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(Reuters) – Software maker Microsoft Corp said on Thursday down 10.1 percent of quarterly sales due to the effect of the strong dollar and a weak PC market which reduced demand for its Windows operating system.
Net income the company fell to 5.000 million, or 62 cents per share, in the second quarter ended December 31, compared to 5,860 million, or 71 cents per share, a year earlier.
The total sales fell to 23,800 million from 26,470 million.
However, the turnover of the business Intelligent Cloud, increasingly important for the company, which includes products such as Windows Server platforms like Azure, rose 5 percent to 6,300 million dollars.
Microsoft, led by its chief executive Satya Nadella, has been focusing on cloud services and mobile applications by slowing . Growth in traditional business software
(For Abhirup Roy in Bangalore; Spanish Editing by Richard Chang)
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