We’re on location at Microsoft Build 2018 talking with Julia White, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft — a 17 year Microsoft veteran. We talked with Julia about her take on this “new Microsoft”, Satya Nadella’s first appearance as CEO when they revealed the first glimpse of Microsoft’s cloud offering which started with Office, the beginnings of Microsoft Azure, Azure as the world’s computer, and how every company is becoming a software company.

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Featuring:

• Julia White – Twitter
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• Microsoft Build 2018
• Standing out from the crowd is an awesome profile of Julia on Microsoft Story Labs
• Microsoft has turned a spotlight onto one of its coolest execs, Office GM Julia White
• Microsoft Azure

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