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Mirko Peters | Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure Cloud & Power Platform
▶ WebplayerM365.FM is a podcast about Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, AI, Modern Work, security, governance, Power Platform, Azure, and the technologies shaping the future of work.Hosted by Microsoft MVP Mirko Peters, M365.FM brings together Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft employees, product experts, architects, developers, and community leaders from around the world.Each episode goes beyond announcements and hype to explore what Microsoft technologies mean in practice. From Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI agents to Teams, SharePoint, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Entra, Purview, security, governance, adoption, and automation, M365.FM focuses on real-world experience, implementation, strategy, and lessons learned.Expect expert interviews, technical...
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Nov 13, 2026 · 13:42
There is an AI assistant already switched on in every SharePoint site. Welcome to the M365 FM podcast, where we explore the people, ideas, and technologies shaping the future of…
Nov 13, 2026 · 15:28
Somewhere in your Microsoft 365 tenant, a Power Platform environment is filling up with apps and flows that nobody planned. Microsoft creates it automatically for every tenant,…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:44:57
Shop floor apps succeed when operators actually want to use them. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we cover designing Power Platform apps for operators: simplicity, offline…
Nov 13, 2026 · 14:11
Gartner predicted that eighty percent of data lakes would fall short, and the culprit was missing labels and catalogs. That gap is part of why a third option showed up, the data…
Nov 13, 2026 · 14:43
Dataverse doesn't protect your business data with a password or a firewall. It protects that data with a security role, which sounds like a small admin setting until you realize…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:41:15
Static schedules break when reality changes. Adaptive planning responds to it. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss how AI can support production planning:…
Nov 13, 2026 · 14:14
In September of 2025, Power Apps added something called user defined functions. You write a formula that works, then you need the same logic somewhere else, so you copy it. In…
Nov 12, 2026 · 16:47
Your time tracking app can save records perfectly, calculate totals correctly, and still lose the people who need to use it every Friday. They don't avoid it because Power Apps…
Nov 12, 2026 · 14:36
Somewhere in your company right now, an expense report is sitting in an inbox, waiting for someone to say yes. That waiting is exactly what Power Automate Approvals removes. In…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:47:56
A model can find defects, but inspection results depend on lighting, data and process. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we cover what you need beyond the camera: data…
Nov 12, 2026 · 15:52
Your search box has been doing only half the job for years. It reads the exact words you type, which is perfect when you need a policy code but useless when you ask about time…
Nov 12, 2026 · 14:36
Microsoft built a network across 70 regions to replace the humble company VPN. That's the scale behind Quick Access, one feature inside Microsoft Entra Private Access. In this…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:24:54
Supply chain visibility needs data from suppliers, ERP and logistics in one place. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss how Microsoft Fabric can connect those sources…
Nov 12, 2026 · 15:38
Most AI agents fail for one boring reason, and it isn't the model. Microsoft's own guidance says a single agent starts to slip somewhere past thirty or forty things it can do. In…
Nov 11, 2026 · 14:13
Even the newest large language models will guess rather than admit they don't know. That's the part of these tools that catches people off guard, because they sound so sure of…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:50:26
A unified namespace makes plant data available in a consistent structure for many consumers. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we explain the Unified Namespace idea, MQTT…
Nov 11, 2026 · 14:47
It's Monday morning, and Intune has locked your own laptop out of work. You get no warning, only a sign-in box that keeps saying no. In this episode of Simply Explained you will…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:51:23
Managing hundreds of sites needs repeatable deployment and central oversight. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss Azure IoT Operations with Azure Arc: architecture,…
Nov 11, 2026 · 14:30
The hardest part of Copilot Studio plugins is the vocabulary, not the code. Welcome to the M365 FM podcast, where we explore the people, ideas, and technologies shaping the…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:42:58
Digital manufacturing projects fail when operators do not trust the data they are given. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss change management on the shop floor:…
Nov 11, 2026 · 13:47
Your boss says the file is on SharePoint, and your teammate swears it's on OneDrive. Somehow you're looking at the same document in both places, and nobody explains why. In this…
Nov 10, 2026 · 14:01
Your slowest report has a fix, and its name is Azure Synapse. It's Microsoft's service for holding a company's data warehouse and its big data under one roof. In this episode of…
Nov 10, 2026 · 15:05
The VPN app you installed is doing less than you think. It builds an encrypted tunnel between your device and a server somewhere else, then quietly sends your traffic through it,…
Nov 10, 2026 · 1:39:32
Computer vision for safety and compliance works when the use case is narrow and the process around it is clear. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we cover what works in…
Nov 10, 2026 · 13:51
Real-time analytics sounds like a job for a data engineer, but the idea underneath it is simple. Instead of waiting for tomorrow morning's report, your systems react to what's…
Nov 10, 2026 · 14:30
That growth number in your Power BI report doesn't exist yet. Power BI won't show you sales versus last year until someone writes the calculation behind it, and that calculation…
Nov 10, 2026 · 1:53:18
When plant systems fail, the recovery plan has to work on the shop floor, not only in a document. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss designing resilience for plant…
Nov 10, 2026 · 13:58
Most people use Copilot like a search box and then wonder why the answers feel random. You have ten files about one project, and the chat window has no idea which of them matter.…
Nov 9, 2026 · 13:48
Your Power BI refresh isn't slow because your report is big. It's slow because Power BI keeps pulling back years of data that hasn't changed. In this episode of Simply Explained…
Nov 9, 2026 · 14:35
Here's what happens when a messy tracking spreadsheet becomes a Microsoft List. The rows stay, but the chaos goes, because every column now knows whether it holds a name, a date,…
Nov 9, 2026 · 1:50:14
Industrial historians have served plants for decades, while cloud data platforms promise more flexibility. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we compare industrial historians…
Nov 9, 2026 · 15:16
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support . This episode includes AI-generated…
Nov 9, 2026 · 14:23
A mechanic in a truck yard with no signal is still tapping through an app. That app is a Power App, and it never saw a single bar of service all day. In this episode of Simply…
Nov 9, 2026 · 1:42:51
Implementing Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management in manufacturing takes more than configuring modules. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss what implementation really…
Nov 9, 2026 · 15:31
Most people assume Microsoft already backs up their email, and that assumption is where the trouble starts. Your files sit on Microsoft's servers, so they feel safe, but a…
Nov 8, 2026 · 15:20
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is free, and almost nobody outside the IT world talks about it. It's one screen that lets a single IT provider look after Microsoft 365 for dozens of…
Nov 8, 2026 · 1:44:39
Plants that were isolated for years are now connected, and that changes the security model. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we look at protecting manufacturing environments…
Nov 8, 2026 · 14:18
An Azure virtual machine sounds complicated until you break it into parts. Every VM is built from the same handful of choices: how much power it gets, what kind of disk it uses,…
Nov 8, 2026 · 14:37
It's Tuesday morning, Teams won't load for your whole floor, and nobody knows whose fault it is. That exact moment is what Microsoft 365 Service Health was built to answer. In…
Nov 8, 2026 · 1:41:33
Paper-based handovers lose context between shifts. Digital work instructions keep it. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss replacing paper on the shop floor with…
Nov 8, 2026 · 14:34
A semantic model is one of those terms that makes beginners close the tab. It sounds like something only a database administrator would need, but it's actually the layer that…
Nov 7, 2026 · 14:11
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support . This episode includes AI-generated…
Nov 7, 2026 · 1:45:50
Warehouse and intralogistics optimization is often limited by data connections between systems, not by individual tools. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we cover how Azure…
Nov 7, 2026 · 16:47
Picture this: one sales table lives in a warehouse, a lakehouse, a Power BI import model, and three team folders. That first copy started as a convenience, but pretty soon the…
Nov 7, 2026 · 1:25:39
Agents connect AI to your data and actions, which makes their security boundaries part of your architecture. In this episode of M365 FM, we look at how Copilot Studio agents…
Nov 7, 2026 · 14:56
One of the two names in this title is being retired by Microsoft. Power BI Premium was the shared engine an organization bought so hundreds of people could open the same report,…
Nov 7, 2026 · 1:33:37
Many organizations keep an Exchange hybrid long after the migration is done. Retiring it takes preparation. In this episode of M365 FM, we cover when an Exchange hybrid is still…
Nov 7, 2026 · 13:55
Azure Data Lake Storage sounds like a whole new product to learn, and it's really not. It's the same cheap Azure storage you've probably already heard about, with one setting…
Nov 6, 2026 · 14:43
Your Power BI reports keep redoing the same cleanup a dataflow could do once. Every refresh reruns the same steps, every report keeps its own copy, and that duplication slows…
Nov 6, 2026 · 14:37
Somewhere tonight, a Microsoft Fabric capacity is running with nobody using it, and the meter is still ticking. Fabric doesn't charge per person, because you're buying a pool of…
Nov 6, 2026 · 1:20:18
Hybrid identity is still the reality in many organizations, but the sync options and the reasons to move have evolved. In this episode of M365 FM, we compare Entra Connect Sync…
Nov 6, 2026 · 20:43
Your sales team has a spreadsheet. Finance has a database. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: Opening: The Data Problem and the Head Fake, 100 words The Old…
Nov 6, 2026 · 15:22
Microsoft retired two of the admin modules that PowerShell scripts relied on for years, and the replacement is friendlier than it sounds. That replacement is the Microsoft Graph…
Nov 6, 2026 · 1:25:28
Security baselines harden devices quickly, and they can also break line-of-business apps if rolled out blindly. In this episode of M365 FM, we cover how to evaluate, pilot and…
Nov 6, 2026 · 15:33
Multi-agent sounds like a swarm of robots passing work around. Inside Copilot Studio, it's closer to one agent playing manager and handing jobs to a few specialists. In this…
Nov 5, 2026 · 13:57
The Azure service that scares beginners the most turns out to be the simple one. It's called Azure VPN Gateway, and the name is heavier than the job. In this episode of Simply…
Nov 5, 2026 · 15:04
Most people picture an AI agent as something you talk to, a chatbot that sits there until you type. Triggers are the part that lets it move first. In this episode of Simply…
Nov 5, 2026 · 1:23:44
Active users tell you who tried Copilot, not whether it helped. Value needs better questions. In this episode of M365 FM, we discuss adoption metrics beyond active use:…
Nov 5, 2026 · 15:04
Your Power BI report isn't slow because of a bug. It's slow because of a decision somebody made long before that report existed, and it's rarely the decision people blame first.…
Nov 5, 2026 · 14:02
Power BI hides over two hundred and fifty functions behind one small formula bar, and the name for that whole toolbox is DAX. It stands for Data Analysis Expressions, and it's…
Nov 5, 2026 · 1:26:53
Microsoft protects the service, but recovery of your own data is a shared responsibility with limits worth knowing. In this episode of M365 FM, we examine what native tools like…
Nov 5, 2026 · 13:51
Your phone buzzes with a work email, you tap in a short PIN, and your personal apps never even notice. That tiny moment is an Intune app protection policy doing its job, and…
Nov 4, 2026 · 14:10
It's a Monday morning, and someone on your team is typing invoice totals into a spreadsheet by hand. That exact job is what AI Builder was built to delete, and the tool is…
Nov 4, 2026 · 1:30:18
Overpaying for Microsoft 365 usually comes from unused licenses and overlapping bundles, not from one big mistake. In this episode of M365 FM, we cover how to review license…
Nov 4, 2026 · 13:46
The tool that eats your busywork is already sitting in your Teams app. Power Automate is the part of Microsoft 365 that runs the boring steps for you, and it doesn't ask you to…
Nov 4, 2026 · 1:18:22
Default detections are a starting point. Good detection engineering adds your context on top. In this episode of M365 FM, we discuss how to build detection beyond the defaults in…
Nov 4, 2026 · 14:23
Two agents, Researcher and Analyst, sit inside your Copilot, and almost nobody opens them. You use Copilot for the quick stuff, the summaries and the short drafts, and you assume…
Nov 4, 2026 · 1:19:25
Loop components and Copilot Pages add new places where content can live, and new questions about where it should. In this episode of M365 FM, we look at how Loop, Copilot Pages,…
Nov 4, 2026 · 14:09
You can build a working AI agent without writing a single line of code. Copilot Studio is Microsoft's workshop for that, a place where you describe the assistant you want and…
Nov 3, 2026 · 14:17
Your Power BI report is showing last month's numbers, and the reason is hiding in the very first thing you clicked. That first click is called Get Data, and it's the moment Power…
Nov 3, 2026 · 13:26
Microsoft Edge for Business is not a second browser you have to install. It's the same Edge you already use, quietly told to behave differently the moment you sign in with a work…
Nov 3, 2026 · 1:18:31
Secure Score can guide your priorities, or it can turn into a checkbox exercise. The difference is how you use it. In this episode of M365 FM, we examine how to read Secure Score…
Nov 3, 2026 · 14:56
One Graph permission can hand an app every mailbox in your company. Most people never notice that line until a security review points at it, because the permission sits quietly…
Nov 3, 2026 · 14:44
Copilot Actions is the part of Copilot that stopped answering and started doing. It's a set of specific, defined things Copilot is allowed to do inside your calendar, your files,…
Nov 3, 2026 · 1:30:05
Not every MFA method protects against modern phishing. Passkeys change what is possible, and what is required in rollout planning. In this episode of M365 FM, we cover rolling…
Nov 3, 2026 · 13:55
Somewhere in your company, an AI agent is reading your files, and the only place that knows who owns it is a page most people never open. That sounds dramatic, but it is just the…
Nov 2, 2026 · 14:09
You gave your teammate a seat in Power BI without reading the rules. Most of us assume the share button controls what people see, but the real control sits in a role you picked…
Nov 2, 2026 · 1:20:10
Cloud flows are easy to create and easy to forget, which is exactly why governance has to be designed early. In this episode of M365 FM, we discuss governing Power Automate at…
Nov 2, 2026 · 14:54
Microsoft Fabric can keep a copy of your database current within about fifteen seconds. That copy sits next to the rest of your data, and it stays in sync without you building…
Nov 2, 2026 · 14:11
The most useful tool in Microsoft Fabric is one you never have to install. Real-Time Hub is the one place where all your live, flowing data shows up, and every Fabric tenant…
Nov 2, 2026 · 1:27:46
Insider risk tooling touches people, not just systems, so the rollout needs trust as much as configuration. In this episode of M365 FM, we explore how to set up Microsoft Purview…
Nov 2, 2026 · 13:58
You asked Copilot something brilliant, and the answer vanished the moment you closed the chat. That's the quiet problem with every AI chat, because once you scroll away, the good…
Nov 1, 2026 · 14:48
The spreadsheet holding your team together is one accidental delete from disaster. Two people open it at once and the numbers drift apart. In this episode of Simply Explained you…
Nov 1, 2026 · 13:50
Picture a finance team opening their Power BI dashboard on a Monday morning and finding numbers from last Thursday. The data was fine, but the machine holding the connection had…
Nov 1, 2026 · 1:24:35
Sensitivity labels succeed or fail on rollout design, not on the licensing line item. In this episode of M365 FM, we outline a practical path from pilot to production: label…
Nov 1, 2026 · 14:22
The Copilot on your screen can now do more than answer questions. It can finish the task, and that version has a name. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What…
Nov 1, 2026 · 14:25
Azure Web Application Firewall is not the firewall you are picturing. A normal firewall mostly watches where traffic is going, while this one reads what the traffic says. In this…
Nov 1, 2026 · 1:25:25
Copilot can only work with what your SharePoint structure lets it find and what your permissions let it see. In this episode of M365 FM, we look at information architecture for…
Nov 1, 2026 · 14:45
You can build a clean Power BI report that hands you the wrong numbers. You have five tables, clean columns, a report that looks finished, and every row still shows the same…
Oct 31, 2026 · 13:55
Last Tuesday, someone at your company opened Salesforce without typing a password. There was no reset email and no help desk ticket. In this episode of Simply Explained you will…
Oct 31, 2026 · 14:56
SAP S/4HANA sounds intimidating, yet most companies running SAP ECC have to decide where it lives and how to migrate before the 2027 deadline. This plain-language episode is for…
Oct 31, 2026 · 1:28:02
Moving from a PBX to cloud calling is rarely a pure technology project. Numbers, devices, sites and people all have their own timelines. In this episode of M365 FM, we cover how…
Oct 31, 2026 · 13:57
Power BI used to force a choice between fast but stale import reports and fresh but slow DirectQuery. This episode explains Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric for analysts and…
Oct 31, 2026 · 1:23:00
Most Dataverse security problems start when access is granted one ticket at a time instead of by structure. This episode walks architects through business units, security roles,…
Oct 31, 2026 · 14:24
Azure Virtual Desktop runs your Windows desktops up in Microsoft's cloud, not on the laptop in front of you. The name makes it sound like one big product, but it's really a…
Oct 31, 2026 · 1:29:08
Choosing between Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop is less about features and more about who will run the platform and how the workload behaves. In this episode of M365 FM,…
Oct 30, 2026 · 1:26:22
Most teams still treat Windows patching as a monthly event, while updates now run continuously and exploits arrive within days. This episode walks IT admins through Windows…
Oct 30, 2026 · 14:48
Azure AI, Copilot and Fabric AI sound like rivals, and Microsoft's constant renaming makes it worse. This episode untangles the three for beginners and career changers, showing…
Oct 30, 2026 · 1:41:30
Factories running the same machines often pay more to collect, process and keep the data those machines produce each shift. This episode is for manufacturing IT, platform…
Oct 30, 2026 · 13:51
You've signed in twice today and never typed a single password. One login is replacing the dozens of accounts you used to juggle, and it's happening in almost every company. In…
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