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On Wednesday, Microsoft veteran executive Peter Lee announced he will leave the company. For years, he has led Microsoft's internal research division. Lee is one of several senior Microsoft executives to announce departures this year. Since the start of the year, Rajesh Jha, who heads the Office and Windows businesses, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer, Chief Communications Officer Frank Shaw, and security chief Charlie Bell have all announced plans to leave. Peter Lee joined Microsoft in 2010 and helped lead a research division with about 1,500 scientists. The division focuses on research in multiple areas related to Microsoft's businesses, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, search, robotics, and cryptography. These research results have spawned several new Microsoft products, including the quantum computing chip Microsoft launched last year, which the company says could shape the future of computing.