Which company owns the Azure cloud platform and the Xbox brand?

Microsoft owns the Azure cloud platform and the Xbox brand.

Azure is Microsoft’s cloud-computing business, providing infrastructure, databases, analytics, artificial intelligence, and other services. Xbox is Microsoft’s gaming brand, covering consoles, game studios, online services, and subscription products. Both are major divisions of the same public company, although their customers and competitive landscapes differ greatly.

Microsoft entered the console market with the original Xbox, released in 2001. Azure became commercially available in 2010 after evolving from Microsoft’s earlier cloud initiative. The company’s broader strategy connects enterprise software, developer tools, cloud services, and consumer products.

A common mix-up is identifying Xbox or Azure as separate corporations. They are brands and business units within Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft also owns LinkedIn and GitHub and publishes the Windows and Microsoft 365 product families. Its common stock trades under MSFT.