Microsoft shuffles its cloud business to keep the good times rolling
Indeed, revenue for Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise division (internally called C+E) was up 13% year-over-year, as adoption of the Microsoft Azure public cloud computing platform continues to be strong.
In a memo titled "Accelerating Our Momentum Even Further" that was sent to all employees in the C+E division on Wednesday evening, Microsoft Executive VP of the Cloud and Enterprise Group Scott Guthrie laid out some organizational shuffles to keep that train rolling.
Some notable changes to the C+E group:
- T.K. Ranga Rengarajan, Microsoft's longtime database chief, is leaving his role as head of the Data Platform team to lead Microsoft's Global Development Centers (GDC), "ensuring we can attract, train and retain our best talent in the world." He'll also work to help turn the research projects from Microsoft Garage into commercial products.
- Ranga's Data Platform team will be streamlined into a new Data Group, headed up by Joseph Sirosh. This group will be responsible for all Microsoft's database and data analysis products, including SQL Server and Cortana Analytics Suite.
- A new Identity Team will be headed up by David Treadwell and will be responsible for Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft's other identity products.
- All of Microsoft's enterprise data backup products will be placed under the purview of the Enterprise Cloud Group, bringing it closer to the Windows Server product.
- The Cloud Server Infrastructure team, which helps build the actual server infrastructure for the Microsoft Azure cloud, is being put under the command of Azure boss Jason Zander, "to design and plan our public cloud software + hardware work even more closely going forward."
"Customers are super excited about what you are delivering, and the results you are delivering are hugely impactful to Microsoft's success," Guthrie writes to Microsoft employees.
Here's the full text of the memo: