Microsoft Downgrades Windows' Role in Cloud-Focused Reorganization

Executive Vice President Terry Myerson, who ran the Windows business, will leave the company, according to an internal email from Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella on Thursday. The move is designed to focus Microsoft on its biggest areas of growth. In its latest quarter Azure revenue jumped 98% while Office 365 grew 41%, though the company doesn't give totals for those segments. In the same period, the More Personal Computing unit, which includes Windows, gained 2% to $12.17 billion. "Having a deep sense of customers' unmet and unarticulated needs must drive our innovation," Mr. Nadella said in the email he sent to employees Thursday morning.