Microsoft Office, LinkedIn chief adds Teams role in reshuffle

Microsoft is broadening the responsibilities of LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, who will now oversee the Microsoft Teams organization as part of a major internal restructuring. According to sources familiar with the changes, Roslansky is set to lead a newly formed Work Experiences Group, adding Teams to his existing portfolio that already included the Office division.

This leadership shakeup follows the retirement of Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s executive vice president of experiences and devices, who is stepping down after more than 35 years at the company. Jha had overseen critical product teams including Windows, Office, Copilot, and Microsoft 365. Since his retirement was announced in March, Microsoft has been working to redistribute his responsibilities across several executives.

Another rising figure in this reshuffle is Charles Lamanna, who is taking on an expanded role. An internal memo reviewed by The Verge reveals that Lamanna will lead the Copilot, Agents, and Platform (CAP) team, which includes key Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 services, as well as BizChat. Additional teams moving under Lamanna’s leadership include the Microsoft 365 Core team, OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP), and the Data Platform and Growth (DPG) unit.

As part of these changes, veteran Microsoft leaders Jeff Teper and Kirk Koenigsbauer will now report to Lamanna. Teper takes on the role of executive vice president of apps and agents, while Koenigsbauer becomes president of Data Platform and Growth.

Pavan Davuluri, who leads Microsoft’s Surface and Windows divisions, will continue to manage the Windows and Devices Group. However, the Intentional team,acquired by Microsoft in 2017,is being moved under Davuluri’s purview. This group includes Microsoft technical fellow Charles Simonyi, who founded Intentional Software in 2002 after spending more than two decades at Microsoft, where he helped create Excel and Word.

Perry Clarke is stepping into the role of CTO of Application Systems at Microsoft, after nearly a decade leading Microsoft 365 Core. According to a memo from Jha, Clarke’s new focus will be on “the overall systems architecture across M365 and Copilot, and how that composes efficiently with model families, Azure cloud, and silicon.”

In a memo to employees on Tuesday, Lamanna thanked Clarke “for the years of stewardship over M365 Core,” adding that “the bar they’ve set for engineering rigor and customer obsession laid the foundation for the next generation of AI products and capabilities.”

The new structure for Microsoft’s Experiences and Devices organization takes effect this week. Starting June 30th, once Jha departs, Lamanna, Davuluri, Clarke, and Roslansky will all begin reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella.

This restructuring arrives as Microsoft prepares to offer a voluntary retirement program to long-serving employees. U. S. employees whose combined years of service and age total 70 or more will be eligible. Microsoft is expected to share full program details with employees tomorrow. Many workers in the Windows and Office organizations qualify, and it remains to be seen how many will accept the offer.