"As the digital and physical worlds come together, we are creating an entirely new platform layer, which is the metaverse," Nadella said during the company's annual 'Ignite 2021' conference.
He also emphasised on the need for a "social contract" between the government, private sector and the broad civic society that allows creation of harmony to navigate changes together.
The tech giant unveiled new Cloud technologies during the event as it competes against AWS, Google and others in the $25 billion global market for data analytics and business intelligence.
More professionals are turning to LinkedIn Learning to increase their knowledge capital, watching more than 1 million hours of content each week -- more than double the amount a year ago.