Microsoft up after quarterly results beat on strong Azure cloud-computing growth

Shares of Microsoft MSFT.O up ~6% at $418.22 after the bell

Co's Q3 revenue up 13% at $70.1 billion, beats analysts' estimates of $68.42 billion - LSEG data

Quarterly earnings of $3.46 per share beat estimates of $3.22 per share

*Azure cloud division revenue rose 33% in quarter, exceeding estimates of 29.7%, according to Visible Alpha

Co's Intelligent Cloud unit, which houses Azure, posted revenue of $26.8 billion vs. expectations of $26.17 billion

MSFT down ~7% YTD as of Wednesday's close