https://www.m365.fm/entity/microsoft-cost-management/Microsoft's suite of FinOps tools to analyze, monitor and optimize cloud costs, with cost analysis, budgets, alerts and exports; also known as Azure Cost Management.enhttps://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/microsoft-cost-management-vs-azure-advisor/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/microsoft-cost-management-vs-azure-advisor/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:34:14 -0000articleCompare Microsoft Cost Management and Azure Advisor for cloud FinOps. Discover which tool provides the right visibility and recommendations for your M365 tenant.https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-cost-management-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-cost-management-simply-explained/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure Cost Management is Microsoft's built-in FinOps solution for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing cloud spending across Azure and other Microsoft cloud services. It provides visibility into where your money is being spent, helps identify cost-saving…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/how-to-architect-low-cost-ai-agents-in-the-microsoft-cloud/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/how-to-architect-low-cost-ai-agents-in-the-microsoft-cloud/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeLearn how to build low-cost AI agents in Microsoft Cloud with Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and practical cost controls.https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-policy-isnt-enough/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-policy-isnt-enough/Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeIn this episode of the M365 FM Podcast, Mirko Peters explains why traditional FinOps and Azure cost management approaches fail in modern cloud environments. Most organizations still rely on dashboards, alerts, and monthly reviews, but by the time overspending…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/agentic-advantage-governance-ai/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/agentic-advantage-governance-ai/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeThis episode of the M365.FM Podcast — “The Agentic Advantage: Scaling Intelligence Without Chaos” — explains why simply rolling out more AI agents does not automatically increase productivity, and why many enterprise agent programs collapse when they confront…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/showback-accountability/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/showback-accountability/Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeThis episode challenges the common belief that showback and chargeback alone create accountability in enterprise IT cost management. Many organizations implement showback dashboards or reports expecting they will change behavior, only to find that business…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-ai-infrastructure-architecture/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-ai-infrastructure-architecture/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeIn this episode of the M365.FM Podcast we dive into Azure AI infrastructure architecture — not as another workload, but as a fundamentally different architectural reality that every CIO, CTO, CISO, and enterprise leader must understand. Most organizations…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/cost-entropy-azure-budget/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/cost-entropy-azure-budget/Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure doesn’t get expensive because engineers waste money. It gets expensive because the platform is allowed to spend without ownership, limits, or consequences. That isn’t a savings problem — it’s cost entropy. In this episode, we reframe cloud cost as an…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/choosing-right-azure-architecture-public-hybrid-multi-cloud/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/choosing-right-azure-architecture-public-hybrid-multi-cloud/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeMost organizations say they chose public cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud. In reality, those architectures weren’t chosen — they emerged. One exception, one acquisition, one regulatory constraint, one latency issue at a time. And over time, those decisions…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-postgresql-is-costing-you-thousands/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-postgresql-is-costing-you-thousands/Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server isn’t pricey because of traffic; it’s pricey because defaults quietly overprovision compute, storage, and HA. “Managed” means patched, not optimized—you still pay for VM cores at idle, disks that only grow, and…