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In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with cybersecurity expert Viktor Hedberg to explore one of the most critical — and misunderstood — areas of enterprise IT security: Active Directory tiering, privileged access, identity protection, and defending modern hybrid environments. With years of experience in incident response, offensive security, Active Directory hardening, an...

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Evi van der Velden to discuss one of the most underestimated topics in modern IT: simplicity. Together, they explore Microsoft 365 governance, Copilot adoption, metadata, SharePoint, user adoption, digital stress, AI readiness, and why organizations often make technology far more complicated than it needs to be. Evi...

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Craig White, double Microsoft MVP, AI Platform Lead, governance specialist, and co-host of the Power Platform Panic Room podcast. With more than twenty years of experience across SQL Server, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Copilot Studio, Craig shares deep insights into governance, citizen development, AI readiness,...

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Ralph Rivas (MVP), also known as the “Copilot Junkie,” to explore the current reality of Microsoft Copilot, AI adoption, governance, automation, and enterprise readiness. Together they go far beyond the marketing demos and discuss what organizations actually need to do to make AI successful inside Microsoft 365. Ralph shares his j...

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Organizations everywhere are deploying Microsoft Copilot, experimenting with AI agents, automating workflows, and integrating intelligent systems into their daily operations. But while companies are rushing toward AI adoption, most are overlooking one critical reality: their governance policies were never designed for AI....

Artificial Intelligence is moving faster than almost any technology wave we have seen before. Every week brings new models, new copilots, new frameworks, new AI agents, and endless promises about autonomous systems replacing repetitive work across the enterprise. But beneath all the hype lies a deeper engineering problem. Too many organizations are building AI systems with Large Language Models at...

The retirement of Exchange Web Services (EWS) marks one of the biggest transitions in Microsoft messaging development in nearly two decades. For organizations still relying on legacy Exchange integrations, migration is no longer optional — it is urgent. In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with longtime Exchange developer, Microsoft MVP, blogger, open-source contributor,...

Behind every great Power BI solution is more than just dashboards and data models. There is logic, automation, storytelling, optimization, architecture, and most importantly — community. In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Bernat Agulló Roselló, Microsoft MVP, Senior BI Developer Partner at Sabrina, Tabular Editor contributor, organizer of the Power BI & Fabric...

Deploying Microsoft Copilot is easy. Driving real adoption, measurable impact, and long-term behavioral change across an organization? That is the real challenge. In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP, Copilot Architect, adoption expert, and Copilot Team Lead at Billennium, Edyta Gorzoń, for a deep and highly practical conversation about what truly makes...

Artificial Intelligence is moving faster than most organizations can keep up with. Every week introduces new models, new frameworks, new AI agents, and entirely new ways to build applications. But beyond the hype, one question matters most: how do enterprises actually build secure, scalable, production-ready AI solutions that create real business value? In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirk...

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the enterprise world faster than most organizations can adapt. Every company wants AI. Every executive wants Copilot. Every IT department is under pressure to modernize. But as AI adoption accelerates, one critical question continues to grow louder: how do organizations stay secure while embracing the future? In this deep-dive episode of the m365.fm podcast,...

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Azure MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer Vladimir Stefanovic to discuss one of the most underestimated topics in modern cloud architecture: Azure Governance at Scale. With more than twenty years of IT experience, Vladimir shares real-world lessons from enterprise cloud environments, large-scale Azure architectures, networking, id...

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP and MCT Nick Doelman to explore one of the most important technology shifts happening right now: the evolution of Agentic Coding and the future of AI-driven software development. From low-code platforms and Power Platform solutions to natural language interfaces and autonomous AI agents, this conversation dives deep...

Finance departments are entering one of the biggest technological transformations in decades. Artificial Intelligence, autonomous agents, Copilot experiences, automation platforms, and modern ERP systems are rapidly changing how organizations manage accounting, reporting, forecasting, procurement, compliance, and financial operations. But what does this transformation actually look like inside rea...

What does secure cloud automation actually mean in modern Microsoft environments? How can organizations automate user management, identity workflows, Microsoft 365 operations, and Azure infrastructure without creating massive security risks? And why is Microsoft Graph becoming one of the most important technologies every Microsoft administrator should understand? In this episode of the m365.fm pod...

What happens when AI starts building apps alongside developers? Are we entering a future where business users can create enterprise applications simply by describing what they want in plain language? And how will Power Apps evolve as generative AI, Copilot, and vibe coding completely reshape the development experience? In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft M...

What does modern .NET development really look like in 2026? How has the ecosystem evolved from traditional Windows desktop applications with WPF to cloud-native ASP.NET services, microservices, and high-performance gRPC communication? In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Gábor Ruzsinszki to explore the past, present, and future of .NET development — fro...

The Microsoft ecosystem is evolving faster than ever. Between AI, Copilot, automation, low-code development, cloud platforms, and the growing Power Platform ecosystem, many professionals are asking the same question: How do you actually build a long-term career in Microsoft technologies today? In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified...

PowerShell has become one of the most important automation tools in the Microsoft ecosystem, and in this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters welcomes Microsoft MVP Harm Veenstra to discuss why automation is no longer optional for modern IT teams. Harm shares his journey from helpdesk technician to automation specialist and explains how PowerShell transformed the way he approaches Microsof...

In this episode of the M365FM Podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Alan Cox to explore one of the biggest security and governance challenges facing enterprises today: securing Microsoft Copilot before AI begins surfacing sensitive organizational data at scale. The conversation dives deep into Microsoft Purview, Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, AI governance strategy, an...

In this episode of the M365FM Podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP and adoption strategist Carina de Vries to unpack one of the biggest failures in enterprise AI rollouts: Most organizations are deploying AI tools before understanding how people actually work. While the industry obsesses over prompts, copilots, and new features, Carina argues that successful AI adoption has almost no...

In this episode of the m365.fm podcast, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft MVP Thomas Sandsør for a refreshingly honest and deeply human conversation about CRM, business applications, AI, customer relationships, and the future of Microsoft Dynamics 365. But this is not another highly technical “which button should you click” discussion. Instead, Thomas shares nearly 20 years of real-world exper...

Your Microsoft 365 automation environment is probably running on borrowed identity. In this episode of the M365FM Podcast, we expose one of the biggest hidden risks inside modern cloud architecture: enterprise workflows tethered to personal user accounts. It starts innocently enough. An engineer builds a Power Automate flow, connects a Logic App, configures a Power BI refresh, or deploys a SharePo...

Manual tagging is dead. The modern enterprise simply produces too much data, too quickly, for humans to classify it accurately. In this episode of the M365FM Podcast, we expose the structural failure behind traditional Microsoft Purview labeling strategies and explain why relying on employees to manually classify sensitive information has become one of the biggest security blind spots in modern or...

Your enterprise automation strategy may be built on the wrong foundation. In this episode of the M365FM Podcast, we expose the hidden architectural failure behind modern enterprise integration: the managed connector. For years, organizations have embraced low-code connectors as the “easy button” for automation, believing these pre-built wrappers accelerate digital transformation and reduce complex...