Satya Nadella's annual letter to Microsoft shareholders reflects on connecting what technology can do with what the world needs.

Judge as of 2022-10-27, against Satya Nadella's shareholder letter in Microsoft's 2022 Annual Report. True: the letter exists and includes a reflection on Microsoft's opportunity and responsibility to connect what technology can do with what the world needs it to do (or equivalent wording). Mostly true: the letter discusses this theme in substance (technology's capability matched to the world's needs) but with materially different phrasing, or only one of 'opportunity' or 'responsibility' is framed. Mixed: the theme appears only in passing. Mostly false: the letter exists but does not address this theme, which appears only in other communications. False: no such annual shareholder letter by Nadella exists for that year.

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1. E1 ‘World in 2022 looks nothing like the world in 2019,’ says Satya Nadella in annual letter - BusinessToday BusinessToday · 28 October 2022

   “Microsoft aims to align its purpose and actions to the world’s problems, and aims to deliver innovation to drive broad economic growth.”

2. E2 ‘World in 2022 looks nothing like the world in 2019,’ says Satya Nadella in annual letter - BusinessToday BusinessToday · 28 October 2022

   “There is no more powerful input than digital technology to drive the world’s economic output,” he said.”

3. E3 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses Xbox, Windows, inclusion, and more Windows Central · 27 October 2022

   “On Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published his annual letter to shareholders.”

4. E4 Microsoft Annual Report 2022 Microsoft Own record

   “Microsoft is a technology company whose mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.”

E3 independently confirms that Nadella published his annual letter to shareholders on 27 October 2022, and E4 is Microsoft's 2022 Annual Report. E1 is an independent summary of the letter. It says Microsoft aims to align its purpose and actions to the world's problems and to deliver innovation that drives economic growth, and E2 quotes the letter linking digital technology to the world's economic output. Together these show the letter covers the theme of matching what technology can do to what the world needs. None of the quotes shows the claim's exact 'opportunity and responsibility' wording, which fits the 'mostly true' level of the criteria.