Microsoft no longer does performance reviews.

Connects are used to provide actionable feedback to employees rewards discussions communicate financial rewards based on impact. This happens once per year.

Impact is assessed via a spectrum of inputs including connects, peer feedback, external manager and partner feedback, assessment of deliverables, metrics, customer feedback and so on.

Managers do Connect discussions with their reports. The connect is a document initiated by the employee which also contains a response from the employee’s manager. This is a formal career checkin. It should be completed at least twice in every 12 month period, and ideally as often as every three months. Connects are a continual part of maanging your relationship with your manager and they form the permanent record that will be reviewed during career events. They should be a concise and complete record of an employee’s work over the connect period.

Rewards discussions cover the financial aspects of impact deliver...