Two of Microsoft (MSFT) chief executive Satya Nadella's top lieutenants—Business Development and Evangelism executive vice president Tony Bates and Marketing executive vice president Tami Reller—are exiting the company, according to a new Re/code report relying on multiple sources.



From The VAR Guy:

Nadella reportedly disclosed the impending departures to his top staffers last Friday and plans to deliver the news to a wider audience March 4, the report said. At this point, there’s no word about where Bates and Reller are headed once they’re out the door.

Bates and Reller’s departures follow last week’s management shuffle that saw 20-year company veteran Julie Larson-Green move from Devices head to chief experience officer (CXO) in executive vice president Qi Lu's Applications and Services Engineering Group, ostensibly to make room for incoming Nokia (NOK) chief Stephen Elop.

  Report: Microsoft Top Execs Bates, Reller to Exit