Microsoft has reported its earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2015 ending on December 31. Overall, the company brought in a total of $26.5 billion in revenue. That's compared to $24.5 billion in revenue from the same period a year ago.

Net income for the tech giant clocked in at $5.86 billion, compared to $6.55 billion for the same quarter a year ago. Earning per share came in at 71 cents, with Microsoft adding:

These financial results include $243 million of integration and restructuring expenses, or a $0.02 per share negative impact, related to both Microsoft's restructuring plan announced in July 2014 and the ongoing integration of the Nokia Devices and Services ("NDS") business. There is also a $0.04 per share negative impact related to income tax expense resulting from an IRS audit adjustment.

Microsoft says that devices and consumer (the groups that contain Surface and Bing ) revenue shot up by 8 percent to $12.9 billion. Here are some of the highlights:

Perhaps some of the biggest news to come out of the report is that we finally have exact numbers that show Xbox One sales garnered a significant boost thanks to Microsoft's holiday promotion. 6.6 million units is certainly nothing to scoff at, however, the holiday price cut did take its toll, with Xbox platform revenue dropping by 20 percent.

On the Windows Phone side of things, Lumia devices saw quite the surge, with 10.5 million units sold in the second quarter alone, with most sales coming from the budget side of things. Overall, Windows Phone sales were up by volume, though revenue declined 61 percent on paper mostly due to a $650 million charge related to the Nokia acquisition.

Finally, on the services side of things, Microsoft reported strong growth from gaming and consumer services. For example, Microsoft saw a surge in revenue of 42 percent from Xbox Live and and 79 percent from first-party game sales. As far as consumer services are concerned, the company saw its Office 365 user base increase 30 percent over the previous quarter, while its search advertising revenue shot up by 23 percent.

Source: Microsoft

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