In our business, things look like a failure until they're not. It's pretty binary transitions.
— Satya Nadella
I'm so glad to have Xbox as a franchise, especially at a time when gaming is becoming even more important - as a digital life category and in the mobile world.
We're not in hardware for hardware's sake. We're in hardware to be able to express all our platform and productivity software in a way that's unique.
Ultimately, it's not going to be about man versus machine. It is going to be about man with machines.
I will talk about two sets of things. One is how productivity and collaboration are reinventing the nature of work, and how this will be very important for the global economy. And two, data. In other words, the profound impact of digital technology that stems from data and the data feedback loop.
Ultimately, what any company does when it is successful is merely a lagging indicator of its existing culture.
A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly.
Microsoft loves Linux.
The fundamental truth for developers is they will build if there are users.
Making more sense out of my data, my needs, my tasks - to me, that's the future of Office.
We are really excited about being stewards to the community that is Minecraft.
I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available.
I want to see us remain convinced that software matters in the future.
Windows is the best place; it's the home for the very best Microsoft experiences.
When I think about my career, my successes are built on learning from failures.
Cloud is just emerging, but it's high growth.
One thing we've talked a lot about, even in the first leadership meeting, was, what's the purpose of our leadership team? The framework we came up with is the notion that our purpose is to bring clarity, alignment and intensity.
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
At the core of the products we build, I want to think about productivity centered around people.
The question is: How are you able to organize your information, your tasks, and get stuff done spanning those different roles? Nobody lives in isolation.
We want to build intelligence that augments human abilities and experiences.
The notion of having work-life harmony in a highly competitive economy is a first-class topic.
We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.
The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster, and continue to transform.
If you don't jump on the new, you don't survive.
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.
The unique value that Microsoft can add is around productivity and platforms. Productivity is broadly something we can uniquely do.
If you talk about STEM education, the best way to introduce anyone to STEM or get their curiosity going on, it's Minecraft.
I will always be a Hyderabadi.
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.
When I grew up here, there was no T-Hub. Probably, the closest to T was the Tank bund.
It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated.
In the past, there was hardware, software, and platforms on top of which there were applications. Now they're getting conflated. That is all going to get disrupted by the move to the cloud.
The thing we learned the most with the Xbox is the Xbox Live experience.
Xbox is one of the most revered, loved brands in games.
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.
Human language is the new UI layer, bots are like new applications, and digital assistants are meta apps. Intelligence is infused into all of your interactions.
At Microsoft, we're aspiring to have a living, learning culture with a growth mindset that allows us to learn from ourselves and our customers. These are the key attributes of the new culture at Microsoft, and I feel great about how it seems to be resonating and how it's seen as empowering.
I do believe that at Microsoft in general good work is rewarded, and I have seen it many times here.
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.
I don't want to fight old battles. I want to fight new ones.
Our goal with the cloud is to make sure that our cloud and our cloud applications are available on every device in the world.
You've got to remember even the Apple regeneration started with colorful iMacs. So let us first get the colorful iMacs. I think with what we're doing with Lumia, we're at that stage. I want to do good devices that people like, and then we will go on to doing the next thing and the next thing.
To me, what Minecraft represents is more than a hit game franchise. It's this open-world platform. If you think about it, it's the one game parents want their kids to play.
I deeply appreciate all the support and encouragement I have received from people all across India.
What matters is 'Have you done a better job of making our experiences feel like home on Windows?' That's our real goal, and that's what we're going to stay focused on.
The more you live it, the more sustainable your business approach becomes.
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.
