Microsoft EVP Ryan Roslansky, who runs Office and Teams, to exit amid wave of senior departures

Ryan Roslansky, the Microsoft executive vice president who runs Office and Teams and previously led LinkedIn, will leave the company at the end of 2026, CEO Satya Nadella told employees in a memo on Thursday. "Ryan leaves the organization in a strong position," Nadella wrote, crediting his team with "bringing together the product, engineering, and design foundations" behind the next phase of the business.

Nadella tied that work to the unified Copilot app MSFT announced last week, describing a vision of "a new OS for work" with Office fully embedded in Copilot and vice versa. Roslansky gave a personal reason: leading the next phase well would mean being in Redmond full time, while his family's life is in the Bay Area. The Verge reported that the departure has triggered another leadership shuffle inside Microsoft.

Roslansky spent nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft. He joined LinkedIn as product chief in 2009 as Jeff Weiner's first hire, became CEO in 2020, and oversaw membership growth from 700 million to 1.3 billion; Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $27 billion in 2016. He added Office in 2025, and earlier this year Nadella named him one of three leaders of the Microsoft 365 applications and Copilot platform, while LinkedIn COO Dan Shapero became LinkedIn's CEO.

The exit extends a run of senior changes. Gaming head Phil Spencer and Office leader Rajesh Jha both left this year, security chief Charlie Bell moved to an individual contributor role, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman announced plans to leave Microsoft's board.

What to watch: who takes over Office and Teams, and whether the Copilot integration Roslansky's team built keeps its pace through the handover. LinkedIn, which he ran for six years, reported in July that revenue growth for the June fiscal year sped up to 11% from less than 9% a year earlier.

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