Exceeds sales projections, but the growth of 11% is the slowest since 2018.

A stronger US dollar and a drop in Windows software sales to PC makers both contributed to Microsoft Corp. reporting its worst quarterly revenue growth in five years.

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Sales for the third quarter increased by 11% to $50.1 billion, while net income came in at $17.6 billion, or $2.35 per share, and Azure cloud computing revenue fell by 35%, in part because of currency rates.

Microsoft’s full-year earnings prediction, which will be updated later on Tuesday, is under threat, according to some experts.

Guggenheim analysts questioned the firm’s ability to sustain double-digit full-year revenue guidance in a research note if the dollar keeps strengthening and the economy gets worse.