At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them.
Our Commitment to Our Customers
The Business of Microsoft
We run our business in much the same way, and believe our seven core business units offer the greatest potential to serve our customers in the coming decade. They include:
- Windows Client, including the Microsoft® Windows® XP desktop operating system, Windows 2000, and Windows Embedded operating system.
- Information Worker, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Visio®, Microsoft Project, and other stand-alone desktop applications.
- Microsoft Business Solutions, encompassing Great Plains and Navision business process applications, and bCentral™ business services.
- Server and Tools, including the Microsoft Windows Server System™ integrated server software, software developer tools, and MSDN®.
- Mobile and Embedded Devices, featuring mobile devices including the Windows Powered Pocket PC, the Mobile Explorer microbrowser, and the Windows Powered Smartphone software platform.
- MSN, including the MSN® network, MSN Internet Access, MSNTV, MSN Hotmail® and other Web-based services.
- Home and Entertainment, including Microsoft Xbox®, consumer hardware and software, online games, and our TV platform.
We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to better serve our customers.
The Microsoft.com Webmaster isn’t very agile as this organizational configuration is still up on the site. If it was up to me Mobile and Embedded would be in the Platform Products & Services Division and MSN would be spun-off as a Media company utilizing Microsoft technologies.
Mini-Microsoft used the same line I used yesterday regarding moving the deckchairs on the Titanic, but we are all hoping to avoid hitting that iceberg.