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Report card: Microsoft’s board boosts CEO Satya Nadella’s annual compensation to nearly $50M

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s total compensation rose more than 12% to $49.9 million in fiscal year 2021, ended June 30,… Read More

Microsoft nominates ADP CEO Carlos Rodriguez to board, reports Satya Nadella’s 2021 compensation

Carlos Rodriguez, the CEO of payroll services giant ADP, has been nominated to Microsoft’s board of directors. Microsoft’s board would… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls failed TikTok talks ‘the strangest thing I’ve ever worked on’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered new details about the company’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire TikTok a year ago on Monday… Read More

Microsoft in standoff with Amazon over big hire, names Charlie Bell to lead ‘bold’ new security group

Microsoft confirmed that it has hired longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell to lead a newly formed engineering organization… Read More

Windows 11 has a release date: Microsoft to start ‘phased and measured’ rollout Oct. 5

Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 on Oct. 5 as a free upgrade for existing Windows… Read More

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‘Our country is in a cyberwar’: Inside the White House summit with Hadi Partovi of Code.org

President Joe Biden brought together top executives from the nation’s biggest technology, financial services and energy companies this week to… Read More

Microsoft to quadruple cybersecurity investments, spending $20B over five years

[Updated below with Microsoft confirmation and related announcements from Amazon, Google, and Code.org.] Microsoft reportedly plans to quadruple its cybersecurity… Read More

White House cybersecurity summit to include Amazon’s Andy Jassy, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are among the tech executives who’ve been… Read More

Podcast

Satya Nadella’s biggest success as Microsoft CEO; Inside GeekWire’s Great Race; Number of the Week

When Microsoft announced its acquisition of LinkedIn for more than $26 billion five years ago, there was lots of skepticism,… Read More

LinkedIn posts first $10 billion year, 5 years after Microsoft deal, but profits remain a mystery

Microsoft’s biggest acquisition just joined the ranks of its biggest businesses. Five years after Microsoft announced its intent to acquire… Read More

Microsoft profits rise 47% to $16.5 billion in June quarter, soaring past Wall Street expectations

Microsoft posted quarterly profits of $16.5 billion Tuesday afternoon, up 47%, surpassing even the most optimistic Wall Street expectations. The… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Cloud growth promises to deliver another big quarter for tech giant

Is Microsoft’s cloud growth a temporary blip, driven by the fleeting circumstances of the pandemic, or an enduring trend reflecting… Read More

With Windows 365, Microsoft realizes its vision for Cloud PCs, streaming its OS to any device

Microsoft will release Windows as a paid cloud service, promising to stream the operating system to any device in an… Read More

Microsoft to drop commercial marketplace fees to 3% (from 20%) in latest dig at platform rivals

Microsoft is escalating its campaign against the traditional business model of online marketplaces, reducing the fees it charges independent software… Read More

Microsoft unveils Windows 11, integrating Teams directly into flagship operating system

Updated below with Slack statement. Microsoft revealed the next version of its PC operating system, Windows 11, with a softer,… Read More

Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more

— Adriane Brown, managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR. This… Read More

Microsoft names CEO Satya Nadella chairman of the board

Microsoft announced Wednesday that CEO Satya Nadella will take on the dual role of chairman of the company’s board, replacing… Read More

Microsoft to unveil ‘next generation of Windows’ at June 24 event

Will Microsoft take Windows to 11? It’s not yet clear if it will be worthy of a full jump in… Read More

Microsoft adapts OpenAI’s GPT-3 natural language technology to automatically write code

Microsoft unveiled new tools for automatically generating computer code and formulas on Tuesday morning, in a new adaptation of the… Read More

Microsoft grapples with fallout from Bill Gates affair in unprecedented break from its past

Since becoming CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella has championed a growth mindset, pushing the company to continually evolve and learn… Read More

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella taps Judson Althoff to lead new global org, as Jean-Philippe Courtois shifts role after 37 years

Microsoft will combine its Global Sales and Marketing Organization and Worldwide Commercial Business under Judson Althoff, further positioning the eight-year… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s family donates $15M to Seattle Children’s Hospital

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s family is donating $15 million to Seattle Children’s Hospital to support its work in neurosciences medicine… Read More

Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

With several thousand employees across 11 locations in India, and many more employees in other countries with families in India,… Read More

Biden’s latest move confirms Microsoft avoided political nightmare when it lost TikTok deal

The news this morning that the Biden administration has halted the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations further illustrates the extraordinary… Read More

Microsoft unveils ‘Viva’ on Teams in bid to shake up $300B employee experience technology market

Nearly a year into a pandemic that ushered in a new era of virtual work, Microsoft announced a new tech… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The state of Microsoft, with special guest, tech journalist Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft’s profits rose 33% in the December quarter as CEO Satya Nadella touted a “second wave of digital transformation.” But… Read More

Microsoft profits jump 33% as CEO Satya Nadella cites a ‘second wave of digital transformation’

Microsoft’s revenue climbed 17% to more than $43 billion for the December quarter, and profits rose 33% to $15.5 billion,… Read More

Seattle tech leaders including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are investing in cricket teams

Startup founders and tech giant CEOs are putting money behind cricket teams and leagues, betting that the sport will continue… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint

Slack could gain new inroads to enterprise customers, and access to additional sales and marketing horsepower, if reports of its… Read More

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