In 2011, Microsoft's Server & Tools Company (STB) was a big, rapidly growing and highly profitable on the potency of conventional packed product lines headed by the Windows Server operating system.
Microsoft's leaders recognized that cloud based options would become more widespread in the future, even as the current packed business was performing extremely well. As the recently appointed President of STB, Satya Nadella had to find a balance between managing the present company that is packaged and assembling the cloud offering.
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2013 PRODUCT #: 613031-HCB-ENG
Microsoft Server & Tools Case Study Solution
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