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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisAfter 17+ amazing years at Microsoft, I’m taking a career break to focus on family and personal goals. This isn’t a retirement note, not taking voluntary retirement — just pausing for the next chapter with a full heart and a lot of gratitude. 😊 Some chapters sneak up on you. Seventeen years ago, I joined Microsoft for the work, the learning, and the chance to be part of something bigger. What I did not know then was that the greatest gift of this journey would be the people — the teams, customers, leaders, partners, launches, late nights, big bets, and friendships that became such a meaningful part of my life. I have had the privilege to work on market-making solutions — from Office mobile apps to endpoint and cloud security, cloud-native SIEM, and AI-powered security — and to play a part in helping few businesses grow from early ideas into $1B+ businesses. None of that happens alone; it was always the result of ambitious teams, bold bets, customer trust, and a lot of learning along the way. There are far too many people to thank here — mentors, teammates, leaders, partners, customers, and friends who made this journey special. IYKYK. I’m deeply grateful for the trust, laughter, support, and memories along the way. For now, I am simply looking forward to creating more space for family, personal goals, and the long list of people I cannot wait to call. I am especially looking forward to the long-overdue coffee catch-ups that somehow always got pushed to “someday.” Someday is finally getting on the calendar. Thank you to everyone who has been part of my Microsoft story. I leave with immense appreciation, and I will be cheering you for the next chapters.
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisReally enjoyed chatting with Maryann MBA, PSM I about how AI is changing security operations. Security teams are dealing with more alerts, more complexity, and faster-moving threats than ever. What’s exciting to me is how agentic security can help shift SOC teams from constantly reacting to getting more proactive — spotting risk earlier, speeding up investigations, and coordinating action across tools and teams. Thanks Maryann for the great conversation and for spotlighting where security operations are headed. If you’re following cyber trends and emerging threats, some good information to track here: https://lnkd.in/gMDGycNR #AgenticAI #Cybersecurity #SecurityOperations #ThreatIntelligence #MicrosoftSecurityAdwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisAI is reshaping cybersecurity at an unprecedented pace. The challenge? Defenders aren’t the only ones moving fast. Bad actors are leveraging AI too. So how do security practitioners and organizations stay ahead? I recently sat down with Adwait Joshi (AJ) for a thoughtful conversation on how AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape, practical steps organizations can take to adopt and scale AI responsibly, and the skills security professionals should be building now to prepare for what’s next. Thanks, Adwait Joshi (AJ) , for sharing your insights and expertise. I’d love to hear your biggest takeaway from the video in the comment section. #Cybersecurity #AI #SecurityAI #MicrosoftSecurity #CyberDefense #AISecurity
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisI like the picture below, yes, I am biased 😉 Smiles fueled by good vibes and lots of Security Copilot chats 😄 If you’re heading to RSAC 2026, come hang with Lizzie Heinze and our Security Copilot team! #RSAC2026 #SecurityCopilot I'm excited about meeting others in the community, showcasing Microsoft’s latest work—especially how AI is shaping security—and getting insights from everyone. Before RSAC officially kicks off, I’m thrilled to invite you to Microsoft Pre-Day, a dedicated experience focused on real-world security challenges, AI-driven defense, and what’s next across Microsoft Security. Register here to save your spot: https://lnkd.in/g45iH7d8
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisHi Friends, I am seeking an experienced product marketer to lead strategic initiatives and craft compelling narratives for Microsoft's AI-driven security solutions, with a particular focus on advancing Microsoft Security Copilot. Candidates should possess a strong desire to take ownership and drive growth in this area. If you or someone you know is interested in this opportunity, please reach out to me. information. https://lnkd.in/gqdXdZVv
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisKicking off Thanksgiving celebrations early! Our team scored one of the top five announcements at Microsoft Ignite this week—something recognized by every major AI assistant, though I didn’t need them to confirm it for me. 😊 It was incredible connecting with customers, partners, and MVPs, witnessing firsthand their excitement as they learned that Security Copilot agents are now fully integrated into daily workflows, and that Security Copilot is available to all Microsoft 365 E5 customers as part of their subscription. This announcement keeps our promise to empower security professionals—making AI agents even more accessible and enabling security teams to start quickly and drive faster results. Thank you to our customers, partners, and MVPs. Your passion, feedback, and eagerness to adopt these agents in your daily tools truly inspired us and will continue to motivate the team to deliver meaningful innovations. A huge THANK YOU to our team for their tireless work bringing these new agents and Security Copilot to Microsoft 365 E5. Achieving this significant milestone for our customers was truly a community effort. The dedication and optimism of this outstanding v-team were truly motivating. I feel grateful and privileged to collaborate with such committed colleagues! Donna Lee Victoria Beizer Lizzie Heinze Margarita Kashkuli Saurabh Jain Nasos Kladakis Scott Woodgate Dilip Radhakrishnan Abhishek Agrawal Khetiwe Chitewere Nikki Thomas Cristina da Gama Henriquez Paige Johnson Mitchell James Muro Tricia Van Hollebeke Hilary Solan Sarat Chandra Subramaniam Ritu Lamba Michael Browning Sebuh Haileleul Melissa Binde Laura Gutierrez Claudia Lorenzo Natacha Brown Madhu P. and many many more team members... 👏 Vasu Jakkal Dorothy Nanyan Li #MicrosoftSecurity #MicrosoftSecurityCopilot If you missed any of this exciting news, catch up here https://lnkd.in/gDNcmgAm
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisBIG news coming out on the starting day at Microsoft Ignite. Empowering security professionals with new AI agents across so many use cases and including Security Copilot in Microsoft 365 E5!! Grateful to everyone who was working so hard to make this happen! Cant wait to meet friends and customers at Ignite. Looking forward to getting feedback and understanding how they are planning to use Security Copilot in their daily workflow. If you are at Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco, come say hi at the Security Hub.Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisExciting news to share from Ignite today. Microsoft Security Copilot is now included for all Microsoft 365 E5 customers! That means AI-powered security agents are built right into the tools security and IT teams use every day—helping defenders shift from reactive to proactive. We are also introducing: ✅ 40+ new agents are here, including 12 Microsoft-built agents across Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview ✅ 30+ additional partner-built agents to extend protection across your entire environment Our goal is simple: empower security professionals to stay ahead by putting AI agents to work alongside your team—accelerating investigations, streamlining tasks, and delivering smarter outcomes. 🔗 Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/g9p9k8XU 🙌 A huge thank you to the incredible teams making this possible! If you’re at Ignite, come visit us to explore how agents are transforming security and IT. #SecurityCopilot #Microsoft365E5 #Cybersecurity #AI #MSIgnite
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisA common philosophy suggests that managers should aim to make themselves redundant by empowering others. I experienced this first-hand over the summer and truly enjoyed it. After taking a couple of months off, I wanted to express my appreciation for my team. While I'm grateful for the support from our leadership, I'm especially inspired by every individual on our team who took initiative and helped launch our latest Gen AI innovations. What an exciting week to return! The fall edition of Microsoft Secure today saw the release of several major new innovations, including advancements to Security Copilot—such as the ability to build your own AI agents without any coding! Looking forward to the feedback on these new capabilities and seeing many of our customers at Microsoft Ignite Conference 2025 in November. Thanks team! #leadership #takeownership #AwesomePMMs Lizzie Heinze Donna Lee Michael Browning Victoria Beizer Nikki Thomas Cc: Scott Woodgate, Vasu JakkalMicrosoft Sentinel: The security platform for the agentic era | Microsoft Security BlogMicrosoft Sentinel: The security platform for the agentic era | Microsoft Security Blog
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisThis is a great example of Security being a team sport. Thanks Ojas Rege and team for the partnership. Love this scenario from OneTrust for a data privacy agent built with Security Copilot!Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisWe announced our first data privacy AI agent this week, a milestone for OneTrust. AI agents will be game-changing for our industry, and I hope everyone gets a chance to read the blog below. We're at the beginning of this journey, and no journey happens in isolation. Thank you, Vasu Jakkal, Dorothy Nanyan Li, Dilip Radhakrishnan, and the Microsoft Security Copilot team for including us in the launch! https://lnkd.in/dh8C3yjD Privacy at the speed and scale of AI: OneTrust announces its first data privacy agentPrivacy at the speed and scale of AI: OneTrust announces its first data privacy agent
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisLots of new innovations announced today, see below! I am so blessed to be working with our rockstar product marketing team, all their hard work and partnership with our engineering teams is coming to fruition with the Security Copilot Agents announcement today! THANK YOU team. And to our design partners and customers, much gratitude. We are eagerly waiting for our customers to start using these AI agents in their environments soon. #MicrosoftSecurityCopilot #SecurityCopilotAgents Lizzie Heinze Donna Lee Kathleen Lavallee Victoria Beizer Michael Browning Dilip Radhakrishnan Dorothy Nanyan Li Sarat Chandra SubramaniamAdwait Joshi (AJ) shared thisOne year ago, we launched Microsoft Security Copilot, ushering in a new era of AI-powered defense. Today, I’m thrilled to share the next chapter: the expansion of Security Copilot with agentic AI capabilities, along with dynamic advancements designed to help organizations secure AI and stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape. Security and governance must evolve as fast as AI, and our mission at Microsoft is to deliver solutions to empower defenders in embracing innovation with confidence. 💜 Learn more about today’s announcements in my latest blog: https://lnkd.in/gWfK73hfMicrosoft unveils Microsoft Security Copilot agents and new protections for AI | Microsoft Security BlogMicrosoft unveils Microsoft Security Copilot agents and new protections for AI | Microsoft Security Blog
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) reacted on thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) reacted on thisToday marks the end of my time at Microsoft having worked for Microsoft longer than I have not as I enter my 25th year. I have accepted the voluntary "retirement" package offered to us "old timers" at MSFT. In 1987 my parents, both educators, purchased a VIC-20 from Radio Shack, setting me up with a lifelong love of coding and building “I want to program computers when I grow up”. I joined Microsoft in 2002 - helping build SQL Server Engine - I got my own office, a fancy flat screen CRT along with a dev box running Windows XP, now many years later - I'm still hacking away, still building with many amazing people. The journey has been amazing; it started out as "The internet will be big one day" moved "To the Cloud!" then "The future is Mixed Reality" and now, perhaps we are in the most exciting moment in computing with language models and "Artificial Intelligence". We are far from done. While there are many products that I am proud to put my name on - it's the connections and people like you who are reading this that matter. Thank you. I'll be taking that sabbatical I banked over the summer, spending time with family and kids over the summer, then onto new adventures in the fall.
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) reacted on thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) reacted on thisToday I am officially retiring after 19 years at Microsoft, having accepted the VRP offer, and the first thing that comes to mind is gratitude. For the opportunities, and for the many managers, leaders, and colleagues I was fortunate to learn from. A career is really a journey filled with the people who walk beside you, and I have been remarkably lucky in mine. Of everything I did at Microsoft, becoming the lead of our data security team was my greatest privilege. I was hesitant to take the role at first, and I remember using a Robert Frost quote to capture the decision: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. This decision changed the shape of my career. The role shaped the kind of person I am today, because it allowed me to help others grow. Mentoring and coaching people toward their own version of success is what I will take forward as one of my biggest impacts at Microsoft. None of it would have been possible without Donna, my partner of 25 years, whose steadiness, encouragement, and love were the foundation under all of it. And my kids, Asha Kalyan and Dillon Kalyan, who now remind me daily why any of it mattered. Whatever I contributed here was made possible by the three of them. Several people have asked me, “Are you ready?” Climber Melissa Arnot spoke to our team about her first climb of Everest without supplemental oxygen. She had trained, yet still wasn’t convinced she was ready, so she asked her Sherpa partner, "Do you think I am ready?" He told her: “Melissa, you don’t get to know if you are ready. You just go, and then you will know.” This resonates deeply with me, because it applies to nearly every journey in life that matters both personally and professionally. The person who arrives at the summit is different from the person who started. The starting person cannot know what the arriving person will be capable of, because the arriving person does not yet exist. They are created by the climb itself. The hardest climb I never trained for was losing Donna to cancer in January of 2025. In her last days she told me something I think about often: “Raman, don’t let the death of me be the death of you.” Since that day I decided to keep living, fully and with intention. For her, for my kids, and most of all for myself. Most of what is written about grief focuses on what is lost. However, I have realized that I gained something that cannot be taken from me: the knowledge of what full participation in life, with love, looks like. That love is now my foundation and the fuel for what comes next. So today I will do what I have done every day for years. I will open the door and start walking forward. I do not know where the path leads, but I am grateful, optimistic, and free to be present however I choose to be. To everyone who has been part of this chapter, thank you. I’ll carry the memories I made with you with me always. Till we meet again, Raman
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisAfter nearly three decades in the software industry, including 27 years at Microsoft, I've decided it's time to retire and start a new chapter. Microsoft has been more than a job since I arrived in 1999—it has been a second home. I'm grateful for the opportunities, the challenges, and most of all the people. I've had the privilege of working with talented colleagues who taught me, challenged me, occasionally rescued me, and ultimately made me better. Special thanks to the many managers who supported me over the years, particularly Jerry Koh and Hong Gao, who somehow managed to put up with me for about six years each. The timing worked out nicely: Microsoft's Voluntary Retirement Program (VRP) happened to align with plans I was already making. It felt like the universe, HR, and a few Excel spreadsheets all agreed on something for once. As for what's next, I don't have a grand plan. For now, I'm looking forward to spending more time with family, riding my bike, learning new things, and discovering what weekdays look like without meetings. The next chapter remains unwritten. For the first time in a long time, I'm happy not knowing exactly what comes next. Thank you, Microsoft. It's been quite a ride.
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisVikram Anbazhagan has been appointed as Vice President of Product, AI at Siemens, bringing extensive experience in artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, and product leadership. In his new role, he will drive AI product strategy and innovation, helping accelerate Siemens’ AI-powered transformation initiatives. Prior to Siemens, he served as Partner/Senior Director at Microsoft Security, where he led the ecosystem and marketplace for Security Copilot. He also spent over eight years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading the launch and growth of several AI services, including Amazon Q, Amazon Lex, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Translate, and Amazon Kendra. Earlier in his career, he held multiple product leadership roles at Amazon, driving growth across Kindle and lending businesses. His deep expertise in building and scaling AI products positions him strongly to lead Siemens’ next phase of AI innovation. #LeadershipAppointment #AILeadership #cxolanes
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) reacted on thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) reacted on thisWhat do you tell a class graduating into a job market where tech grads are twice as likely to be unemployed as their liberal arts peers? Into an AI discourse so polarized that nuance has become a casualty? Into a moment where even those of us already working in the field are still figuring it out? I landed on three steps for my commencement address at the fabled University of Washington's Human Centered Design and Engineering school: Step back from certainty. Step out of the center. Step into humanity. I am grateful to John Lambert Steve Dispensa Hilary Solan Eric Douglas David B. Cross Jeffrey Snover Jon Penney Kaleb Redden Matt Swann Adam Fuchs Eric Horvitz Ece Kamar Bruce Schneier Julie Kientz for their generous feedback. And to Yonatan Zunger and team for shaping my outlook! Full address below including why I think Paddington Bear is a better career model than Machiavelli ;)Graduation Address at University of Washington HCDE 2026Graduation Address at University of Washington HCDE 2026
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisAfter six years of building our incredible Microsoft Security business alongside my amazing team and colleagues, I want to share that I have made the decision to leave Microsoft. This decision comes from a place of gratitude, joy, fullness and optimism for the future. I am so proud of the world-class organization we have built. ♥️ It’s been an epic journey - six years ago, we formed our Security customer solution area and the growth and impact of Microsoft Security over these past years has been incredible -as we built the #1 security business in the world while keeping our mission of building a safer world for all at the heart of it. Being a part of that journey has been one of the great honors of my life. Still, the most glorious achievement in my mind will always be our people and our culture. I am so very proud of our team and how they have led with purpose, empathy, optimism and fierce determination to deliver on our critical mission of security for all. Thank YOU to our amazing team. ♥️ In addition to my amazing team and colleagues, I want to give special thanks to our wonderful customers, partners, and security community, who have been a constant source of inspiration for me and who have brought meaning to my work every single day. I have loved meeting and getting to know each and every one of you - – thank you for your trust and commitment! Some special callouts – Thank You to Satya Nadella and Takeshi Numoto for the opportunity of a lifetime; to Brad Smith and Charlie Bell for their deep sponsorship and to Judson Althoff, Jay Parikh, Kathleen Hogan, Rajesh Jha, Amy Hood and Amy Coleman for their incredible support across the years! And a massive thank you to my leadership team who has been in this journey through it all. ♥️ I am excited about what the future holds for everyone – as a forever optimist, I have every confidence that it will be a remarkable one. I’ll leave you with a quote - "You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” – Andre Gide Here’s to amazing new oceans! ♥️
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Adwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisAdwait Joshi (AJ) liked thisToday marks my last day at Darktrace , and I’m feeling all the feels. The past two years have been an incredible chapter. I had the privilege of working on a mission I genuinely believed in — helping organizations defend themselves against some of the most sophisticated threats in the world. The work was meaningful, the technology was genuinely impressive, and the people I worked alongside were some of the sharpest and most passionate I’ve ever met. I’m proud of what we, the PMM team, built together — from multiple Gartner Magic Quadrant recognitions ( 2x Leaders!) to some of the biggest go-to-market moments of the year. A special thank you to Chris Kozup for the opportunity to be part of the marketing organization and for his leadership during a pivotal chapter for Darktrace. I leave with deep respect for the Darktrace brand and everything the team continues to do. To everyone I worked with at Darktrace, a heartfelt THANK YOU. You made this journey worthwhile. Onward. 🚀
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