David has over two decades of architecture and delivery experience across Fortune 1000 and public sector enterprises with Avanade, Booz Allen Hamilton, and EMC.
Prior to Directions, David spent ten years at Avanade where he led global and regional engineering teams and advised on technology strategy and adoption.
Latest Content by David Berry
Roadmap
Updated: June 12, 2026 · by David Berry
DevTest Labs
Azure DevTest Labs is a service for standardizing and governing development and test environments
Analyst Report
Updated: June 12, 2026 · by David Berry
M365 Copilot Adds Choice (and Risk) with Anthropic’s Claude
Microsoft partnered with Anthropic, adding its Claude’s Sonnet and Opus models to M365 Copilot.
Sidebar
June 12, 2026 · by David Berry
Where to Find Claude in M365 Copilot
Key places where Anthropic's Claude is used in M365 Copilot
Blog
June 5, 2026 · by David Berry
Microsoft’s AI Strategy: Platform Control Over Short–Term ROI
Microsoft is building out an operating model, not a product portfolio. And it’s making a bet on the enterprise AI...
Roadmap
Updated: June 4, 2026 · by David Berry
Other Runtimes and APIs Roadmap
Roadmap for Office Add-ins, Visual Basic 6.0, and other supported runtimes and APIs.
Roadmap
May 21, 2026 · by David Berry
Azure AI Search
The AI Search roadmap shows shifts to enterprise platform for AI workloads.
Analyst Report
May 21, 2026 · by David Berry
Foundry IQ: Know Your Risks
Foundry IQ is a management layer that gives agents access to consistent, governed enterprise information
Roadmap
May 8, 2026 · by David Berry
Foundry Agent Service
Foundry Agent Service provides a managed control plane for building, deploying, and operating AI agents
Roadmap
May 6, 2026 · by David Berry
Microsoft Foundry
Foundry is evolving rapidly in line with the growth of enterprise AI and agents.