Revenue climbed by 14% to $33.1 billion, which came in above the consensus estimates of $32.23 billion. Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes segment grew by 13%, that in Intelligent Cloud climbed by 27%, and More Personal Computing division revenue rose by 4%.
Commercial bookings showed a 30% growth helped by strong new business and renewal execution. Commercial cloud revenue surged by 36% to $11.6 billion. Azure revenue soared by 59%. Server product revenue rose by 12% driven by hybrid and premium solutions, demand related to SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 end of support, and GitHub. Enterprise Mobility installed base increased by 36% to over 120 million seats.
LinkedIn revenue increased 25% with continued strength across all businesses. LinkedIn sessions grew 22% with record levels of engagement and job postings. The higher revenue per search drove search advertising revenue, excluding traffic acquisition costs, higher by 11%. However, Surface revenue declined by 4% due to the timing of product lifecycle transitions.
The healthy Windows 10 demand and strong momentum in advance of Windows 7 end of support drove Windows OEM Pro revenue higher by 19%. On the other hand, the continued pressure in the entry-level category hurt Windows OEM non-Pro revenue that fell by 7%. Windows Commercial products and cloud services revenue grew by 26% driven by an increase in Microsoft 365 agreements.
Gaming revenue declined by 7% as a decrease in volume of consoles sold hurt Xbox hardware by 34%. Xbox content and services revenue was relatively unchanged with strength in Minecraft and subscriptions offset by a high prior-year comparable from a third-party title.
As of September 30, 2019, there were 47 patent infringement cases pending against Microsoft and none of which are material individually or in aggregate. For the period-end, Microsoft accrued aggregate legal liabilities of $346 million. While intending to defend this vigorously, adverse outcomes that the company estimates could reach about $900 million in aggregate beyond recorded amounts are reasonably possible.
