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Many AI agents start out fast, responsive, and surprisingly intelligent. But after a few months of real-world use, something changes. Response times increase, costs rise, prompts become enormous, and accuracy begins to decline. Organizations often respond by upgrading to larger models, expanding prompts, or adding more orchestration—but the underlying problem…

For years, Microsoft's recommended architecture for connecting AI assistants like Claude Desktop to Dataverse relied on a local STDIO proxy. It was simple, easy to install, and perfectly suited for individual developers experimenting with AI-powered workflows. But enterprise AI has evolved. Organizations are no longer connecting a single assistant to…

For more than two decades, CI/CD pipelines have been the backbone of modern software delivery. Developers commit code, automated builds run, tests execute, security scans complete, someone approves the deployment, and production is updated. This model transformed software engineering and enabled DevOps to become the industry standard. But the world…

Your engineering metrics have never looked better, but your team is drowning. AI is generating code at record speeds, yet production incidents are skyrocketing and senior developers are burning out. It is time to look past the productivity illusion and see what is actually happening to your software delivery pipeline.…

Is your engineering team drowning in YAML files and Kubernetes configurations instead of shipping business logic? The DevOps promise of you build it you run it has turned into a hidden tax that consumes up to 74 percent of developer capacity. In this comprehensive guide, we define the DevOps tax…

Most companies spend thousands on firewalls and antivirus to lock the front door, but they often ignore the biggest threat already inside the building. Insider risk is a growing blind spot that traditional security tools simply are not designed to catch. In this video, we explore how to bridge that…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Purview Information Protection, the foundation of Microsoft's data classification and protection strategy across Microsoft 365. Every day, organizations create thousands of documents, spreadsheets, emails, presentations, and Teams conversations. Some of that information is completely public, while…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP), one of the most important security capabilities in Microsoft 365 for preventing accidental data leaks. When most people think about cybersecurity, they imagine hackers breaking through firewalls or ransomware attacks encrypting…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Entra Internet Access, Microsoft's modern cloud-native approach to secure internet connectivity that replaces traditional VPNs with identity-driven Zero Trust security. For decades, organizations relied on VPNs to give remote employees access to corporate resources. That model…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Graph Delta Queries, one of the most powerful features for building efficient synchronization solutions with Microsoft 365. Imagine you're building an application that synchronizes Outlook emails, Microsoft Entra ID users, SharePoint documents, or Teams data. Every…

Artificial intelligence is transforming every industry, but successful AI adoption requires far more than deploying the latest models or building autonomous agents. In this episode of M365.fm, Mirko Peters is joined by Wiebke Apitzsch, founder of AI Impact, AI strategy advisor, executive coach, and keynote speaker, for a deep conversation…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Graph Webhooks, one of the core building blocks for creating modern, event-driven Microsoft 365 applications. Almost every developer building with Microsoft 365 eventually faces the same challenge. How do you know when something changes? Whether you're…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Graph Change Notifications, one of the most important capabilities for building modern, event-driven Microsoft 365 applications. Imagine your application needs to know whenever a new email arrives, a SharePoint document is updated, a Teams message is…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, Microsoft's end-to-end platform for measuring, managing, and reducing an organization's environmental impact. Most organizations want to become more sustainable, but very few can accurately answer a simple question: What is our actual carbon…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Partner Center, the central platform every Microsoft partner uses to manage their relationship with Microsoft. Most people have heard the name Partner Center, but very few can clearly explain what it actually does. Some assume it's…

Are you ready to scale AI agents across your organization without compromising security? In this episode of the M365 FM podcast, we sit down with Thomas Su, Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Copilot Studio, to discuss why governance is the secret foundation of AI success. Learn how to empower your…

Ever felt lost when someone mentioned getting an app from Microsoft AppSource? It is far more than just a plugin store; it is the front door to Microsoft entire business ecosystem. In this episode of Microsoft Knowledge Nuggets, we break down why this platform is the ultimate mall for business…

Ever wondered what actually makes an AI agent different from a standard chatbot? While chatbots are reactive and wait for your input, AI agents are proactive systems that can think, decide, and act on your behalf to get real work done. In this video, we break down the mystery of…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring the Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft's unified development framework for building enterprise-ready AI agents. If you've been following AI over the last year, you've almost certainly heard the word agent. It's everywhere. Blog posts, conference sessions, LinkedIn discussions,…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, one of the most exciting workloads inside Microsoft Fabric that enables organizations to analyze, visualize, and act on streaming data the moment it arrives. When most people hear the term real-time analytics, they…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse, Microsoft's modern cloud-native data warehouse built as part of the unified Microsoft Fabric analytics platform. Most people hear the term data warehouse and immediately think of a traditional SQL database. They imagine tables,…

Moving data has always been one of the most complex parts of building a modern analytics platform. Organizations need to collect information from databases, cloud applications, APIs, files, and enterprise systems before they can generate valuable business insights. Microsoft Fabric Data Factory simplifies this entire process by providing a unified,…

Data has become one of every organization's most valuable assets—but for many businesses, it's scattered across databases, cloud platforms, business applications, and analytics tools. Microsoft Fabric was created to solve this fragmentation by bringing every stage of the data lifecycle into a single, unified platform. In this episode of Microsoft…

Passwords have become the new attack surface. Modern cybercriminals no longer need to bypass firewalls or install malware to compromise an organization—they simply steal legitimate credentials and log in like a trusted user. That's why identity security has become one of the most critical components of modern cybersecurity. In this…