Before joining Directions on Microsoft, Rob worked at Microsoft for 14 years where he designed technologies for Microsoft products and services, including Exchange Server, BizTalk Server, and Xbox Live.
Rob received a B.S. in electrical, computer, and systems engineering from Harvard University.
Latest Content by Rob Sanfilippo
Analyst Report
August 21, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Should Your Organization Buy Agent 365?
Several characteristics of an organization and its agent deployments determine whether Agent 365 is a good buy.
Roadmap
Updated: August 17, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Batch Roadmap
Azure Batch allows customers to distribute workloads over groups of VMs to leverage Azure's scalability and utility computing model to...
Roadmap
Updated: August 17, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Azure Terminology
Microsoft uses many specialized terms to describe aspects of Azure, and an understanding of the current terms can help organizations...
Roadmap
Updated: August 17, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Cost Management
Microsoft Cost Management is a free service that can help track, budget, forecast, generate alerts on, and optimize Azure spending...
Analyst Report
August 16, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Avoid Overspending on GitHub Copilot With Governance and Training
GitHub Copilot meters usage and can incur significantly higher costs; organizations should govern their spend, and users should be trained...
Roadmap
Updated: August 9, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Azure Government
Azure Government delivers Azure cloud services with isolation, security, and standards certification that aren’t offered on the public Azure cloud.
Analyst Report
August 7, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Cut Service Consumption Costs with Pre-Purchase Plans
Four Pre-Purchase Plans provide savings over PAYG on consumption-based services, such as agents, Foundry, Fabric, and GitHub, and selecting the...
Roadmap
Updated: August 3, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Advisor
Roadmap for Azure Advisor, which is a free service that offers recommendations to help administrators improve the operational and cost...
Roadmap
Updated: August 3, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Automanage
Azure Automanage, which is being discontinued on Sept. 30, 2027, configures and deploys common management tasks for Azure VMs and...
Roadmap
Updated: August 3, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Automation
Roadmap for Azure Automation, a service that helps automate deployment, management, and other repetitive IT processes.