Site Updates – What’s New This Week? Catch up on everything new on our site! In this video, we highlight the latest updates including: Stay up to date and make the most of your membership!
SQL Server 2016 and 2017 are leaving Extended support in the not-too-distant future. Directions’ analyst Andrew Snodgrass shares his preparation checklist in this episode with Mary Jo Foley.
Site Updates – What’s New This Week? Catch up on everything new on our site! In this video, we highlight the latest updates including: Stay up to date and make the most of your membership!
In this inaugural episode of the TSG podcast, Directions’ Barry Briggs, along with industry analysts George Gilbert and Peter O’Kelly, discuss Microsoft’s strategies in AI and beyond for 2026.
Microsoft’s one-pointed AI focus may be clouding what your company really wants and needs. Directions analyst Jim Gaynor shares with Mary Jo Foley some ideas for fighting back.
Site Updates – What’s New This Week? Catch up on everything new on our site! In this video, we highlight the latest updates including: Stay up to date and make the most of your membership!
Microsoft is bundling more separately priced features with Microsoft 365 SKUs, making the imminent inevitability of an E7 less likely. Directions analyst Wes Miller talks through the details and customer impact with Mary Jo Foley.
As similar AI strategies and non-exclusive partnerships proliferate, are there still reasons to choose Azure over AWS (or vice versa)? Duckbill’s Corey Quinn joins Directions’ Wes Miller and Mary Jo Foley to debate the topic.
The Directions on Microsoft analysts assess recent changes and key trends in Microsoft’s enterprise technology roadmap. We look back at the most impactful announcements of 2025 and make predictions about what will matter in 2026.
As Microsoft transitions more customers off Enterprise Agreements and onto MCAs, orgs need to be aware of some potentially costly changes they may incur. Directions’ lead negotiator Dean Bedwell shares with Mary Jo Foley the biggest gotchas.
Directions on Microsoft’s chief negotiator Dean Bedwell shares licensing and negotiation trends (along with a few tips) with Mary Jo Foley in our year-end wrap.
There’s been lots going on with Exchange lately, ranging from feature retirements, to AI and security infusions, to a new subscription edition. Catch up on all the latest in this episode with special guest MVP and Redmond & Associates founder Tony Redmond, Directions analyst Rob Helm and Mary Jo Foley.