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

Roadmap

Updated: October 7, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Data Explorer Roadmap Azure Data Explorer is a cloud service that helps query and analyze large-scale data streams, such as Web and application...

Roadmap

Updated: October 7, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

AI Services Roadmap Roadmap for AI Services.

Roadmap

Updated: October 6, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

SQL Managed Instance Roadmap Azure SQL Managed Instance is a PaaS database management offering based on SQL Server's latest database engine that closely resembles...

Roadmap

Updated: October 6, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

SQL Database Roadmap Roadmap for Azure SQL Database, a multitenant relational database management service hosted in Azure.

Roadmap

Updated: October 6, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Database Services for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB Roadmap Roadmap for the Azure Database Services, which host open-source products, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB.

Roadmap

Updated: October 1, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Azure Data Factory Roadmap: Losing Components Roadmap for Azure Data Factory, a hosted extract, transform, and load (ETL) service.

Roadmap

Updated: September 30, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Stream Analytics Roadmap Roadmap for Azure Stream Analytics, a high-speed data stream event processing solution available as a cloud service and as on-premises...

Roadmap

Updated: September 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

SQL Server Reporting Services Roadmap – End of the Road; Moving to Power BI Roadmap for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), a role in SQL Server, used to create traditional columnar business reports using...

Roadmap

Updated: September 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

SQL Server Analysis Services Roadmap – Helping Older Models and Building DAX Queries Roadmap for SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), a role in SQL Server, used to build complex data models used in...

Roadmap

Updated: September 29, 2025 · by Andrew Snodgrass

SQL Server Integration Services Roadmap – The Deprecations Mount Roadmap for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), a role in SQL Server, used to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data...