Wes Miller analyzes and writes about Microsoft’s security, identity management, and systems management technologies.
Before joining Directions on Microsoft, Wes was a product manager and development manager for several Austin, TX, start-ups, including Winternals Software, acquired by Microsoft in 2006. Prior to that, Wes spent seven years at Microsoft working as a program manager in the Windows Core Operating System and MSN divisions.
Wes received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Latest Content by Wes Miller
In Brief
July 6, 2026 · by Wes Miller
AI Features Cut from Defender for Cloud to Enhance Agent 365
Several AI-related features have been removed from Defender for Cloud Apps and Defender for Cloud and added to E7’s Agent...
Analyst Report
Updated: June 29, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Entra ID Tenancy Strategies for Complex Organizations
Entra ID is the identity provider for almost all Microsoft 365 services. How it is initially deployed can have significant...
Analyst Report
Updated: June 28, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Find and Secure Local AI Tools with Defender for Endpoint
Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 will soon include capabilities to help discover and protect a narrow but critical set of...
Analyst Report
June 27, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Entra Cloud Sync Replacing Connect Sync: What to Expect
Beginning in July 2026, Microsoft will begin working to transition customers from Connect Sync to Cloud Sync. Large customers have...
Sidebar
June 27, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Cloud Sync Feature Gaps Closing
The remaining feature gaps where Connect Sync offers capabilities Cloud Sync doesn’t are narrowing. Some are already addressed with workarounds,...
Analyst Report
Updated: June 26, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Windows Point-in-Time Restore Is Windows, Yesterday
Windows Point-in-Time Restore is a new feature of Windows 11 that should help customers recover more quickly from buggy updates or configuration...
Analyst Report
Updated: June 22, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Identity Manager: SP3 Arrives – Support Still Ends in 2029
Microsoft Identity Manager lets organizations integrate third-party identity systems and devices into Active Directory. It leaves support in 2029; customers...
Analyst Report
Updated: June 20, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Agent 365: Microsoft Attempts to Herd Your AI Agents
Microsoft Agent 365 offers a new set of capabilities that seeks to help organizations improve the overall management, security, and...
Analyst Report
Updated: June 20, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI
A new tier of Microsoft 365, E7, arrived May 1 and focuses almost entirely on AI and management of AI...
Analyst Report
April 29, 2026 · by Wes Miller
What Data Does Azure Arc Share with Microsoft?
Azure Arc provides an increasingly critical Azure-based management framework for customers to use with Azure-external resources, but customers should understand...