THREE YEARS OF SATYA NADELLA

CLOUD

A mobile-first, cloud-first strategy brought cloud in focus. Azure, Office 365 and other applications have made Microsoft a big player in the cloud game

ALLIANCES

Engineered alliances to place products like Office 365 in iOS and Android. Announced an alliance with Amazon on platforms. Azure even supports Linux

SHOPPING SPREE

Bought Mojang, the maker of Minecraft, and LinkedIn. Set up Microsoft Ventures, which has invested in 30plus start-ups

SHUTTING DOWN

Closed mobile handset business and wrote off the investment. Killed its motion sensor device Kinnect although the technology will be retained in other products