Continuous improvement is supposed to create learning that compounds over time. In many factories, however, improvement work still depends heavily on workshops, spreadsheets, isolated reports, and what people remember from the previous shift. A Kaizen event can create visible progress, but a few weeks later the same loss often appears again under slightly different production conditions. The issue is not always the quality of the improvement idea. The bigger problem is that teams often cannot pr...

Invoices, contracts, receipts, forms, scanned PDFs, and email attachments contain valuable business information — but most automation still struggles to turn those documents into reliable, structured data. In this episode of M365 FM – Simply Explained, we break down Microsoft Content Understanding, Document AI, OCR, AI Builder, Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power Apps and explain how they work together to transform documents into usable business data and automated processes. You’ll learn why ...

What happens when AI agents start making sense of financial and business data — not just displaying it?In this episode of M365.FM, Mirko Peters talks with Rishi Sapra Microsoft MVP about the architecture required to move beyond traditional dashboards and toward AI-powered, context-aware analytics with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Copilot Studio, semantic models, ontologies, and data agents.Organizations already have enormous amounts of information spread across ERP systems, Excel workbooks, Power...

Microsoft Power Platform is often described as a low-code platform. But what happens when the applications you build become business-critical, highly integrated, and too complex for a simple maker-first approach?In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters talks with Power Platform Solution Architect Ian Tweedie about what happens when Power Platform moves beyond simple low-code applications and becomes part of a serious enterprise architecture. LOW-CODE DOESN’T MEAN LOW ARCHITECTURE Power Platform...

Microsoft Fabric brings data engineering, analytics, business intelligence, governance and increasingly AI together in one platform. But what does an end-to-end Fabric architecture actually look like when you move beyond individual features and start connecting everything?In this episode of the M365 FM Podcast, Mirko Peters is joined by Amit Chandak [Microsoft Data Platform MVP] for a practical journey through Microsoft Fabric — starting with raw organizational data and ending with trusted infor...

Enterprise AI is moving beyond chatbots that simply answer questions. The next generation of AI agents can understand business context, connect to enterprise systems, orchestrate workflows, and take action on behalf of users.But building an impressive AI agent demo is easy. Building an agent that works reliably across a global enterprise—with sensitive data, complex business processes, governance requirements, thousands of users, and measurable outcomes—is a very different challenge.In this epis...

What happens when your cloud strategy cannot live entirely in the public cloud? Organizations are modernizing infrastructure with Azure, platform services, Infrastructure as Code, automated deployment pipelines, and Azure Landing Zones. At the same time, some workloads still need to remain close to factories, offices, regulated environments, existing infrastructure, or latency-sensitive systems. In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters talks with Microsoft MVP Christoffer Klarskov Jakobsen about...

Power Platform makes it possible for people across an organization to solve problems, automate processes, and build business applications faster than traditional development approaches. But that accessibility also creates difficult enterprise questions: Who can build what? Where does company data go? How should environments be structured? And how can organizations prevent shadow IT without becoming the department that says no to every new idea? In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters talks with...

In this episode of the M365.fm podcast, Nathan Rose joins the show to explore how Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are shaping the future of agentic AI in Microsoft 365. The conversation dives into how organizations can move beyond simple chatbots and build intelligent agents that understand intent, access business data, and take meaningful actions across systems. Nathan explains why Dataverse has become a critical foundation for AI-powered business applications, providing structured data, security, and governance that enterprise AI solutions require. The discussion then focuses on MCP, an emerging open standard that enables AI agents to connect with external tools, data sources, and business systems in a more consistent and scalable way. Listeners will learn how MCP reduces integration complexity, allowing Copilot Studio agents to interact with Dataverse, Dynamics 365, Microsoft services, and even third-party systems without relying on large numbe…

In this episode of the M365 Voice podcast, host Mirko Peters is joined by Parvez Ghumra to explore the critical role of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in the Power Platform. The conversation moves beyond simple solution deployments and dives into what it takes to build enterprise-ready Power Platform solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and governed effectively. Parvez shares his journey from traditional software development into the low-code world and explains why citizen development and professional development must work together. Listeners will learn how source control, automated deployments, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and governance practices can transform Power Platform projects from manual, error-prone processes into reliable enterprise delivery pipelines. The discussion also covers common ALM challenges, how organizations can avoid deployment pitfalls, and practical strategies for introducing DevOps principles into Power Platform environments. Whether you're a ma…

In this episode of the M365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Isha Kapoor to explore what it really takes to scale Microsoft Copilot Studio in large enterprise environments. The conversation moves beyond simple chatbot scenarios and focuses on the architectural, governance, and operational challenges organizations face when deploying AI-powered agents at scale. Isha shares practical insights into designing enterprise-grade Copilot Studio solutions that remain secure, maintainable, and aligned with business goals. The discussion highlights why successful AI adoption requires more than technology alone. Governance, data quality, security controls, lifecycle management, and clear ownership models are critical factors that determine whether AI initiatives succeed or fail. The episode examines how enterprises can balance innovation with control while empowering business teams to build and use AI agents responsibly. Topics include agent orchestration, integration w…

In this episode of the M365.fm podcast, we dive deep into building and deploying production-grade AI agents with Microsoft Foundry together with Edgar McOchieng (MVP). The conversation explores how organizations can move beyond AI demos and prototypes into scalable, secure, and enterprise-ready agentic solutions. Edgar shares practical insights into Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI services, orchestration patterns, governance, observability, and the challenges teams face when deploying AI agents in real-world environments. We discuss how developers can combine tools like Azure OpenAI, Semantic Kernel, MCP integrations, and multi-agent architectures to create intelligent systems that are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise requirements. The episode also covers key topics such as memory management, tool integration, security boundaries, human-in-the-loop workflows, responsible AI practices, and monitoring strategies for production workloads. Edgar explains why architect…