Opportunities are macro environment factors and developments that Nadella Satya can leverage either to consolidate existing market position or use them for further expansion. They are going SMALLER. Just a fool without vision and strategy thinking from day to day. Lastly sort out new tabs in edge so they open up to the users home page or and page of choice. Right now the average Joe might see AI as Siri, Google now, and Alexa. You're dreaming. I will NEVER buy MS hardware again! Get an AMERICAN back in the job and DEPORT Satya. And if I had an Xbox that would be on Craigslist tonight. Percentages do not tell you the whole story. Satya Nadella - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Amy Hood - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Alice Jolla - Chief Accounting Officer Keith Dolliver - Deputy General. And I'm going to get my hardware partners to build devices too. They left for Android. I was all in on Microsoft's services and hardware, by not providing me a mobile option they have lost me as a user. I mean seriously how hard would it have been for them to fork Android into a WP like looking OS. Microsoft supporter. Just my 2cts. As an OS company, I don't understand how MS seems to have failed to grasp is that "consumer" = "enterprise." But in general it was a culmination of stupid moves at that time. - Superior product and services quality can help Nadella Satya to further increase its market share as the current customer are extremely loyal to it. There are plenty of third party companies that will build their own version of windows devices if they are getting support from MS but if you turn away from them now I can be pretty positive they won't be so willing to take a chance on any new developments later ( fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me). They dominate in search and Android, maybe IoT, but that is questionable. WP is not OneCore so RIP WP, as announced. They need to be serious on there each and every commitment. The high brass at MSFT has to be replaced. The bottom line is that the "Surface Phone" is going to have to be incredible to draw me back. Going to business users was literally following Blackberry to its grave. Just bought an Idol 4S - beautiful phone - might be sending it back. I don't blame Nadella as much as I blame Ballmer. That made the other carriers apprehensive to carry and push Windows phones, yes? He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014. Now is their communication process and the way how they approach consumers ok? W10/S/ARM will allcome up short becausethewhole damCORE idea depends on UWP to move forward. The MS supporters voiced this over and over and he failed to listen. What really hurt Windows Phone was empty promises that they lost interest on keeping. Microsoft has been strident in the past in stating that it intends to have strong margins on the Surface line of products. I am with the Windows ecosystem because that is what my desktops and laptops are. In Europe Nokia was doing much better than in the US. Time is Running Out, Motorola's handy Bluetooth device adds satellite messaging, Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1 chips arrives, Sony's new headphones adopt WH-1000XM5 technology at a great price, The perfectly pointless $197 gadget that some people will love. Jason, did you sign an NDA with MS? Only some "We told you so!"'s. The iphone X's facial ID has nothing to do with 950's retina scan, they have two different techs, and it's large screen was not copied from a Lumia 950XL or any lumia :)) how pathetic can you be?? I still kinda hoped from afar all these years. Well. Android at the time was basically percieved as a touch version of symbian. Microsoft, you used to plant the tree. PC market is diminishing; tablet market is diminishing It isn't the guy digging for gold who gets rich, but rather the guy that sells the shovel. Spending heavily to support your new business model is a good plan. When I had that thought I realised just how annoyed I am with Microsoft. Satya Nadella. If Microsoft had put the entire $7B they spent on Nokia towards additional phone subsidies, lets say they could have made what was normally a $200 phone a free phone. You can create superb augmented reality but if people are using it on the device people have in their pocket you are lost. It is so hard to watch Microsoft go down this path, the only redemption for this fanbase is a hero product in spring, I used to hold my breath for that stuff, not any more. So their sole purpose was to select the highest priority ones and focus development on that. I had faith in this guy initially but now he doesn't seem like he's the kind of guy who should be leading a multi-billion dollar company. The app-gap seemed to be coming to an end with the acquisition of Xamarin as a magic tool to gain developers attention. Nadella doesn't agree! Microsoft's hard ware business is a side business. Hi All Silly statement !! Would be nice if the people that bought 950 or 950 XLs could get some kind of compensation or at least an apology. Microsoft was churning maybe 20 million actual users. I was right. There is a reason why most tech companies are moving into consumer market. For me it's time to move on. Nutella has been hitting refresh so often he must have developed the carpal tunnel syndrome. Look I'm a fan, I was there, through it all, but this last one. is the last one. Nadella transformed Microsoft from a stodgy tech giant to a new force in software. Not because of the content and information but mainly because its just sad. In a recent interview, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he failed, multiple times, to remain committed to consumers who have shown a commitment to Microsoft. Gates got it because he understood to compete in the technical arena you must cover the landscape with product. But what a mistake they made by not fighting harder, longer, and with more passion to stay relevant in the mobile space. Awesome 20mp camera And windows 10 is finally usable with creators update :)) The iphone 4 with the old Os it has still has more apps than your 950xl. The overlap between product lines in Microsoft is substantial. Nadella had to get that message or they will relegated to be the next IBM as others have said. Admitting you made a mistake takes more integrity than continuing down the wrong path. No thanks MS. Bye Bye. I understand security needed to be stepped up, but you all did not take a practicle view of what is truly intuitive. This is the guy who wrote Nutella was a genius. Is he really a CEO ? The Universal Windows App system would be a great method for providing that frredom of choice if security is your primary concern then choose less apps and greater security choices. No such action has been taken so I call BS on MS. Windows is a mess. The company had "revenue of $30.6 billion, net income of $8.8 billion, and earnings per share of $1.14 (compared to revenue of $26.8 billion, net income of $7.4 billion, and earnings per share . If he'd have done the same thing with PCs that he did with phones, we wouldn't even be talking about Microsoft anymore. MS will be next IBM and after short time success in B2B market, they will slowly be lost like IBM does. This includes a base salary of $918,917, along with $3,600,000 in cash bonus and $12,729 in perquisites. 1. Explain me how developers could have ever been motivated to create new apps for the platform after Nadella sold the complete mobile department to Foxxconn in 2015, not making any new model since The only thing wrong with Windows Mobile was that MS did not commit to developing the OS and decided that MS did not need the consumers anymore. All their stated goals go out the window (pun intended) when they kill off pieces because it discredits their stated goals both internally and externally. In a recent report on shifting workplace attitudes, the Microsoft CEO commented that some bosses are skeptical of work-from-home culture, reports Windows Central. So the Windows 8.x we have for mobile today is likely the Windows 8.x for mobile we are going to have for some time. This is Satya Nadella, Microsoft's new CEO. The case study provides background on Nadella's challenges and context, as well as how he and his leadership team executed their culture change effort. They have opened the door and made it easy for the competitors. Six challenges for Microsoft as the Satya Nadella era begins, His CEO speech: Reading between the software lines, New Microsoft CEO must focus on partners, too, What's next for the Microsoft insiders who didn't get the CEO nod. After having been unceremoniously dumped so many times, I don't trust you any more. How many of those 100 million Windows phones are still in use? Again all available in people's pockets. In his own words, he needed to change the rules of the game. So all the while Joe B was tap-dancing away for dear life to keep it afloat, Satya was making a throat-slashing sign in the background. Nadella grew up in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and studied electrical engineering at Mangalore University (B.Sc., 1988). MS was not in the position to deliver half-baked stuff at that time. The only apparent certainty at this point is that Nadella cares ONLY about Microsoft's cloud services, and Andriod & iOS apps. MS just doesn't get internationalisation, or user needs outside of the US tech bubble. Enterprise is everything. Google has failed at various markets. Now change the proud tradition, established by your founder Bill. I've been in education since 1984. Let's look at the last 5-7 years. Satya Nadella, Buddhism and Modern Leadership. Were already seeingsigns ofcommon sensein Office 365, wheresubscriber-based models are so much cleaner than the messy Office + Exchange on-premises licensing story. Very cheap, but fun to use! surely not - there will be books written about how they failed in that area. I'm not really a Satya apologist, but I dont blame him for what happened to Windows Phone. Almost all Developers cater to consumers because that is the largest growth market for trends and 15-minute fame apps. Too much hubris. So the future is going to be more difficult because Microsoft filed to develop a mobile OS market Enough People would buy them for Microsoft take the time to make amd market them. My, how time flies. No vision equals no company. Microsoft is now worth more than $2.26 trillion. As developers we embrace new technologies, and most of us have spent much money and many hours learning it. Very true. People would be willing to buy a Windows Phone in that case because it could run all of the same Android apps and in many cases, run them better. Whether or not Microsoft want to admit it was their own decision to give up when in fact they had a growing market with thanks to the Nokia team. The following list is a sample of the issues and challenges that Nadella may face during his tenure as CEO of Microsoft: Windows Phone growth stalls, failing to reach the 10 percent mark in the next two years. OneDrive can easyly be swooped by Icloud on Iphones and Googe drive on Android phones. If you go back and look though, I was a HUGE MS/ Windows Mobile supporter. At this point in history, with cutthroat competition from every side, theres little room for anything resembling dilettantism. But as noted by NOT having a precesence in Mobile with a OS that cleanly integrates into the PC, they are failing. I left Windows Phone with the cancellation of the McLaren for Android. Massive announcements regarding things like this being dribbled out, half way, in Tweets -- and by someone who is not the head of the company? I don't see anyone calling Macs a rejected platform. While we had blips of great service, products and attention, ultimately it came back down and we went back to finding proper solutions. Buy NVDA on any tech stock weakness, in the $180 to $220 range. By completely ceding this space, Microsoft is in effect abandoning personal computing. But I get a feeling its history repeating itself all over again in the mobile space. They sat on the old Windows Mobile WAY too long with no innovation after the iPhone and Android had taken off, established their stores and ecosystems for apps. Analysis of Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset case study. So Nutella just let down windows phone to focus on developping a bunch of Skype bots that nobody talk with? Consumers? I connect back and forth between my personal SIM and my work / travel SIM without compromising my security. He adapted the idea to encourage employees to shift from Microsoft's historical "know-it-all" culture to embrace a "learn-it-all" curiosity. Somehow I don't see MS as wanting me in any future. What is Nadella going to do about this apparent lack of caring about consumers? If Microsoft is going to spend lots of money building iOS and Android apps to link Microsoft services to these OS, why wouldn't they do the same for W10M? But there are certainly opportunities to paint a brighter line between the two sides of the house than weve seen so far. It has experimented in various areas Leadership, Organizational culture. The windows phone works well for integration to server based sytems, whether they are corporate or personal enterprises. But it seems there arethose that just can't get engaged with it. Outlook is now poor compared to previous iterations. Once, they held conferences announcing new operating systems and individuals went to the conference. Please don't waste my time anymore with these kind of articles. Yet MS still makes the industry standard enterprise software. It's with a growth mindset, Nadella has changed the image of Microsoft to being super cool again. Now, you have recognised that mobile is the entry to nearly everything else. " but he likes iPhone better" ~ That was the most stupid decision except for leaving the market. And sadly true. But there are no wow factor you put into the phone.. Pretty much what I have been saying. And i have owned an 830 and then a 950xl since Not true. Nadella? It's that re-affirmed bias that drives most developers to target the platform with a larger base group. American computer scientist and entrepreneur, American software executive and space tourist, South Korean physician, educator, and entrepreneur. How much have you or your company invested in Microsoft "mobile" over the last 5 years? Just because any phone has a big screen with a high res it does not mean it copied a Lumia! Boy do I look like a fool now! It's clear that MS has no idea how to relate to the average consumer. and the world wide carriers will be afraid to deal with Microsoft smart phones under Satya Nadella's leadership. The party has lasted for more than a decade and rollback from Fed can result in huge interest costs for Nadella Satya. Nadella said it's cloud first. And completely abandoning the consumer market, going for business only. Yeah, some of the analogies in these comments are beyond the pale. All enterprise decision makers are also consumers. I had one for grarage band, but I could not stand OSX. Look at Corvette. Facebook seems to be really putting in the effort with their VR offering. Or that employees/consumers with Android or Apple phones are going to adopt MS's AI, MR, Cortana, Edge, etc., etc. Microsoft should build its own variant of Android in same way Amazon did with Fire OS. disappointing fourth quarter sales figure of Lumia. They cancel products and services without thinking twice and assuming that consumers just have money to throw around to buy new products and services But, they still had a base of faithful users that they have completely abandonded which was absolutly the worst thing they could've done. Satya is a regular Sherlock. Trying to spin off either product into separate teams or (shudder) businessesis a recipe for chaos. In this (WinPhone) case, hitting refresh is a good thing imo. The more I see his management style the more I realize that he has no idea what he's doing in terms of long term goals. On February 4, 2014, Nadella became CEO of Microsoft, the third person to hold the office in the companys nearly 40-year history, after company cofounder Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. I get the abandonment of Windows 10 Mobile, but MS seemed to have had pushed really hard the Continium feature. It is hard to believe but we are almost there. I think MS does have plans for Mobile (probably in line with Zach's overall vision) but they don't like to show devices till they are ready. Probably over the years, enough for a decent car!! It's a given he'll stay with the devices and services strategy and theOne Microsoft vision. The successful organizations such as Nadella Satya are the one who able to predict market trends better than others, provide resources to develop products and services to leverage those trends, able to counter competitors threats, and meet customers expected value proposition. Before slinging the "A" word around, try doing some research. What are the best Satya Nadella quotes from Hit Refresh?How do these statements succinctly capture the book's message? Windows Phone was the middle ground between the jungle of inconsistency and trouble that was - and still is - Android, and the pretentious, fake shiny, limited walled garden of Apple. Who's going to buy a mixed reality headset? Apple gets it, Google gets it, Adobe gets it, and Amazon gets it; but Microsoft misses it. yes, it was the best music service out there, now I don't know where to go, all the other service habe a flaw spotify don't allow personal library, google music don't have a PC apps, you have to use a third party apps, and apple music well, it's apple.. For the company to completely ignore the passionate pleas from people on this site who merely want to use their products on a mobile device shows arrogance and contempt. They just want a simple product/service which fulfils there dreams. As people carry the more and more powerful smart phones in their hands and as they wil replace the common office computer this WILL means big trouble for Microsoft in the future. You know what they say. That's now Nadellas problem to deal with. And when there is no mobile for Windows anymore, who needs UWP apps? These experts are racing to protect AI from hackers. A very distant third, and dropping fast. The fact that it was hard enough to get a 920 din't help. Of course I don't expect any company to do that. Apple has HomeKit, Google something similar, Alexa also interfaces with a host of other services. Anyone who seriously thought that Microsofts board was going to choose an outsider who was willing to blow up Microsofts core businesses was, um,qualified to runfor Mayor of Toronto. He has sank this company and is now trying to save his ass. But it is possible to enforce some sanity in the transition from licensed software tosubscription services. It is simple and easy to interact with but Apple as whole interacts with very few things outside its own verse. Because you never understood Windows Phone, you jackass. A low cost, touch device, similar to the Surface.