Microsoft's Rajesh Jha, head of experiences and devices unit, to retire

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Thu, March 12, 2026 astatine 10:58 AM CDT 1 min read

March 12 (Reuters) - Rajesh Jha, a cardinal Microsoft enforcement overseeing products including Windows ‌and Microsoft 365 apps similar ‌Word and Teams, announced his status connected Thursday aft more than 3 decades with the company.

Jha, who runs the Experiences + Devices unit, volition modulation retired of his existent presumption connected ‌July 1 and ⁠will enactment astatine Microsoft successful an advisory role, according to a ⁠memo shared with the company's employees.

The radical besides works connected Microsoft's ain hardware such arsenic Surface idiosyncratic computers.

Jha also announced the promotions ‌of Jeff Teper to enforcement vice president and Sumit Chauhan and Kirk Koenigsbauer to president, saying Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and helium had been readying the succession ‌for immoderate time.

"Rajesh has been a changeless passim my entire beingness at Microsoft," Nadella said.

Last month, ‌the institution announced the retirement of its gaming part caput Phil Spencer and named insider Asha Sharma arsenic the executive vice ‌president and CEO of the unit.

(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh successful Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)

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