Microsoft must stop selling security as a premium offering
Microsoft charges extra for many core security and compliance features. What can customers do to try to minimize risk and save money?
What to know before you go Teams-less
Thinking of saving a few dollars by switching to a new 'no Teams' Microsoft 365/Office 365 subscription? Watch out for these potential gotchas.
Microsoft Fabric takes control of Power BI licensing
Directions on Microsoft analyst Andrew Snodgrass discusses the good, bad and ugly about Microsoft’s plans to change Power BI use-rights.
Azure SLAs: What customers need to know
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) can give customers some peace of mind regarding uptime guarantees. But there are lots of potential gotchas of which they should be aware.
Microsoft’s subscription-free, ‘perpetual’ Office LTSC 2024 to ship this year
Microsoft is readying an April preview of its next non-subscription version of Office, Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 2024. And it won't be the last perpetual Office client release.
Dynamics 365 rights in Power Apps Subscriptions: Changes on the horizon?
Directions on Microsoft analyst Andrew Snodgrass unearths a potentially pricey licensing change coming for Microsoft business app developers.
Microsoft Security Copilot to be available April 1 as a capacity-based service
Microsoft's newest AI assistant, Security Copilot, is meant to help security professionals evaluate and respond to threats more quickly.
Microsoft to support classic Outlook for Windows (for some) until at least 2029
Microsoft has a roadmap for its new Outlook app that involves adding more features and more users over time. Here’s what we know about its plans, as of now.
Buying new PCs has never been riskier
With the wave of 'AI PCs' poised to swamp us in 2024, the 'Let the buyer beware' watchword is more important than ever, says Directions on Microsoft analyst Michael Cherry.
CIO Talk: Don’t Forget the IT Fundamentals!
One in an occasional series on enterprise computing by Directions on Microsoft analyst Barry Briggs, former CTO of Microsoft’s IT unit.