Microsoft exec says firm committed to diversity, inclusivity

"We can only do that successfully when we focus on including everyone and that's where diversity inclusion comes in," Maquera added.

As the world's largest software company and the leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications, he said that Microsoft also provided "parental and caregiver leave for all employees regardless of gender, pandemic leave, fertility and adoption support, and disability accommodations and support," among others.