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Policy as code

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Policy as code is the practice of expressing governance, security and compliance rules as versioned code that is evaluated automatically, for example during deployment, to allow or block changes.

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The DevOps Tax

2026-07-25 · Video on YouTube

Developers are drowning in Kubernetes, pipelines and compliance checklists instead of shipping features. This episode is for engineering leaders and platform teams who want to understand the DevOps tax and replace it with platform engineering, from golden…

Microsoft Graph and PowerShell for Enterprise Automation

2026-07-02 · Video on YouTube

Microsoft Graph is far more than just another API—it is the operational backbone of Microsoft 365. This episode explains why relying solely on admin portals limits scalability, visibility, and automation, while Microsoft Graph provides a unified interface for…

ARM Templates vs Bicep

2026-07-08 · Video on YouTube

ARM templates were once the standard for deploying Azure infrastructure, but as cloud environments became more complex, their JSON-based approach revealed serious limitations. In this episode, we explore why many Azure professionals now see ARM templates as…

Compliance as Code

2026-07-11 · Video on YouTube

Compliance is often treated as a documentation exercise—something organizations prepare for audits rather than embed into their daily operations. In this episode, we challenge that mindset by exploring the concept of Compliance as Code and why modern…

Agentic Operating Model for Enterprise AI and Copilot

2026-06-29 · Video on YouTube

Artificial Intelligence is entering a new phase. The real opportunity is no longer deploying a single Copilot—it is transforming how organizations operate through an Agentic Operating Model. In this episode of the M365.fm Podcast, we explore why the future of…

Microsoft Graph Automation Architecture

2026-07-04 · Video on YouTube

Automation is essential for digital transformation, but many organizations unintentionally create fragile, difficult-to-manage environments by relying on hundreds of disconnected PowerShell scripts and individual Power Automate flows. While each script may…

Azure Bicep at Scale

2026-07-10 · Video on YouTube

Azure Bicep is far more than a cleaner replacement for ARM templates—it's an architectural approach to managing cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale. In this episode, we explore how Bicep enables organizations to build modular, reusable, and maintainable…

Platform Engineering

2026-07-12 · Video on YouTube

Platform Engineering is changing how organizations build and operate Azure environments. Rather than treating cloud infrastructure as a collection of individual projects, Platform Engineering creates a shared internal platform that gives development teams…

Govern 3D Models and Digital Twins in Microsoft Fabric

2025-11-17 · Video on YouTube

Think spreadsheets are chaos? Cute. In this episode we stress-test Microsoft Fabric against the worst data you own: photorealistic 3D assets and full-fidelity digital twins. We break down why a single “file” is actually a sprawling supply chain of scans…

Fix Azure Governance Before Your Next Cloud Audit

2026-01-16 · Video on YouTube

Most organizations think governance is documentation. It isn’t. Documentation records decisions after the platform has already decided what it will allow. Governance is control — enforced intent at scale. In this episode, we break down why enterprise…

Conditional Access and Identity as Code with Jonathan…

2026-06-19 · Video on YouTube

In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Jonathan Hope to explore why identity has become the most critical security boundary in modern cloud environments. As organizations move deeper into Microsoft 365, Azure, and cloud-native…

Terraform vs Azure Bicep

2026-06-28 · Video on YouTube

In this episode of the M365.fm podcast, we explore one of the most debated Infrastructure as Code (IaC) questions in the Azure ecosystem: should you choose Terraform or Azure Bicep? Rather than declaring a universal winner, the discussion explains why the…

2025-11-17 – Govern 3D Models and Digital Twins in Microsoft Fabric2026-01-16 – Fix Azure Governance Before Your Next Cloud Audit2026-06-19 – Conditional Access and Identity as Code with Jonathan…2026-06-28 – Terraform vs Azure Bicep2026-06-29 – Agentic Operating Model for Enterprise AI and Copilot2026-07-02 – Microsoft Graph and PowerShell for Enterprise Automation2026-07-04 – Microsoft Graph Automation Architecture2026-07-08 – ARM Templates vs Bicep2026-07-10 – Azure Bicep at Scale2026-07-11 – Compliance as Code2026-07-12 – Platform Engineering2026-07-25 – The DevOps Tax2025-112026-07
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They provide a practical path forward, along with Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code and AI-ready governance, so developers need not be experts in all infrastructure. · From the episode: The DevOps Tax

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