https://www.m365.fm/entity/service-principal/The identity an application uses to sign in within a Microsoft Entra tenant. Agent identities are built as a special kind of service principal.enhttps://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/the-hidden-danger-of-shadow-accounts-in-microsoft-365-automation/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/the-hidden-danger-of-shadow-accounts-in-microsoft-365-automation/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:08:51 -0000articleWelcome back to another deep dive into the architecture, security, and administrative realities of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. If you manage cloud infrastructure, …https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/why-your-nightly-automations-keep-breaking-the-delegated-permission-trap/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/why-your-nightly-automations-keep-breaking-the-delegated-permission-trap/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:32:12 -0000articleWelcome back to the podcast and our companion technical blog series! If you have ever woken up to a flood of alert emails because last night's critical data synchro…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/entra-workload-identities-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/entra-workload-identities-simply-explained/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeApps, pipelines and AI agents need access too, yet many still hide passwords in code and config files. In this Simply Explained episode, Mirko Peters gives Azure admins, developers and architects a plain-English map of Microsoft Entra workload identities…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/compliance-as-code-the-architects-blueprint-for-automated-trust/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/compliance-as-code-the-architects-blueprint-for-automated-trust/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeCompliance 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…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/beyond-the-portal-the-strategic-architecture-of-microsoft-graph-and-powershell/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/beyond-the-portal-the-strategic-architecture-of-microsoft-graph-and-powershell/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeMicrosoft 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…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/stop-treating-agents-like-service-accounts/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/stop-treating-agents-like-service-accounts/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAI agents are often managed like traditional service accounts—but that mindset creates serious security and governance risks. This episode explains why AI agents should be treated as autonomous digital identities with their own lifecycle, permissions, and…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/the-service-principal-crisis/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/the-service-principal-crisis/Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeLearn why personal accounts create automation risk and how service principals, managed identities, least privilege, and monitoring improve cloud security.https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/how-to-effectively-manage-service-principals-in-entra-id/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/how-to-effectively-manage-service-principals-in-entra-id/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:48:38 -0000articleSecure service principals in Microsoft Entra ID for enhanced identity management. Learn about application and service principal objects within your tenant.https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/steps-to-analyze-service-principal-usage-in-your-microsoft-365-tenant/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/steps-to-analyze-service-principal-usage-in-your-microsoft-365-tenant/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:17:07 -0000articleReview service principal usage with Microsoft Graph and sign-in activity. Explore required permissions, app identities, monitoring, and access management.https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/control-planes-governance/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/control-planes-governance/Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeIn the podcast episode “Control Planes for Efficient Governance,” the hosts challenge the common belief that building more apps or relying on human-driven governance activities inherently improves enterprise control. Instead, the episode explains why…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/teams-admin-center-governance/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/teams-admin-center-governance/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeIn this episode, we dismantle a common Microsoft Teams governance myth: that the Teams Admin Center is the central command for controlling Teams behavior and enforcing governance. Most organizations treat the Admin Center like a control tower — but it’s…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/automation-murders-who-killed-customer-journey/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/automation-murders-who-killed-customer-journey/Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodeThe cursor freezes. The event stream flatlines. Silence gets loud. That’s how customer journeys fail in the summer—quietly, invisibly, and at the worst possible moment. Summer traffic is deceptive. Intent spikes, teams run lean, and automation is supposed to…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-automate-orchestrator-what-works/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-automate-orchestrator-what-works/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodeEver had a Power Automate flow wake you at 3:07 a.m. with 6,000 ghost runs and no clear owner? This video is your blueprint for taming the orchestrator before it tames you. You’ll learn how to design resilient Power Automate architectures with clean triggers…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/conditional-access-policy-trust-issues/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/conditional-access-policy-trust-issues/Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodeThis episode explains how to “calm down” a messy Conditional Access setup by removing blind spots and setting clear boundaries. It walks through three main trust problems—overbroad exclusions, unclear device compliance, and token theft—and shows how to…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-automate-email-flows-compliance-guide/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/power-automate-email-flows-compliance-guide/Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0000episodeYour Power Automate email flows aren’t clever automations, they’re HR risk wrapped in HTML. You wire a flow to a “service account,” fight through MFA once, get it working, and decide it’s done. It’s not done. It’s brittle, over-privileged, impossible to audit…