Since Satya Nadella became CEO in 2014, the transformation of Microsoft has been incredible. Let’s explore how he evolved the company from many previously missed opportunities.
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SHOW NOTES:
- Microsoft Acquisitions
- History of Microsoft Xbox
- History of Microsoft Azure
- 10 Charts that will change your perspective on Microsoft
AREAS OF STRUGGLE FOR MICROSOFT pre-2014
- Social Networking
- Search
- Mobile
- Streaming Video
- Mac vs. Windows
AREAS OF TRANSFORMATION UNDER SATYA NADELLA (since 2014)
- Windows to OS Agnostic
- Software company to Cloud computing company
- Embrace Open Source Software
- Gaming
- Refocus on modern developers (VSCode, GitHub, OSS, etc.)
- Microsoft Xbox and Surface (hardware)
- Cybersecurity for the Internet
- Not competing with customers and ecosystem
- Collaboration systems
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