Wes Miller analyzes and writes about Microsoft’s security, identity management, and systems management technologies.
Before joining Directions on Microsoft, Wes was a product manager and development manager for several Austin, TX, start-ups, including Winternals Software, acquired by Microsoft in 2006. Prior to that, Wes spent seven years at Microsoft working as a program manager in the Windows Core Operating System and MSN divisions.
Wes received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Latest Content by Wes Miller
Roadmap
Updated: February 21, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Configuration Manager Roadmap
Roadmap for Configuration Manager, which allows deployment, inventorying, and updating of Windows and Windows Server software.
Roadmap
Updated: February 21, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management Roadmap
The Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management Roadmap provides information about services that help to keep data, client endpoints, and infrastructure...
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft Defender for Identity Roadmap
Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the cloud applications accessed by their users...
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Purview eDiscovery & Audit Roadmap
Purview eDiscovery & Audit is a collection of Microsoft-hosted services intended to help organizations meet their legal- and regulatory-compliance requirements....
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Purview Insider Risk Management Roadmap
Purview Insider Risk Management helps ensure employee activity remains compliant with existing regulations and policies.
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Entra ID Roadmap
Entra ID is a multitenant identity and access management (IAM) service hosted by Microsoft. The service has one free and...
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Intune Roadmap
Intune is a Microsoft-hosted service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and application management for mobile devices and PCs.
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Roadmap
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers two tiers of service that help prevent and assess security incidents in Office 365...
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Roadmap
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on Windows and macOS clients. More...
Roadmap
Updated: February 18, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Roadmap
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the cloud applications accessed by their...