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

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October 10, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Power BI The biggest risk is Power BI exposing too much data to AI, because agentic tools arrive before security and governance...

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October 9, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Fabric Warning: Copilot and AI agents are exposing sensitive data by default with governance and controls lagging.

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October 9, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Fabric Data Engineering The future is increasingly AI agent-driven with a noticeable shift away from traditional development tools.

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October 9, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Fabric Data Factory It's still expanding, but it's not ready for a full-scale lift-and-shift from other tools.

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October 8, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Fabric Data Warehouse The T-SQL gap is narrowing, but parity is not an option. Treat migrations as full refactoring projects.

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October 8, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Fabric Data Science New data agents are optimized to sound right rather than be right. The answer quality depends more on the semantic...

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October 7, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

SQL Server Integration Services Stay where you are. The risks of upgrading to SQL Server 2025 aren’t worth it unless the longer support timeline...

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October 7, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Fabric Real-Time Intelligence Like all Fabric components, restrict AI-agents until governance matures and is properly implemented.

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October 7, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Power BI Report Server PBIRS has a secure future on-premises—but Microsoft’s cloud analytics innovation will increase the functional gap over time.

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October 6, 2026 · by Andrew Snodgrass

Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra The service has a future built on stability and portability—but customers should expect evolution, not innovation.