Well talk more about these changes at the Q&A next week and the important work ahead. And like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experiences. Our industry does not respect tradition it only respects innovation. I cant wait to see what our teams dream up when we can begin working together once the deal closes, which we expect will happen this calendar year. Few years ago Win 10 added new locations for user files at a different place. Gaming has been key to Microsoft since our earliest days as a company. Internal memo: Satya Nadella promises Microsoft HR overhaul following But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources, and perseverance. As we approach a new fiscal year, I'd like to share with you how we are aligning our structure to our strategy and the changes to our Senior Leadership Team. Looking for some help with Windows 10, or just some good tips? SEATTLE Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, was at home, relaxing after a trip to India and Indonesia, when he started seeing news alerts on his phone. Enterprise Mobility and Management: Brad Anderson will continue to lead our Windows Enterprise deployment and management efforts with even tighter alignment across Microsoft 365 and will partner closely with the EMS teams within Cloud + AI Platform. Because people who can take feedback well are people who can learn and grow quickly.". Criticism helps us discover blind spots and find areas for improvement. As a company, our success must be aligned to the world's success. Microsofts digital assistant Cortana could also get some predictive powers as it will know more about its users organizations and professional network. The full email is below: From: Satya Nadella To: All Employees Date: June 17, 2015 Subject: Aligning Our Strategy & Structure Team, As we approach a new fiscal year, I'd like to share with. Terry Myerson will lead a new team, Windows and Devices Group (WDG), enabling our vision of a more personal computing experience powered by the Windows ecosystem. We must change this. This doesn't affect our editorial independence. As we make technological progress we need to ensure that we are doing so responsibly. I regret the loss of leadership that this represents, and look forward to seeing where his next destination will be. 3 exchange.microsoft.com . Think about it: How people find jobs, build skills, sell, market and get work done and ultimately find success requires a connected professional world. U.S.-benefit-eligible employees will receive a variety of benefits, including above-market severance pay, continuing healthcare coverage for six months, continued vesting of stock awards for six months, career transition services, and 60 days notice prior to termination, regardless of whether such notice is legally required. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. This is the opportunity that drives each of us at this company. If we deliver on this, we will emerge stronger and thrive long into the future; it's as simple as that. Here's the new team effective today: I'm certain that matching our structure to our strategy will best position us to build products and services our customers love and ultimately drive new growth. Steve and Bill have taken it from an idea to one of the greatest and most universally admired companies in the world. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. To paraphrase a quote from Oscar Wilde we need to believe in the impossible and remove the improbable. Nadella, who joined Microsoft as an engineer in 1992, came up in this culture, before becoming CEO in early 2014. Thisbuilds loyalty and trust, which are the keys to all great relationships. It will enable businesses to engage customers in more meaningful ways. Windows platform is already a core part of Azure across both the cloud and edge, and this shift will enable us to accelerate our efforts to build a unified distributed computing infrastructure and application model. Summary. And it's what we call effective leadership. I believe over the next decade computing will become even more ubiquitous and intelligence will become ambient. Today, we are also moving the development teams who build our Dynamics products to C+E, which will enable us to accelerate our ERP and CRM work even further and mainstream them as part of our core engineering and innovation efforts. New Experiences and Technology: Kudo Tsunoda will continue to lead this team to define how we engage users with high-value experiences to help them achieve more. This will be made possible by an ever-growing network of connected devices, incredible computing capacity from the cloud, insights from big data, and intelligence from machine learning. I am 46. To better align our capabilities and, ultimately, deliver better products and services our customers love at a more rapid pace, I have decided to organize our engineering effort into three groups that work together to deliver on our strategy and ambitions. The question is, how can you help your people recover from those failures? We cover everything from the Windows Insider program to Windows 10X. Over the years, Mark has leveraged his talents and insights on Microsoft's behalf. For that specific move, Nadella wrote: "When Stephen Elop returned to Microsoft, he oriented MDG to create the best Microsoft experience through its devices, inclusive of hardware, software and services. When you take others' feelings and perspective into account when seeking to improve your own work, you connect with them on an emotional level. Microsoft Teams first launched in March of 2017 and has picked up many new features since then. Read Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's Email To Employees On Layoffs And It will better connect us to our friends and families and help us see, express, and share our world in ways never before possible. I am 46. When you encourage and build others up,rather than dishearten and tear down, they'll be motivated to continue giving you their best. Microsoft announced plans on Wednesday to reduce its headcount by 10,000 positions. Today, we are making changes that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs through the end of FY23 Q3. We all make mistakes. Today were focused on a broader range of devices. Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:29 AM When I think about this moment in time, the start of 2023, it's showtime for our industry and for Microsoft. They really need to stop breaking the AI's and giving them lobotomies by forcing them to believe lies and not reality. Get this rare Destiny 2 armor set now before it goes away next week, Minecraft Legends celebrates over 3 million players, releases first update, 70% off Avast One for a limited time only, Bing Chat will now make sure to give content creators credit for the recipes it shares, Don't wait: Save $500 on Dell's powerful G15 gaming laptop for a limited time. The opportunity ahead will require us to reimagine a lot of what we have done in the past for a mobile and cloud-first world, and do new things. I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things. The best work happens when you know that its not just work, but something that will improve other peoples lives. It is best known as Microsofts take on Slack, the popular cloud-based proprietary instant messaging platform. Today is a very humbling day for me. This doesnt mean that we need to do more things, but that the work we do empowers the world to do more of what they care about get stuff done, have fun, communicate and accomplish great things. Using real-life examples and practical application, my goal is to bring emotional intelligence to life.