It is official and Vadi beat me to the announcement thanks to an email I had sent him. If you haven't already clicked the link to Vadivel's blog, don't. Read further.

I am super, super excited!!! It is practically a dream come true in a way!!!

I am joining Microsoft India as Windows Live Developer Evangelist, starting next month.  My role will include a lot of developer community interaction and working with the latest technologies.  More than that, I will be part of a team that has a lot of geniuses, so it will be a fun environment. Moreover, I will be moving lines from eight years in services with projects, timelines, deadlines, requirements, tracking, process, metrics and the like! 

At this point, a huge load of thanks to Divya (my lovely wife) for the tremendous support in helping me make the decision and then throughout the interview process (love you!!).  Thanks to family and a few close friends who knew a while ago and played the all-important role of providing moral support. Special thanks to some friends in Microsoft who provided insight into the role and guidance for making the decisions easier.

Thanks also to all the friends who for the past eight years have always kind of assumed that this would be an eventuality, who wished for it, who asked me time and again when I would do this, etc.  So here it is guys - I am joining Microsoft!!! 

In Pooja's style, Woo Hoo!!!!!