Now the boss of Windows and WP department

Computer store news: Microsoft announced the restructuring of the company in July, unified the current eight product divisions into four: operating system engineering department, equipment and studio engineering department, application and service engineering department, cloud and enterprise engineering unit. After the initial changes, the impact of high-level changes in various departments has gradually emerged.

In the Windows department, Microsoft is accelerating the convergence of mobile phones, Xbox and PCs, and rearranging the leadership of Windows. AllThingD learned from insiders about how the new Windows team works:

Windows and Windows Phone Director Terry Myerson has at least 7 major functions in the new structure, responsible for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, Xbox , development, testing and project management of services, and responsible for " future special projects".

Overall, Terry Myerson is the boss of the operating system engineering department, and he is also one of the candidates for the next Microsoft CEO.

In addition, Joe Belfiore, who previously managed Windows Phone development, is now the head of the mobile, tablet and PC development team. The head of the Xbox team is Marc Whitten, and Henry Sanders is responsible for the OS development team. Chris Jones is responsible for the service team. The position of Dean Hachamovitch, head of the IE department, has not changed.

As you can see from the list, the current Microsoft operating system engineering department does not have many former Windows department executives, such as Grant George, the head of the service team, Antoine Leblond, the company veteran. Jon DeVaan.

The Windows department executive change is the third time in the past year. Shortly after the release of Windows 8, Windows department leader Steven Sinofsky left Microsoft, when Microsoft appointed Julie Larson-Green as the Windows department head. But in the new Microsoft reorganization, Julie went to the hardware department.