Directions on Microsoft @DirectionsMSFT
Independent IT planning and EA negotiation service focused exclusively on Microsoft since 1992. Joined February 2023-
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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
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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
Microsoft is adding Anthropic's Claude models as another option (beyond OpenAI's models) to M365 Copilot. Starting today, Claude will show up as an option in Researcher Agent and in Copilot Studio (with more options to come): microsoft.com/en-us/microsof… #MSTech
Coming in Oct., new licensing changes instigated by Broadcom will force customers to bring their own licenses to VMware hosting from Microsoft and other providers: directionsonmicrosoft.com/broadcom-inser… #MSLicensing #MSTech
New podcast now available. Directions on Microsoft Senior Consultant Steve Kelley shares his Microsoft contract escalation dos, don'ts, (and a few war stories) with @maryjofoley: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/micro… #MSLicensing
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
Copilot Chat is coming to almost all Microsoft 365 commercial subscribers -- even those without a full M365 Copilot license. What will this mean for you? directionsonmicrosoft.com/a-copilot-chat…
ICYMI: Starting in Oct., the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will be automatically installed on Windows devices that have Microsoft 365 desktop apps, unless administrators opt out: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/… #MSTech
Microsoft is rebranding and repricing some of the products it had been selling as individual Copilots beginning in Oct. 2025: directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsoft-is-f… #MSLicensing #MSTech
New podcast now available. PwC Principal James Farhat joins Directions analyst @BarryBriggs and @maryjofoley to discuss lessons from the field around Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/enter… #MSTech
Starting Nov. 1, Microsoft is dropping the programmatic discounts that were baked into its volume-licensing agreements. But price hikes are just one result. Directions' lead negotiator Dean Bedwell explains all to @maryjofoley in this episode: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/get-r… #MSLicensing
What are open-source language models and what do they mean for enterprise usage and applications? Directions on Microsoft analyst @BarryBriggs takes a look: directionsonmicrosoft.com/cio-talk-what-… #MSTech
Preview now available of a new (not so simple) Exchange Online feature -- cloud managed remote mailboxes -- that Microsoft says will get customers 'a step closer' to being able to remove their last Exchange on-prem server: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/… #MSTech
Heads up, Microsoft volume licensing customers Microsoft Is Dropping its Built-In EA Volume Discounts on Online Services Starting in November 2025: directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsoft-is-d… #MSLicensing
Is there still a place for no/low-code tools like those in Microsoft's Power Platform with the rise of generative AI and GitHub Copilot? The New Stack's @darrylktaft joins Directions Rob Sanfilippo and @maryjofoley to debate the topic: directionsonmicrosoft.com/podcasts/is-no…
Microsoft is dropping its Lens document-scanning app for iOS and Android devices starting Sept. 15, 2025. It recommends users switch to the M365 Copilot app, which includes built-in scanning (but does not include all existing Lens features): support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/re… #MSTech
Starting Sept. 5, Microsoft plans to turn on Copilot in Power BI (also known as "chat with your data") by default for all tenants where Copilot already has been turned on. Admins can opt out of they aren't ready. Details: powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the… #MSTech
Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (MDTI) retires as of Aug. 1, 2026. Microsoft is folding MDTI functionality into Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel. Existing MDTI users will be able to license for no additional cost, Microsoft says: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/defendert… #MSLicensing
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