Laing to head Windows Server Division
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Microsoft has promoted Scotsman Bill Laing to lead its Windows Server division after having moved the last executive to hold the post, Bob Muglia, up to be senior vice president of the Server and Tools business.
Laing, a seven-year Microsoft veteran, will be in charge of making sure that the upcoming "Longhorn" version of Windows Server makes it all the way from inception to release on schedule. His new title is general manager.
Laing reports to Muglia. Under the reorganization begun last year, Muglia's Server and Tools business falls under the Microsoft Platform Products & Services Division. That division is one of three that the company created when it began the reorg last summer. The division is run by co-presidents Jim Allchin and Kevin Johnson. Allchin is slated to retire at the end of the calendar year after the release of Windows Vista.