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Technology is only as powerful as the community that embraces it. In this episode, we sit down with Heather Cook, Principal Customer Experience Manager at Microsoft, to discuss the human side of digital transformation. From her roots in theater to leading global community initiatives, Heather shares how empathy and connection…

Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management helps organizations control how long information should be kept, when it should be reviewed, and when it should be securely deleted. Instead of allowing emails, Teams chats, SharePoint documents, OneDrive files, and other Microsoft 365 content to accumulate indefinitely, lifecycle management ensures every piece of…

What happens when a regulator requests company records, HR launches an investigation, or legal teams need to preserve critical evidence? Searching through Outlook mailboxes, Teams chats, SharePoint sites, and OneDrive folders manually is slow, error-prone, and often impossible at enterprise scale. In this episode of Microsoft Knowledge Nuggets on M365.fm,…

Mark Orr shares his extraordinary journey from serving three combat tours in Iraq as a United States Marine Corps radio and satellite communications specialist to becoming a Microsoft MVP, enterprise architect, and respected Microsoft security expert. He explains how military experience introduced him to networking, satellite communications, IP protocols, and…

Microsoft Fabric Apps are a new way to build modern, data-driven web applications directly inside Microsoft Fabric. Rather than managing servers, APIs, databases, authentication, and hosting separately, Fabric provides these services automatically, allowing developers and data professionals to focus on creating business applications instead of infrastructure. A Fabric App can…

Are you struggling to get actual value from Microsoft Copilot beyond just generating simple text? Join Microsoft MVP and LinkedIn Learning instructor Jess Stratton as she shares how to move past basic prompt engineering to achieve true AI collaboration and personalization. In this episode of the M365 FM podcast, we…

Microsoft Copilot has transformed how organizations interact with AI, making conversational experiences more accessible than ever. But while chat-based AI delivers immediate productivity gains, it does not provide the architectural foundation required for enterprise-scale autonomous agents. As organizations deploy more AI solutions across departments, they quickly encounter governance challenges, identity…

Ever wondered how the technologies behind Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 actually came to life? Join us for an incredible deep dive with Christian Brinkhoff as we explore the past, present, and future of the Microsoft Cloud PC and the radical shift toward agentic AI. This episode is a…

A successful Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment begins long before licenses are assigned. Organizations should first define measurable business outcomes, identify high-value use cases, and secure executive sponsorship across IT, security, finance, and business leadership. Rather than treating Copilot as another software rollout, enterprises need an AI operating model that aligns…

Leon Gordon explains why most enterprise AI initiatives never reach production and introduces the concept of the Pilot Tax—the hidden cost organizations pay when AI projects remain stuck in proof-of-concept mode. He shares practical strategies for moving from experimentation to measurable business outcomes through governance, Microsoft Fabric, and structured AI…

Microsoft Purview is included with many Microsoft 365 subscriptions, making it incredibly easy to enable. That convenience is also its biggest danger. Because there is no procurement process or large implementation project, many organizations activate Purview without defining clear business goals, ownership, or governance. The result is often a catalog…

Ever wondered how Microsoft Excel can literally change your life and even earn a spot as a tattoo on your skin? Join us for an inspiring conversation with Karen, a Microsoft MVP and world-renowned Excel educator, as she shares her journey from spreadsheets to superstardom. 🚀 In this episode of…

For decades, enterprise software followed a predictable financial model. Organizations purchased licenses, assigned them to users, and budgeted annual IT spending with confidence. AI changes that completely. Modern AI platforms are no longer sold purely as software—they're becoming consumption-based services where autonomous agents perform work on your behalf. Every action,…

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…

At first glance, the numbers look incredible. Deployment frequency is increasing, pull requests are being merged faster than ever, AI is generating more code, and engineering teams appear dramatically more productive. Executive dashboards are filled with green indicators suggesting software delivery has entered a new golden age. But beneath those…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring The DevOps Tax—the hidden cost that silently reduces engineering productivity, increases cognitive overload, and prevents organizations from delivering software at scale. DevOps began with a simple but powerful vision: "You build it, you run it." Small, autonomous…

Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Microsoft's intelligent solution for identifying risky user behavior before it turns into a costly security incident. When organizations think about cybersecurity, they usually focus on external threats—hackers, malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks.…

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…

Is AI just about building bigger models, or should we be asking deeper questions about trust and utility? In this episode of the M365 FM podcast, we sit down with Vivka Aitz, founder of AI Impact, to explore how organizations can move from AI hype to real impact by blending…