Guard Changes for Strategic Products

Windows, SQL Server, and Exchange are among the strategic products that have new managers in the wake of Microsoft’s midyear review. While the technical teams for all of these products remain mostly unchanged, changes at the top could mean strategy shifts for future versions.

For a graphical overview of changes in the major product groups, see “Management Changes for Major Products“.

New Windows, Database Leaders

The Platforms and Services Division, led by President Kevin Johnson, has seen a shuffle of business and marketing executives for the Windows client OS and a changing of the guard for SQL Server.

Veghte Drives Key Business

Bill Veghte has been named corporate vice president, Windows Business Group. He will have marketing and profit-and-loss responsibility for the Windows client OS business, the company’s most profitable, although Steven Sinofsky continues to lead client OS development. Veghte most recently ran Microsoft’s North American sales subsidiary (a position currently vacant), and he has also led marketing for Windows Server and run the company’s embedded OS unit. Veghte will report to Kevin Johnson.