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Shadow AI

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AI tools and agents that employees install or sign up for on their own, running outside the view and control of the IT team.

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AI Stewardship for Microsoft 365 Governance

2026-01-08 · Video on YouTube

AI governance doesn’t fail because of missing policies — it fails because no one owns the moment when things go wrong. In this M365.FM episode, the conversation reframes AI governance as AI stewardship, arguing that documents and dashboards alone don’t stop…

Automated Red Teaming for Multi-Model AI in Finance

2026-05-11 · Video on YouTube

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters explores why traditional AI security testing is no longer enough in modern enterprise environments. The discussion focuses on “red teaming” for multi-model AI systems, especially in highly regulated…

Automate Microsoft 365 Administration and Governance

2026-03-21 · Video on YouTube

You didn’t fail as an admin. The system failed because it needed you. After years of manual governance—access reviews, approvals, lifecycle policies—this episode exposes the uncomfortable truth: human-driven administration was never scalable in a...

AI Agent Identity Security

2026-06-26 · Video on YouTube

AI 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…

Fix Sensitivity Labels and Data Silos for Microsoft…

2026-04-30 · Video on YouTube

This episode argues that sensitivity labels are widely misunderstood and often give organizations a false sense of security. While they appear to enforce governance, in reality they are static, incomplete, and poorly maintained—making them ineffective in…

The Copilot Credit Trap- Why Your AI Economy is Already…

2026-07-26 · Video on YouTube

Copilot Credits and autonomous agents replace predictable license costs with variable consumption, while most tenants lack visibility, identity controls and audit trails. This episode helps IT leaders, architects and finance teams understand the credit…

From Copilot Rollout to AI Workplace

2026-08-23 · Video on YouTube

Rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot is easy; getting thousands of employees to use it and proving value is not. Microsoft MVP Christoffer Besler Hansen of Atea shares practical lessons for IT and business leaders on adoption, agents, Copilot Studio, governance…

How Microsoft 365 Reveals Your Real Organization

2026-03-26 · Video on YouTube

This episode challenges a fundamental assumption: your organization is not a fixed structure—it’s the result of how your systems actually make decisions. The core idea is that most leaders think of an organization as people, hierarchy, or departments. In…

Microsoft Agent Framework - Simply Explained

2026-07-23 · Video on YouTube

AI agents are everywhere in headlines, yet few people can explain what they are or which framework to build them with. This episode is for developers, IT leaders and business decision makers exploring agents in Microsoft environments. You learn what Microsoft…

High-Performance Azure Cloud Governance to Reduce Waste

2026-02-27 · Video on YouTube

This episode explains that cloud environments promise efficiency, elasticity, and control — but without governance engineered as architecture, they become financial drains and operational chaos. It recounts how idle resources, ungoverned permissions, and…

The Microsoft 365 Governance Mistake 73% of Deployments…

2026-03-22 · Video on YouTube

This episode argues that the biggest governance mistake in Microsoft 365 isn’t misconfiguration—it’s timing. Most organizations treat governance as something to “add later,” but by doing that, they unintentionally design failure into the system from day one.…

How to Build a Microsoft Copilot Agent Fabric

2026-05-31 · Video on YouTube

he era of prompt engineering is ending. While organizations have spent years teaching employees how to write better AI prompts, this approach creates inconsistent results, limits scalability, and keeps humans trapped in every workflow step. Instead of relying…

2026-01-08 – AI Stewardship for Microsoft 365 Governance2026-02-27 – High-Performance Azure Cloud Governance to Reduce Waste2026-03-21 – Automate Microsoft 365 Administration and Governance2026-03-22 – The Microsoft 365 Governance Mistake 73% of Deployments…2026-03-26 – How Microsoft 365 Reveals Your Real Organization2026-04-30 – Fix Sensitivity Labels and Data Silos for Microsoft…2026-05-11 – Automated Red Teaming for Multi-Model AI in Finance2026-05-31 – How to Build a Microsoft Copilot Agent Fabric2026-06-26 – AI Agent Identity Security2026-07-23 – Microsoft Agent Framework - Simply Explained2026-07-26 – The Copilot Credit Trap- Why Your AI Economy is Already…2026-08-23 – From Copilot Rollout to AI Workplace2026-012026-08
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Shadow AI is the use of unauthorized AI tools, which organizations must identify and manage to avoid unmanaged risk. · From the episode: Automated Red Teaming for Multi-Model AI in…

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