Positioning
$MSFT in the data ecosystem:
Microsoft covers the entire span of the data value chain.
For storage: they have a top 5 data warehouse product, the second largest relational database system in the world, and a competitive NoSQL product.
They also have a product for security, observability, and governance.
On top of this, they have leading AI & analytics tools in Azure OpenAI, Power Bi, and Copilot (as has been well publicized).
Their data business generates an estimated $20B annually, although we don't know the breakdown by product.