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Directions on Microsoft

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Independent IT planning and EA negotiation service focused exclusively on Microsoft since 1992.

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Welcome to the new Directions on Microsoft Twitter account! (Our previous channels @On_MS_Products and @On_MS_Licensing are being subsumed here.) Directions provides info on Microsoft enterprise products, roadmaps and licensing. I (@maryjofoley) will be your curator in chief.

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. Welcome to the new Directions on Microsoft Twitter account! (Our previous channels @On_MS_Products and @On_MS_Licensing are being subsumed here.) Directions provides info on Microsoft enterprise products, roadmaps and licensing. I (@maryjofoley) will be your curator in chief.

What's going to be big at Microsoft's Ignite conference this week? Here are Directions' Top 10 picks -- the announcements that could impact enterprise customers and partners moving forward into 2026: directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsoft-igni… #MSTech #MSLicensing


Microsoft is expected to take the next step toward its promise of agents becoming digital workers with its 'Agent 365' platform: directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsofts-age… #MSTech #MSLicensing

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. Microsoft is expected to take the next step toward its promise of agents becoming digital workers with its 'Agent 365' platform: directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsofts-age… #MSTech #MSLicensing

New Directions podcast is now available. Everything you wanted to know (or SHOULD want to know) about Microsoft ESUs with Directions' Jim Gaynor, Rob Helm and @maryjofoley: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/micro… #MSTech #MSLicensing

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. New Directions podcast is now available. Everything you wanted to know (or SHOULD want to know) about Microsoft ESUs with Directions' Jim Gaynor, Rob Helm and @maryjofoley: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/micro… #MSTech #MSLicensing

Here's Microsoft's preliminary post-incident review for the Oct. 29 multi-hour Azure outage. It was not a good day for Azure Front Door and all the Azure services it touched: azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/h… #MSTech


Microsoft is dropping support for Office Online Server as of Dec. 31, 2026. Microsoft's recommended replacement (no surprise): Microsoft 365, which includes web-based versions of Word, Excel, PPT, OneNote: theregister.com/2025/10/22/mic… #MSLicensing

theregister.com

Microsoft puts Office Online Server on the chopping block

: The end is nigh, now get thee to 365


That plan for rolling out Auto-archiving for Exchange Online starting Oct. 15 -- which Microsoft postponed due to negative customer feedback -- is back on again, but not until Jan. 2026. Public preview to start Nov. 15, 2025: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/… #MSTech


The product formerly known as "Copilot for Finance" (and also later as "Finance Agents") is now generally available. The newest name might be Finance solution for M365 Copilot (?): microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics… #MSTech


What's happening with Microsoft Exchange? Get caught up with our new podcast now out with special guest @12Knocksinna, Directions analyst Rob Helm and @maryjofoley: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/whats… #MSTech

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. What's happening with Microsoft Exchange? Get caught up with our new podcast now out with special guest @12Knocksinna, Directions analyst Rob Helm and @maryjofoley: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/whats… #MSTech

New post from Directions analyst @BarryBriggs: Enterprise Semantic Layer: The Missing Link for AI (and Microsoft)? directionsonmicrosoft.com/cto-talk-the-e… #MSTech

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. New post from Directions analyst @BarryBriggs:  Enterprise Semantic Layer: The Missing Link for AI (and Microsoft)? directionsonmicrosoft.com/cto-talk-the-e… #MSTech

With Windows 10 hitting end of support this week, Microsoft is trying to make Windows 11 more appealing by adding more AI features. If you loved "Hey Cortana," you might love "Hey Copilot." And if not, probably not... blogs.windows.com/windowsexperie… #MSTech


New M365 Copilot offering for academic customers (educators, staff, students) coming in Dec. 2025 at $18 per user per month (instead of the usual $30 for M365 Copilot): microsoft.com/en-us/educatio… #MSLicensing


For those needing a refresher (or introduction), here's a bit on Microsoft's newest CEO, Judson Althoff, who now heads up the giant Microsoft commercial business: directionsonmicrosoft.com/know-your-micr… #MSTech

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. For those needing a refresher (or introduction), here's a bit on Microsoft's newest CEO, Judson Althoff, who now heads up the giant Microsoft commercial business: directionsonmicrosoft.com/know-your-micr… #MSTech

As of Nov. 1, Microsoft will be renaming its M365 E5 mini-suites. M365 E5 Security is now the Microsoft Defender Suite. M365 E5 Compliance is now the Microsoft Purview Suite: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-… #MSTech #MSLicensing


For clarity's sake: M365 Premium is NOT M365 E7. M365 "Premium," the just announced $20 per user per month subscription aimed at ChatGPT Plus, is a new consumer bundle: microsoft.com/en-us/microsof… #MSTech #MSLicensing


ICYMI: Microsoft is making Anthropic’s Claude a new option in Microsoft 365 Copilot. It also is starting to make good on more of its agent promises: directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsoft-begi… #MSTech #MSLicensing


Microsoft is rolling out the net phase of its app-marketplace strategy by unifying AppSource, its Agent Store and Azure Marketplace into a new unified storefront called Microsoft Marketplace: blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/2… #MSTech


Happening today at 1 pm ET

Coming up Sept. 25, 1 PM ET: @maryjofoley will be hosting Directions on Microsoft's Dean Bedwell for an Ask Us Anything on Microsoft contract negotiations. Get your questions answered in real time during this LinkedIn Live event. More info: linkedin.com/events/microso… #MSLicensing

DirectionsMSFT's tweet image. Coming up Sept. 25, 1 PM ET: @maryjofoley will be hosting Directions on Microsoft's Dean Bedwell for an Ask Us Anything on Microsoft contract negotiations. Get your questions answered in real time during this LinkedIn Live event. More info: linkedin.com/events/microso… #MSLicensing


No final deprecation date yet, but Microsoft is encouraging users to get off of Teams Live Events and move to Teams Town Hall. Admins should set policies to make sure Town Hall is enabled. More info in M365 Message Center MC1154302 and learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsof… #MSTech


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