The challenges before Microsoft are greater than ever. The PC market is shrinking, Windows 8 is facing a cold reception from users and the presence of the company on the growing market of mobile devices is timid and unsatisfactory. The new management should focus on innovation as a source of development. In conclusion, I will mention one of Satya Nadella’s reflections, which describes the situation very well: "Our industry has no respect for tradition, it respects only innovation."