users found themselves without access for several hours Wednesday and Thursday when the service went down.

Microsoft Outlook, the tech giant's calendar, email and contacts service was down and inaccessible for many around the world for almost a day.

The expanded partnership combines Microsoft's security technologies with Accenture's cybersecurity services to address gaps in security readiness. The joint offerings will cover areas such as SOC modernization, automated data protection, AI security, cloud migration and identity and access management.

Brian Schwartz of Oppenheimer & Co. upgraded Microsoft stock to Outperform from Perform, and set a price target of $600 in a Wednesday research note. At that price, Microsoft’s

Wall Street expects earnings, the No. 1 driver of long-term price appreciation, to rise steadily. Analysts see profit going up 14% to $13.39 a share in the fiscal year ending in June, and up 13% to $15.15 in FY 2026. This means the forward price-to-earnings ratio for Microsoft stock is now a hefty 32.7 times expected FY 2025 profits.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares may be up by more than 40% year-to-date, but as I argued recently, it’s best to dial back expectations for how MSFT stock will perform between now and year’s end ...

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Microsoft is a 'Strong Buy' with AI-driven revenue growth, stellar execution, and free cash flow expansion. Price target: $585. See more on MSFT stock here.