Microsoft launched its new year of executive shuffling through the promotion of long-standing Server and Tools unit head Bob Muglia president, a title he shares with entertainment boss Robbie Bach and business software chief Stephen Elop.

The name at the height of Muglia, whose responsibilities will remain unchanged. It also reflects the growing importance of the server division, which accounted for $ 13 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year, and now they are completely Microsoft-fifth of total sales.

“The basis of our success at Microsoft has always been of great people - people who combine talent, drive and vision, customer focus and leadership,” executive director Steve Ballmer, said the e-mail staff. “Few people in the Microsoft translate those qualities better than Bob Muglia, and few people have more to the success of the company.”

The Wall Street Journal article on the development of Muglia said that it is quite back to Muglia, who found himself shuttled to the head management software in the post-rainstorm changes in the Internet unit. It should be noted, Muglia now heads the Azure Services platform components, which look like a lot downpour.

I sat down with Muglia last month, just before my extended winter holiday break. In honor of his promotion, I post the full transcripts of my interviews on Tuesday, right before I head to Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show.