Steve Downs
Principal Product Manager, Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, & Remote Desktop Servicds at Microsoft
Aldie, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Downs is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft with deep expertise in cloud-based VDI and remote desktop technologies, currently leading Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop efforts for Azure Local. With a two-decade career that spans hands-on engineering, enterprise architecture at Citrix, and large-scale VDI deployments supporting hundreds of thousands of users in air-gapped government environments, he blends product strategy with operational rigor. He has repeatedly moved between technical leadership and customer-facing roles—designing architectures, mentoring teams, and presenting at industry conferences—bringing practical insights into secure, scalable desktop virtualization. Based in Aldie, Virginia, he’s known for turning complex compliance and isolation requirements into deployable solutions and for thriving in high-stakes government and enterprise contexts.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Hampden-Sydney CollegeNorthern Virginia Community CollegeFlint Hill School
Github Skills (20)
microsoft10
microsoft-azure10
azure10
hyper-v9
blueprint9
virtual-desktop9
governance9
azure-blueprints8
desktop7
apply7
azure-functions6
maintenance6
vdi5
windows-desktop4
windows-service4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SteveD-MSFT/azure-docs
Jan 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 5 months
SteveD-MSFT/SteveDownsOnMSFT
Aug 2022 - Jul 2024
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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