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It;s not a astonishing move, but as of December 8, it can be an official one: Microsoft has moved its Windows Azure small business by moving it to the provider;s Server and Tools Small business (STB) Unit.The move sets the stage for Microsoft to strengthen its tale that it'll give customers a collection of options, ranging from personal cloud to public cloud ones. The actual private-cloud offerings from Microsoft are nevertheless not publicly accessible, but sound like they;re coming together gradually, based on some early info provider officials shared in November in the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC).Prior to nowadays, the Azure staff noted directly to Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.Now, although Microsoft President Bob Muglia will proceed to run STB,Office 2010 Product Key, Microsoft;s Windows Azure chief Amitabh Srivastava will probably be reporting straight to Muglia. Srivastava will be operating a new unit that combines Windows Server and Windows Azure (codenamed RedDog) into the recently minted Server & Cloud Division. Windows Server Corporate Vice President Bill Laing is going to be reporting to Srivastava and will work about the recently combined unit. SQL Azure — the other main component of Microsoft;s cloud offering — already is under STB, in accordance to Microsoft officials.About the marketing side, Windows Azure Business and Marketing will keep on to become led by Doug Hauger. Hauger will join the STB Marketing Group, headed by Corporate Vice President Robert Wahbe, reporting in to Corporate Vice President Bob Kelly,Windows 7 Enterprise, who also oversees System Center and Forefront, in addition to Windows Server and Windows Azure.Around the Microsoft Windows Azure blog, firm officials explained the changes in a blog post today. From that post:“This move better aligns our assets with our strategy – creating a single organization focused on delivering solutions for consumers that span on-premises data centers and the cloud.”Update: Here is a bit more background information from a spokesperson who answered a few questions I posed earlier nowadays:After currently;s reorg, STB is now composed of the following groups:1. Business Online Services Division (led by David Thompson) (*NOTE: development only)
2. Business Platform Division (led by Ted Kummert)
3. Developer Division (led by S. Somagasar)
4. Identity and Security Division (led by Lee Nackman)
5. Management and Services Division (led by Brad Anderson)
6. Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE,Office 2010 Activation Key, led by Walid Abu-Hadba)
7. Server and Equipment Marketing Group (STMG, led by Robert Wahbe)
8. Server and Cloud Division (led by Amitabh Srivastava)I also asked whether currently;s reorg would result in any changes to the Windows Server or Azure products/services. Here;s the response from the aforementioned spokesperson:“No immediate changes. Microsoft’s strategy and roadmap for Windows Server reflects its broader strategy of bringing its learning from the cloud into its on-premises options. The creation of the Server & Cloud Division and integration of its on-premises and cloud teams further supports this strategy and roadmap. Though there won’t be changes to Microsoft’s roadmap as it prepares for GA of Windows Azure in February, Microsoft will develop a longer-term strategy for the combined Server & Cloud Division,Office 2010 Professional Plus, which it believes will only strengthen its strategy and roadmap for Windows Azure. “If you (like me) are wondering what happens to Dave Cutler,Windows 7 Professional Key, the father of NT and one of the key contributors to Windows Azure, inside the reshuffling, I was told Cutler “nonetheless is going to be contributing (to Azure) and working closely with (Srivastava),” but will proceed reporting straight to Ozzie.