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
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.
Roadmap
Updated: April 29, 2026 · by Multiple Authors
Business Applications Roadmap
The Business Applications Roadmap describes Microsoft products (on-premises software and cloud services) that provide traditional business functionality like collaboration, email,...
Analyst Report
April 27, 2026 · by David Berry
Dual‑Model Researcher: OpenAI Meets Anthropic
OpenAI and Anthropic work together while Computer Use works on behalf of the user.
Analyst Report
April 15, 2026 · by David Berry
SharePoint’s New UI Is All About AI
SharePoint’s new interface (May 2026) embeds AI, amplifying M365 Copilot's value and risk of content.
Blog
March 26, 2026 · by David Berry
Major M365 Copilot Changes Coming April 15
Get ready for new Copilot naming and access tiers, plus Office App Chat reductions for larger tenants.