Microsoft has now rebuilt the company around the cloud instead of Windows, and employees approve

By Jordan Novet

Microsoft ‘s logo is a window. The company’s identity is partly built around Windows, because hundreds of millions of people use it.

But in announcing Microsoft’s latest reorganisation, CEO Satya Nadella is shaping the company around the areas that are growing the most, and Windows will be part of them, rather than the focus.

“The platform is not Windows. The platform is now cloud,” Gartner analyst Ed Anderson told CNBC in an interview.

With the changes, Microsoft will be doubling down with products like its Azure public cloud, where developers can use Windows, as well as something called Microsoft 365. That’s a new bundle containing Windows and the growing Office 365 cloud productivity business, but also other services that Microsoft can use to grow revenue, as more companies make the shift to Office 365 from traditional Office licenses.

More specifically, as Windows and first-party devices have lagged in terms of revenue growth , Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group is being divvied up as its chief, Terry Myerson, leaves.