Greg brings with him over two decades of engineering, product and GTM experience. He has held leadership positions at premier tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Adobe, as well as earlier growth-stage companies such as Twilio and Confluent.
At Microsoft he was involved in the initial creation and launch of Visual Studio as well as the .NET Framework.
At Google he led the product management team for the creation of Google Cloud Platform, growing annual revenue from a few tens of millions of dollars to over 10 billion dollars. He also helped create Google’s Office of the CTO, where he served as a strategic advisor to C-level executives at The Walt Disney Company, Spotify, and more.
Latest Content by Greg DeMichillie
Analyst Report
April 20, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
Azure Files Improves Performance, Syncing, and Pricing Flexibility
Azure Files (Microsoft’s cloud-hosted and fully managed file server) now offers improved performance and synchronization with on-premises systems, and a...
Analyst Report
April 10, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
Understanding Pricing: Consumption Versus Capacity
Customers adopting Microsoft’s cloud will come across four different pricing models. Two of them will be familiar to anyone well-versed...
Analyst Report
Updated: April 6, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
New Data Box Models Speed Ingestion
The Next Generation of Azure Data Box, Microsoft’s offline data transfer appliance, offers faster transfer speeds and lower costs, making...
Analyst Report
Updated: April 6, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
Migrating SQL Data Warehouse to Fabric: Compatibility Matters
Although it shares some code with SQL Server, Fabric supports only a subset of data types and query language capabilities...
Roadmap
March 24, 2025 · by Multiple Authors
Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap
Describes the components and services of Azure and on-premises datacenter components, including virtual machines, networking, and storage. It discusses the...
Analyst Report
Updated: March 3, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
How to Plan for VM Retirement
Staying ahead of Azure VM introductions and retirements is critical to managing costs and avoiding surprises.
Analyst Report
Updated: March 1, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
Optimizing VM Costs with Scaling
Matching resource consumption to actual demand is a useful way to control Azure VM costs; Autoscaling helps automate the process.
Webinar
February 20, 2025 · by Multiple Authors
What’s the Difference between Windows Server and Azure Local?
In this Webinar, Jim Gaynor & Greg DeMichillie discuss the latest versions of Microsoft’s on-premises server operating systems, Windows Server...
Analyst Report
Updated: February 10, 2025 · by Greg DeMichillie
Automation for Agent-based Hybrid Worker Jobs Ends April 1
Agent-based hybrid work jobs on Azure Automation are stopping on April 1. Customers must migrate to extension-based workers to keep...