Satya Nadella has sights firmly set on Microsoft's cloud future

With the chance to capture billions more internet-connected devices in the coming year, Nadella is bullish on Microsoft's Azure bet.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke at a recent media event about the company's focus on growing its cloud business.
Nadella emphasized Microsoft is bullish on having a piece of the next 46 billion internet-connected devices with its cloud business.
Windows, iOS, and Android are still important, Nadella says, but IoT, data centers, and the connected edge will become a greater focus for Microsoft going forward.


Since he took over as Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella has shifted the company's focus past Windows' billion users and toward a cloud-connected future. This is evident in the company's surging year-over-year growth with each successive quarter, a significant portion of which is because of its cloud success. Now, Nadella has offered some insight into how he sees Microsoft's cloud business, and why it's become such a point of fo...