Microsoft Cloud Is The Largest Cloud Globally

Anant Maheshwari, president, Microsoft India, talks about how their new five-pronged strategy is making cloud and digital transformation solutions popular from SMBs to enterprises.

- Ibrahim Ahmad & Jyoti Bhagat

 Now that it has been over a year since you took charge of Microsoft in India, what are the most important focus areas for you as the leader ?

If you look at the overall transition that Microsoft had in the last 3 years globally, that is getting reflected in India too.

But India obviously has its own opportunities that I am excited about. The first is the digital transformation, where from a products and solutions approach we have moved to become digital transformation solution providers for our customers and partners. And how the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge strategy is bringing big differences is another exciting story. But this whole digital transformation mindset changes the DNA of the company. The second key area for us is our strategy to address the important verticals with sharper focus. We have identified some including BFSI, manufacturing, retail, Government, healthcare, education. And specially for India, we are also focus on IT/ITeS, unicons, and start-ups. So its a global strategy with an India flavor. The third big focus for us here is Digital India, where the key pieces are healthcare, education, agriculture, skilling and jobs.