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April 1, 2026
Your Next EA Renewal: Why Your M365 Roadmap Is Key

Your M365 roadmap is your most powerful negotiating tool. Here’s how to use it to play licensing Tetris.

March 26, 2026
Major M365 Copilot Changes Coming April 15

Get ready for new Copilot naming, plus Office App Chat reductions for larger tenants.

March 23, 2026
Is Microsoft Office Dead?

Could AI end up making the core Office apps infrastructure replaceable?

March 12, 2026
What We Know (and Don’t) About M365 E7

Beyond the known price tag and release date, there are still a lot of E7 unknowns.

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Jeff Parker

Jeff Parker oversees Directions on Microsoft’s publishing and training businesses. He also advises clients on… more

Dean Bedwell Dean Bedwell

Dean Bedwell works with organizations to optimize their Microsoft licensing agreements. He also trains organizations… more

Rob Horwitz Rob Horwitz

Rob Horwitz analyzes and writes about Microsoft licensing programs and product licensing rules. He also… more

Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley

Mary Jo Foley is the Editor in Chief at Directions on Microsoft. Before joining Directions,… more

Andrew Snodgrass Andrew Snodgrass

Andrew analyzes and writes about Microsoft’s data management, business intelligence, and machine learning solutions, as… more

Jim Gaynor Jim Gaynor

Jim leads the Directions on Microsoft editorial team and has been writing about technology since… more

Greg DeMichillie

Greg brings with him over two decades of engineering, product and GTM experience. He has… more

Wes Miller Wes Miller

Wes Miller analyzes and writes about Microsoft’s security, identity management, and systems management technologies. Before… more

Barry Briggs Barry Briggs

Before joining Directions on Microsoft in 2020, Barry worked at Microsoft for 12 years in… more

Michael Cherry

Michael analyzed and wrote about Microsoft’s operating systems, including the Windows client OS, as well… more

Rob Helm Rob Helm

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration services and client software. His 25-plus… more

Rob Sanfilippo Rob Sanfilippo

Before joining Directions on Microsoft, Rob worked at Microsoft for 14 years where he designed… more

David Berry

David specializes in SharePoint and Microsoft 365. He spent 25 years as a solution architect… more