App sprawl

Concept

The uncontrolled growth of applications in an organization, often low-code apps, without clear ownership or lifecycle management, leading to unused apps, licensing waste and a larger attack surface.

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Episodes about App sprawl

Architect $1M in Efficiency with Power Platform Governance

2026-03-08 · Video on YouTube

Most organizations believe efficiency improvements come from better tools or faster processes. But the biggest gains rarely come from new software. They come from architectural decisions. In this episode of the M365 FM Podcast, we explore how organizations…

Power Platform Governance

2026-03-12 · Video on YouTube

This episode challenges one of the most common assumptions in the Microsoft ecosystem: 👉 “If it’s Microsoft, it must already be secure.” The reality is the opposite. Power Platform is enterprise-grade secure by design—but becomes risky the moment governance…

Govern SPFx Adaptive Card Extensions in Teams and Viva

2025-12-16 · Video on YouTube

Stop building quick apps in Microsoft Teams before they quietly turn into a compliance nightmare and a SharePoint graveyard you’ll be cleaning up for years. In this episode, we break down why Teams apps built with SPFx Adaptive Card Extensions often rot…

Fix Excel Shadow Systems and Broken Business Processes

2026-04-15 · Video on YouTube

This episode explores why so many organizations still depend on hidden “Excel shadow systems,” where critical processes are managed outside official Microsoft 365 tools. Rather than treating this as a user problem, the discussion frames it as a structural…

Connect Internal Data to Microsoft 365 Copilot Safely

2025-08-05 · Video on YouTube

Think your Microsoft 365 tenant is locked down? Think again. Shadow apps, rogue Teams bots, and over-privileged OAuth connectors are likely siphoning data and dodging your policies. This guide shows how to expose everything hiding in your logs, tame app…

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Articles about App sprawl (3)

Power Platform Governance Tips: Best Practices and Checklist for Admins and IT Leaders
2026-10-16 · Mirko Peters
Power Platform governance tips for admins and IT leaders: best practices, a practical checklist, policies, CoE structures and shadow IT control.
Best Practices for Data Governance: How Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Admins Can Build Robust Frameworks
2026-10-15 · Mirko Peters
Learn data governance best practices for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform: roles, stewardship, compliance and frameworks admins and IT leaders can apply.
Identity Protection vs Conditional Access: Getting Microsoft Entra ID Security Right
2026-04-26 · Mirko Peters
Identity is the new security battleground, and with Microsoft Entra ID at the center of most organizations' IT, making sense of your options is absolutely essential…

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Why does unmanaged app sprawl matter before connecting internal data to Copilot?

Shadow apps, over-privileged OAuth connectors and orphaned apps can already siphon data and dodge policies. The show notes focus on discovering and governing them to turn the tenant from Wild West to well-governed. · From the episode: Connect Internal Data to Microsoft 365 Copilot…

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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-06