The Directions on Microsoft Briefing
Technology 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 drive full value from your Microsoft investments.
Location:
United States
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Technology Podcasts
Description:
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 drive full value from your Microsoft investments.
Language:
English
Contact:
206-755-0408
Episodes
More Microsoft End-of-Life Meteors Appear on the Horizon
4/25/2024
There's a new wave of end-of-life Microsoft product meteors coming for your organization. Directions on Microsoft analyst Joshua Trupin talks with Mary Jo Foley about what to watch out for in 2025 and beyond, including new, pricey, Pay As You Go options -- and how customers can try to blunt the impact.
Duration:00:30:30
Windows Server 2025: What you need to know
4/17/2024
Windows Server is back! Directions on Microsoft analyst Jim Gaynor and Mary Jo Foley delve into the new features and capabilities coming with Windows Server 2025 worth knowing about, including new Active Directory and security features, GPU partitioning for Hyper-V, hotpatching – and the Azure services you need to use them.
Duration:00:30:00
Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp Lessons Learned
4/17/2024
Mary Jo Foley interviews veteran Directions analyst Wes Miller, who shares surprising insights gained teaching customers how to navigate the Microsoft licensing maze for more than a decade. From over-licensing and under-licensing to underestimating Microsoft's revenue drive, you’ll learn the important do’s and don’ts of effective Microsoft licensing.
Duration:00:26:00
Cloud Repatriation! A Directions on Microsoft Brainstorm
4/17/2024
Directions analysts Jim Gaynor, Rob Sanfilippo and Andrew Snodgrass debate when, how, and why customers might want to move some (or even all) of their workloads and apps from the cloud back to on-premises.
Duration:00:56:00
Windows Server 2025: What you need to know
3/28/2024
Windows Server is back, baby! Directions on Microsoft analyst Jim Gaynor and Mary Jo Foley delve into a lot of the new goodies coming with Windows Server 2025. Hotpatching, new Active Directory and security features, GPU partitioning for Hyper-V and more are slated to arrive later this year. Here's what IT pros need to know.
Duration:00:30:09
Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp Lessons Learned
3/18/2024
Mary Jo interviews veteran Directions analyst Wes Miller, who shares surprising insights gained teaching customers how to navigate the Microsoft licensing maze for more than a decade. From over-licensing and under-licensing to underestimating Microsoft's revenue drive, you’ll learn the important do’s and don’ts of effective Microsoft licensing.
Duration:00:25:44
What's on the Azure Roadmap
2/22/2024
Directions on Microsoft analyst Rob Sanfilippo talks with Mary Jo Foley about how the Directions' twice-yearly Azure roadmap comes together. The two compare notes on the latest Azure trends and hot buttons. Plus, Rob takes the Azure codename challenge (and loses).
Duration:00:28:12
Subscriptions! A Directions on Microsoft Brainstorm
2/13/2024
Directions analysts Michael Cherry, Jim Gaynor, and Wes Miller dive into how subscriptions have transformed Microsoft business model and what it means for Microsoft customers, both now and in the future.
Duration:00:52:05
Thinking about Data
1/26/2024
Directions analysts Barry Briggs and Andrew Snodgrass talk with Mary Jo about the hype and the reality surrounding database systems this episode of the Directions podcast. Are organizations any closer to harnessing the power of data now than before? What works and what doesn't when it comes to data-management strategies?
Duration:00:39:54
Copilots! A Directions on Microsoft Brainstorm
12/21/2023
In our first Brainstorm episode, Mary Jo Foley, Andy Snodgrass, Rob Sanfilippo, and Barry Briggs discuss the avalanche of Copilots announced by Microsoft, whether they’ll live up to the marketing hype, and what they mean to enterprises and to enterprise users.
Duration:00:55:18
Microsoft EA Negotiation Podcast: Levers
12/8/2023
In the last episode of the Directions on Microsoft EA podcast series, Mary Jo Foley quizzes former Microsoft negotiator Dean Bedwell about common Microsoft negotiation traps customers should avoid and the negotiation levers they can apply to optimize their EA renewal outcomes.
Duration:00:21:32
Microsoft Roadmap: What was hot in 2023 and will matter in 2024
11/29/2023
Our panel of Directions on Microsoft analysts talk enterprise product and licensing hot buttons for 2023 and what will be top-of-mind in 2024 -- and answer customer questions.
Duration:01:10:41
Executive Focus: Microsoft's Seismic Shift to AI
11/7/2023
After years of promoting "Cloud, Cloud, Cloud," Microsoft has shifted to "AI, AI, AI." Mary Jo and former Microsoft CTO Barry Briggs put Microsoft’s big bet on AI into perspective by comparing it to its other strategic initiatives – past, present, and future.
Duration:00:30:46
Microsoft EA Negotiation Podcast Series: Discounts and Concessions
10/13/2023
In episode five of the Directions on Microsoft EA Negotiation podcast series, Mary Jo Foley talks with former Microsoft negotiator Dean Bedwell about the top pricing, business, and legal concessions every Microsoft customer should ask for and the best way to negotiate for them.
Duration:00:26:13
Keeping Up with Teams Phone
9/18/2023
Think you know all about Microsoft's telephony services in Teams? In this episode, Directions analyst Jim Gaynor talks with Mary Jo Foley about the Teams Phone use cases, licensing requirements and more. Whether you're replacing your organization's phone system or looking for the best way to dial into a Teams meeting, Jim has you covered.
Duration:00:25:14
Microsoft EA Negotiation Podcast Series – Negotiation
8/30/2023
In this fourth installment of a series covering Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EAs), Directions on Microsoft's director of advisory services and former Microsoft negotiator Dean Bedwell shares his top tips and tricks for a successful EA negotiation.
Duration:00:27:23
Fourteen Years of Microsoft Licensing Rule Changes: Looking Back and Forward
8/10/2023
Directions analysts Rob Horwitz and Wes Miller talk with Mary Jo Foley about what they've learned about Microsoft licensing after delivering more than one hundred Licensing Boot Camps over the past fourteen years. You learn what’s changed – and what never seems to change – about Microsoft licensing programs and rules. You’ll also find out about upcoming changes and the implications for Microsoft customers.
Duration:00:38:30
Microsoft EA Negotiation Podcast Series - Analysis
7/27/2023
In this third installment of a series covering Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (EAs), Mary Jo Foley discusses the analysis phase of a successful EA negotiation with senior Directions on Microsoft negotiator Steve Kelley.
Duration:00:23:57
How to Keep Up with Microsoft
7/13/2023
Microsoft's products, priorities, and strategies never stop changing. In this episode, Directions analyst and former Microsoft CTO for IT Barry Briggs interviews veteran Microsoft watcher and Directions editor in chief Mary Jo Foley about the strategy she’s used to track big shifts at Microsoft for more than 30 years.
Duration:00:29:36
When Should You Walk Away from a Microsoft Product?
7/4/2023
When Microsoft stops investing, you should, too. Mary Jo Foley talks with Directions on Microsoft analyst Wes Miller about how to know when it's time to walk away from Microsoft technologies. He also identifies key Microsoft technologies you may being using that are already on that list.
Duration:00:29:11