In the month before 3 March 2014, Satya Nadella talked with many Microsoft employees in person, on Yammer and in groups in Redmond, Boston and Northern California.

Judge as of 3 March 2014. The claim has three parts: during the month before that date, Nadella talked with many employees (a) in person, (b) on Yammer, and (c) in groups in Redmond, Boston and Northern California. True: evidence such as internal memos, Microsoft announcements or contemporary reporting shows all of this. Mostly true: the engagement is documented, but one location or channel is not confirmed. Mixed: about half the venues or channels are confirmed. Mostly false: there was little employee engagement beyond Redmond. False: the evidence shows he did not hold these meetings, for example a schedule that contradicts the claim.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Microsoft employees give new CEO Satya Nadella a ‘12th man’ welcome - The Official Microsoft Blog The Official Microsoft Blog (Microsoft News Center staff) · 4 February 2014 Own record

   “On Tuesday morning, the Studio D building at Microsoft resembled a mini-version of Seattle’s Century Link Field, as hundreds of Microsoft employees swarmed around a small stage”

2. E2 Microsoft employees give new CEO Satya Nadella a ‘12th man’ welcome - The Official Microsoft Blog The Official Microsoft Blog (Microsoft News Center staff) · 4 February 2014 Own record

   “While the announcement in front of employees was brief – Nadella promised “plenty of opportunities to do more dialogue and Q&A’s” – he kicked off his new role with optimism”

E1, a Microsoft official blog post dated 4 February 2014 and titled as an employee welcome for Nadella, records that on "Tuesday morning" hundreds of employees gathered around a small stage at Microsoft's Studio D building. Together with E2, which describes Nadella's brief announcement in front of employees, that supports one in-person gathering with employees at a Microsoft building during the month in question; the evidence does not name the location, so it does not confirm Redmond, Boston, Northern California or Yammer. E2 says only that Nadella promised more dialogue and Q&A sessions later, and does not show that they took place. No evidence covers Yammer or meetings in Boston or Northern California, so most of the claim cannot be confirmed or ruled out.