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
Roadmap
Updated: July 6, 2026 · by Multiple Authors
Application Platforms Roadmap
Describes the components and services available in Azure and on-premises for creating and deploying applications.
Roadmap
Updated: July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Application Insights
Roadmap for Application Insights, which is a part of Azure Monitor that uses telemetry to monitor applications running in development,...
Roadmap
Updated: July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Azure App Testing
Roadmap for Azure App Testing, which is a service that combines the Azure Load Testing service and Azure Playwright Workspaces...
Roadmap
Updated: July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Maps Roadmap
Roadmap of Azure Maps, which provides geospatial data through rendered maps and APIs.
Roadmap
Updated: July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Azure Managed Applications
Roadmap of Azure Managed Applications, which is a model for deploying application instances in Azure that remain under control of...
Roadmap
Updated: July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
App Configuration
Roadmap of Azure App Configuration, which stores application metadata for applications hosted in Azure or elsewhere.
Roadmap
July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Power Apps Roadmap
Power Apps is a visual application development environment for makers to create hosted applications that can present data for viewing...
Roadmap
July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Power Automate
Roadmap for Power Automate, which is a visual application development environment for makers to develop simple to moderately complex workflows...
Roadmap
July 5, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Power Pages
Roadmap for Power Pages, which allows the creation and hosting of some types of Web sites (typically externally facing) without...
Roadmap
Updated: June 28, 2026 · by Rob Sanfilippo
Deployment Environments
Roadmap for the Azure Deployment Environments service, which helps development teams repeatably provision Azure resources to host Azure applications for...