Microsoft’s Windows chief departs as the company pushes further towards AI and the cloud

Microsoft is announcing another big reorganization today, pushing the company’s Windows operating system in a different direction. Windows chief Terry Myerson, a 21-year Microsoft veteran, is departing the company as Microsoft seeks to unify its artificial intelligence and core Windows OS components into a single team. That new team will be headed by Scott Guthrie, who’s currently in charge of Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Microsoft’s AI work, headed up by Harry Shum, will also move into this single team.

Microsoft is creating a separate division dubbed “Experiences & Devices” that will look after Windows client releases that you see on laptops and devices, first-party apps, Office 365, and Surface hardware. Rajesh Jha, previously an...

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