Microsoft has already done some connecting of devices, including a service that lets Xbox and Zune users share media between the devices via the Web.

That model can also be extended to broaden the way that enterprises connect devices, he said. For example, a mobile user could take a photograph and use the picture in a project the user is working on via a PC and the Web, he said.

Ozzie also touched on two other principles guiding the work at Microsoft, including getting the mix of software and services right and moving away from "monolithic" programs to fragmented pieces of software that end-users can choose to use as appropriate.

Virtualization is another area that Microsoft thinks will be increasingly important. "Within the enterprise, virtualization is the simplest and most straightforward way to make the best use of data center resources," he said.

Ozzie also praised the work the MVPs do in providing feedback to Microsoft. The software industry "used to be so supply constrained," he said. "You could build almost anything and there'd be an audience waiting for it." Today, however, there's an abundance of software and services that users can choose from. That means Microsoft's challenge is to better understand what users want in order to best target their needs, he said.

About 4,000 technology experts make up Microsoft's MVP program. Nearly 1,800 of them met this week in Seattle at an annual summit.