Microsoft engineering groups are the operating divisions of Microsoft. Starting in April 2002, Microsoft organised itself into seven groups, each an independent financial entity.[1] In September 2005, Microsoft announced a reorganization of its then seven groups into three.[2] In July 2013, Microsoft announced another reorganization into five engineering groups and six corporate affairs groups.[3] A year later, in June 2015, Microsoft reformed into three engineering groups.[4] In September 2016, a new group was created to focus on artificial intelligence and research.[5] On March 29, 2018, a new structure merged all of these into three.[6][7]
As of 2023, there are four groups:
- Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (Azure, GitHub, Visual Studio, npm, C#, .NET, TS)
- Experiences and Devices (Windows, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams, Bing, Edge, Surface, HoloLens)
- Gaming (Xbox, Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax Media, Activision Blizzard, Game Pass, Cloud Gaming, Xbox network)
- Technologies and Research (Garage, M12, Microsoft Research)
- ^ "Microsoft Realigns Business Structure, Belluzzo to Transition". Stories. Microsoft. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Microsoft Realigns for Next Wave of Innovation and Growth". Stories. Microsoft. 20 September 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Ballmer, Steve. "One Microsoft: Company realigns to enable innovation at greater speed, efficiency". Microsoft. Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Microsoft aligns engineering teams to strategy". Microsoft News Center.
- ^ "Internal email: Microsoft forms new 5,000-person AI division; key exec Qi Lu leaving after bike injury". GeekWire. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ "Satya Nadella email to employees: Embracing our future: Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge | Stories". Stories. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Microsoft is ready for a world beyond Windows". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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