微软今天宣布了另一项重大重组，将公司Windows操作系统的核心推向了一个新的方向。微软首席执行官特里·迈尔森（Terry Myerson）已经在微软工作了21年，他即将离开公司，因为微软正在寻求将其人工智能和核心Windows操作系统组件整合到一个团队中。微软正在将Windows分成两个小组。Windows平台团队的核心将由Scott Guthrie领导，他目前负责微软的Azure云平台。微软的人工智能平台工作也将进入这个单一团队。Harry Shum将继续领导一个名为AI+研究的工程团队，该团队专注于可用于未来微软产品的技术进步。

微软还创建了一个名为“体验与设备”的独立部门，负责管理在笔记本电脑和设备、第一方应用程序、Office 365和Surface硬件上看到的Windows客户端版本。拉杰什·贾哈（Rajesh Jha）之前是一名办公室主管，他将在特里·迈尔森（Terry Myerson）几个月后离开时领导这个新团队。该团队不会管理Windows平台的核心组件，但会处理您在其上看到的体验，就像Windows10shell一样。这是微软未来Windows愿景的一部分：在智能硬件上运行的智能模式。

说到硬件，微软Surface首席执行官帕诺斯·帕奈（Panos Panay）现在是该公司Surface和HoloLens等第一方设备的首席产品官。Joe Belfiore还留在主Windows团队中，为PC和设备运行体验。Belfiore将负责在5月份的公司构建开发者大会上分享更多的Windows路线图。Xbox部门仍保持不变，微软的整体游戏工作由菲尔·斯宾塞领导。

尽管如此，首席执行官萨蒂亚·纳德拉（Satya Nadella）在给员工的备忘录中表示，“Windows的未来是光明的”。纳德拉似乎将公司的核心Windows、Azure和物联网设备集中到一个将人工智能注入其中的团队中。与此同时，微软还成立了一个人工智能和工程与研究道德（Ether）委员会，该委员会将把公司的高层领导**在一起，讨论如何以公司称之为“负责任的方式”处理人工智能问题的政策，我们成立了这个委员会。

很难不把这次新的变革视为微软和纳德拉的一次重大变革，这是另一个迹象，表明Windows对微软未来的人工智能和云业务的价值比目前的形式更大。这也是微软利用其增长的另一个迹象：云、企业服务和人工智能。Windows的真正未来将通过与微软未来的云计算工作相结合来塑造，而微软将不得不在这一过程中平衡消费者/企业的需求。

微软一直在与消费者服务、硬件以及显然失败的Windows Phone努力抗争。去年，微软明显开始以更大的方式远离以消费者为中心的努力。这家软件巨头为了Spotify而淘汰了其流媒体音乐平台Groove Music。Kinect正式死亡，微软也最终确认了Windows Phone的死亡。微软目前正专注于iOS和Android应用程序，并试图让这些移动设备在Windows10上运行得更好。

我们还没有看到这些努力完全显现出来，但Windows10去年进行了两次重大更新，重点是混合现实、3D绘制和笔/触改进。通用Windows应用程序原本被认为是Windows在多个设备上的未来，但现在Windows的真正未来看起来可以理解，它将帮助公司的云计算和人工智能工作，同时努力适应未来PC的巨大差异。

这是Terry Myerson给Windows部门的备忘录：

Team,

It is an emotional day for me as I look toward starting my next chapter outside of Microsoft in a few months. We’ve been discussing this for some time, but today it becomes real.

Satya’s leadership and insight in defining a Microsoft 365 experience, built on top of an intelligent edge/intelligent cloud platform is inspiring. I believe in it, and that these changes are great for Microsoft. Change can be invigorating for us all and I’m grateful I had the opportunity to work with Satya on helping define this new structure. I will be around as we work through this transition, and then I will continue to root on Satya and this team every day.

Microsoft has been my work, my team, and my purpose for 21 years. Over the years I have worked with so many of you to take on big challenges and serve our customers. I’ve learned so much. We’ve accomplished so much together. And I have had so much fun. Your passion, commitment, and sheer brilliance has kept me inspired. You have taught me new ways of looking at the world. You made me a better leader. And together, we have delivered products that positively changed the way people work and live. I am grateful for each of you.

Most recently, with Windows 10 we set out to restore the trust of our c***umer and business users and set Windows up to be a key part of the new Microsoft. With us now approaching 700M active Windows 10 users, commercial usage growing 84% YOY, Xbox One running a Windows 10 core, Surface innovation highlighting the Microsoft 365 experience, HoloLens bringing breakthroughs in computer vision, a universal store enabling GamePass, Azure reserved instances, and Office distribution, and a revitalized partner ecosystem – we’ve made incredible progress, and set the foundation for a new chapter to begin.

But it’s time for me to take a break, and then look forward to my own next chapter. I’m excited to see what’s next professionally. In the meantime, I can’t wait to spend quality time with my family and pursue a few big life goals.

While today I have many emoti***, I’m mostly filled with gratitude and optimi** – gratitude for the experiences I have had and optimi** for the future ahead.

Sincerely, thank you for all the incredible experiences we’ve had together.