https://www.m365.fm/entity/configuration-drift/Configuration drift is the gradual gap between the intended, documented state of infrastructure and its actual running state, typically caused by manual changes made outside infrastructure as code.enhttps://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/understanding-active-directory-security-drift-causes-and-consequences/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/understanding-active-directory-security-drift-causes-and-consequences/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:45:21 -0000articleWelcome back to the blog! If you manage enterprise technology today, you already know that security is never a set-it-and-forget-it deployment. 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If you have ever felt that managing your organization's digital workspace is a constant uphill battle, you are no…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-platform-engineering-azure-landing-zones-cloud-adoption-framework-building-enterprise-clou/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-platform-engineering-azure-landing-zones-cloud-adoption-framework-building-enterprise-clou/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeMany organizations have moved workloads to Azure but still run it like a traditional data center. In this interview, Microsoft MVP Jev Suchoi explains to cloud architects, platform teams and IT leaders how Azure landing zones, the Cloud Adoption Framework…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/gitops-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/gitops-simply-explained/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeGitOps is a modern approach to deploying and managing infrastructure and applications using Git as the single source of truth. 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