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
Roadmap
Updated: October 7, 2026 · by Wes Miller
System Center
The System Center software suite supports numerous on-premises and cloud server management and monitoring tasks. Some roles can also be...
Sidebar
October 4, 2026 · by Wes Miller
What Is Project Perception?
Project Perception, currently in preview, is a Security Copilot agent-based infrastructure (referred to by Microsoft as “agentic defense”) intended to...
Analyst Report
October 4, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft Investing Little on AI in Its Own Management Services
Microsoft’s investments to add AI technologies to its own Microsoft 365 governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management services have been...
Analyst Report
September 25, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft 365 G7 Government Suite: A Release in Progress
Microsoft 365 G7—the government equivalent of the AI-centric E7 bundle—begins arriving Oct. 1, but only for Government Community Cloud (GCC)...
Analyst Report
Updated: September 21, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box?
Microsoft 365 Government offers regulatory compliance, but at the cost of missing features, which are hard to track and ultimately...
Sidebar
Updated: September 21, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Beyond E5—What's in GCC?
Sidebar discusses key Microsoft 365 services that many organizations may be pressured to license in commercial, and whether they are...
Roadmap
September 21, 2026 · 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: September 21, 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: September 21, 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
September 14, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast
The AI governance features offered by Microsoft’s compliance, identity, security, and systems management services are evolving and changing almost as...