When will the first quarterly Azure revenue figure appear?

With Microsoft’s fiscal 2027 first-quarter earnings report, due in late October 2026. The new two-segment structure takes effect from that report, and the Azure line will exclude GitHub cloud, Security Copilot, and Healthcare and Life Sciences cloud revenue (The Verge, Sep 3, 2026).

Will memory integrity slow my games, and can I turn it off?

It can reduce frame rates, most noticeably on older CPUs. You can check or toggle it in the Windows Security app under Core isolation. Devices where you already disabled it will not have it re-enabled automatically, and Microsoft suggests turning it back on after gaming sessions (The Verge, Sep 2, 2026).

Is Xbox Cloud Gaming becoming pay-per-hour only?

No. Game Pass Ultimate continues with a new 15-hour monthly cloud allowance, and from November anyone can buy pay-as-you-go hour bundles without a subscription to stream games they own. A free ad-supported tier is also in Insider testing (The Verge, Sep 3, 2026).

How do I submit an Interop 2027 proposal?

Use the issue chooser in the web-platform-tests interop repository on GitHub by September 23, 2026. Strong proposals target a specific, testable gap with evidence of ecosystem impact; the final scope is published in early February 2027 (Edge Dev Blog, Sep 3, 2026).

Do these changes require new hardware?

No. Memory integrity, the Xbox cloud changes, and Interop 2027 all apply to existing devices and accounts, subject to eligibility checks. The RTX Spark laptops are optional new Copilot+ class hardware arriving in October (The Verge, Sep 2-3, 2026).

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