Andrew Snodgrass

Andrew Snodgrass

Analyst

Andrew analyzes and writes about Microsoft's data management, business intelligence, and machine learning solutions, as well as aspects of licensing

Before joining Directions on Microsoft, Andrew was vice president of IT for a global Fortune 500 company, where he directed overall IT activities and strategy for the company‘s global operations, including work sharing and collaboration, application design and development, communications, data center operations, security, compliance, procurement, and vendor management. Andrew also started and sold an independent software firm specializing in disparate data integration, cleansing, and analysis.

Andrew received a B.B.A. in information systems from Boise State University and an M.B.A. from Colorado State University.

Latest Content by Andrew Snodgrass

  Analyst Report
November 3, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Azure SQL Managed Instance’s New Authentication Option to Help with Migrations Azure SQL Managed Instance now supports native Windows logins, removing the last migration barrier for legacy apps and enabling new...
  Roadmap
November 1, 2025 · by Multiple Authors
Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap Describes the near-term and long-term roadmaps for Microsoft database (proprietary and open-source), analytics, AI, and machine learning products. This roadmap...
  Roadmap
October 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
OneLake Roadmap Roadmap for OneLake, the core data management component in Microsoft Fabric.
  Roadmap
October 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Fabric Data Science Roadmap Roadmap for Fabric Data Science an environment where data scientists can explore data, cleanse and prep data, conduct experiments, and...
  Roadmap
October 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Fabric Data Factory Roadmap Roadmap for Fabric Data Factory, a service for creating data integration and transformation pipelines and processes, typically called extract, transform,...
  In Brief
October 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Azure Data Factory Deprecates Apache Airflow: Time to Migrate Apache Airflow, a popular open-source platform used to programmatically create, schedule, and monitor complex workflows, is being removed from Azure...
  Roadmap
October 20, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Fabric Overview Roadmap Roadmap for Fabric, an end-to-end data and analytics platform, built primarily on existing Azure services and Azure Data Lake Storage.
  Roadmap
October 20, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Fabric Data Engineering Roadmap Roadmap for Fabric Data Engineering, an Apache Spark development environment where data engineers can collect, store, and process large volumes...
  Roadmap
October 20, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Fabric Data Warehouse Roadmap Roadmap for Fabric Data Warehouse, a SQL-based database solution where developers can create and manage traditional relational data warehouses to...
  Roadmap
October 20, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass
Power BI Roadmap Roadmap for Power BI, Microsoft’s family of business intelligence offerings that include online and on-premises components.