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Microsoft (MSFT): Over 1.5B Devices Running Windows Globally; Smartphone Growth is 90% in 2014

July 16, 2014 12:29 PM EDT

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) issued a few interesting metrics earlier during the Windows Partners keynote.

Corporate Vice President Windows Marketing, Tony Prophet, commented:

-- There are 1.5 billion devices running Windows globally;

-- Microsoft smartphone devices have seen 90 percent year-over-year-growth;

-- There are over 14 billion Azure Active Directory authentications every week;

-- There are 1 billion Microsoft Office users globally; and

-- 81 percent of CIOs are planning a Windows-based tablet roll out this year.

Shares of Microsoft are up 3.2 percent.



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