When we think about Windows, we want to think of it as a broad platform, from wearables to industrial IoT platforms to PCs and tablets.
At the core of the products we build, I want to think about productivity centered around people.
I want the least number of decision makers. We want to empower people to get more things done and also give permission to question orthodoxy.
At our core, Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.
Ultimately, it's not going to be about man versus machine. It is going to be about man with machines.
The notion of having work-life harmony in a highly competitive economy is a first-class topic.
A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly.
Microsoft is one of those rare companies to have truly revolutionized the world through technology, and I couldn't be more honored to have been chosen to lead the company.
Microsoft loves Linux.
We are really excited about being stewards to the community that is Minecraft.
I will always be a Hyderabadi.
I deeply appreciate all the support and encouragement I have received from people all across India.
We want to be able to service our customers more, like an Internet service. Our goal is to run one of the largest Internet services that enables people to use Windows on an everyday basis.
Windows is the best place; it's the home for the very best Microsoft experiences.
When I grew up here, there was no T-Hub. Probably, the closest to T was the Tank bund.
When we think about even the PC market and what is required in the student as well as in the consumer market, we want to be able to compete in the opening price point.
I want people on the front line to be proud of what they're doing and give themselves permission to finish things in ways that they can be proud of.
Culturally, I think we have operated as if we had the formula figured out, and it was all about optimizing, in its various constituent parts, the formula. Now it is about discovering the new formula.
The thing we learned the most with the Xbox is the Xbox Live experience.
What happens in Britain, what happens in the world, matters a lot to us in our core business.
LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission.
I definitely fall into the camp of thinking of AI as augmenting human capability and capacity.
I am absolutely thrilled to have the Xbox franchise.
Bottom line, we will continue to innovate and grow our fan base with Xbox while also creating additive business value for Microsoft.
Culture change means we will do things differently.
I think we would be dead and gone if we were just mostly failing.
Iran is a complete Windows country when it comes to the Office automation side.
I cook a very exotic Hyderabadi rice dish called Hyderabadi biryani, which takes an entire day to cook, and the last time I cooked it was multiple years ago, but someday I'll cook it again.
One of the things I think a lot about, I am perhaps a great example of the enlightened immigration policy of this country where I was able to come here to study and then stay back and work and build a life.
Without a doubt, I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap.
