Podcasts

With more than 30 years of experience covering Microsoft, Directions on Microsoft provides unique perspectives about the shifts in Microsoft technologies, roadmaps and licensing policies that matter most to enterprise-size companies. Twice each month industry veteran Mary Jo Foley interviews a different Directions analyst for informed insights and advice to help you derive full value from your Microsoft investments.

August 17, 2022 . Season – 1 · Episode – 9 · Duration – 37m 25s Trusting Microsoft — Features, Updates and Security In this episode, Mary Jo Foley and Directions on Microsoft senior analyst Michael Cherry discuss who you should trust as speaking for Microsoft, and whether Windows 11 is the most secure version of Windows.

July 25, 2022 . Season – 1 · Episode – 8 · Duration – 24m 13s GitHub versus Azure DevOps: Is Panic Warranted? GitHub has received major Microsoft investments since it was acquired. It is now a centerpiece of Microsoft’s developer platform. Directions on Microsoft analyst Rob Sanfilippo joins Mary Jo Foley to discuss how GitHub will impact the future of Azure DevOps, how organizations can respond, and some new Azure services that organizational development teams should consider.

June 15, 2022 . Season – 1 · Episode – 7 · Duration – 30m 8s Five Things You Need to Know About Power Platform Power Platform, a set of low-code, easy to use development services from Microsoft are assuming a rapidly expanding role in many companies’ IT footprints. Analyst Joshua Trupin joins Mary Jo Foley to discuss some of the licensing traps and complexities that every company needs to know about before adopting these services.

May 16, 2022 . Season – 1 · Episode – 6 · Duration – 28m 7s Negotiating a Microsoft EA Mary Jo talks to veteran negotiator Dean Bedwell about Microsoft Enterprise Agreements