Wes Miller

Wes Miller

Analyst

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

  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
June 19, 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
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...
  Analyst Report
Updated: April 16, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages Unmanaged Windows 11 PCs now automatically enable Quick Machine Recovery, a  feature that can recover unbootable PCs after an incident...
  Analyst Report
April 13, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Azure Lockbox Helps Customers Control Data Access by Microsoft Azure Lockbox is a free feature that’s intended to help customers manage any access to their Azure tenancy by Microsoft...
  Analyst Report
Updated: April 12, 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...
  Analyst Report
Updated: April 12, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Microsoft 365 Education: Differs from Enterprise by Degrees Microsoft 365 Education offers a collection of suites that largely mirror Microsoft 365 Enterprise suites, with nuanced differences, plus a...
  Analyst Report
Updated: April 10, 2026 · by Wes Miller
Azure: Know Reservations Customers can save money on Azure by committing in advance to pay, but miscalculating can waste significant amounts of money.