Bill Gates is taking on a bigger role at Microsoft. Though hes stepping down from his role as chairman today, hell take up the role of a technology advisor to Microsofts new CEO, Satya Nadella. Ill have over a third of my time available to meet with product groups and itll be fun to define this next round of products working together. Though Gates has regularly said that hed prefer to spend more of his time working toward philanthropic projects than Microsoft, Nadella is said to have requested Gates assistance as he steps into his new role.