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Microsoft Plans Big Reorganization Of Partner and Services Groups Starting Feb 1 (geekwire.com)
Microsoft is planning to consolidate many of its partner and services teams in a reorganization, as well as add a new digital team focused on the cloud. From a report: Microsoft confirmed that the shift will take effect Feb. 1, and the goal is to unify teams across its Worldwide Commercial Business group. Microsoft has been working to break down barriers between teams to better serve partners and customers for years, going back to CEO Steve Ballmer's 2013 One Microsoft plan. Microsoft said in a statement that no layoffs will occur as a direct result of the reorganization, which is being announced internally today. Microsoft added that "like all companies, Microsoft reviews its resources and investments on an ongoing basis." As part of the move, Microsoft says it will bring together its enterprise and partner group and public sector, small and mid-market solutions, and partners teams. A new group called Microsoft Digital will push Microsoft's current customers and partners to use the company's cloud programs.
Any word on potential restoration of QA capability?
Computing stopped being interesting/fun around the turn of the millenia. Now it's just boring and awful shit.
My whole team got the axe today, so that no layoffs bit is BS. I guess maybe it wasn't a "direct result".
Didn't make me want to punch the HR guy any less.
Geee, aint that swell; Microsoft reorganizes. Perhaps their software will not suck now.
When people draw your org chart with guns you might have a problem.
... no layoffs will occur as a direct result ,,,
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Or are we stuck with the same end-user-be-damned approach they've used since Win95?
the BSOD, GSOD, and RCOD teams will be combined so all devices will call you to eternal bliss with the White Bright Light.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
the "one size fits nobody" design
Ah, a corporate reorganization story on Slashdot, my least favortite stories of all.
That way, Microsoft will suck in an innovative way. Consider yourself middle-fingered, Microsoft.
It is good for Microsoft to be doing the needful to keep making most excellent and wonderful computer to the people.
For under $500/year MS have a deal where you get 10 win 10 licences, 3 MSDN, full SQL server, server2012 + 10 cals, 5 o365, some Azure credit and a few other products as well. It's a great deal for small development shops as the licences allow commercial use inside your business.
But... Their web management portal just sucks. It was like it was written by three seperate teams. The work flow for renewal and user management is like reading Alice in Wonderland. Obscure error messages accounts that won't associate. man I've wasted a lot of theme on their sucky portal. I still can't figure out how to associate our user benefits to individual Azure accounts. It's like a TV dinner. They look delicious, but when you eat them you swear their is a dedicated team to take delicious looking natural a food and make it taste horrible.
Even opening a support ticket seems to take presses of magical buttons from obscure parts of their portal. Aaaarrrggghhhh.
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