M365.FM - Modern work, security, and productivity with Microsoft 365

M365.FM - Modern work, security, and productivity with Microsoft 365

Welcome to the M365.FM — your essential podcast for everything Microsoft 365, Azure, and beyond. Join us as we explore the latest developments across Power BI, Power Platform, Microsoft Teams, Viva, Fabric, Purview, Security, and the entire Microsoft ecosystem. Each episode delivers expert insights, real-world use cases, best practices, and interviews with industry leaders to help you stay ahead in the fast-moving world of cloud, collaboration, and data innovation. Whether you're an IT professional, business leader, developer, or data enthusiast, the M365.FM brings the knowledge, trends, and strategies you need to thrive in the modern digital workplace. Tune in, level up, and make the most of everything Microsoft has to offer. M365.FM is part of the M365-Show Network. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365--6704921/support.

Episodes

Beyond Copilot: Building AI That Works in the Real World with Azure AI Foundry and Agentic AI for Frontline Workers with Fergus Kidd [MVP]

August 10, 2026 • 59 mins
In this episode of the M365 Show, Mirko Peters speaks with Fergus Kidd, Microsoft MVP, Co-Founder and CTO of FieldPal AI, about moving enterprise AI beyond the desk. While much of the conversation around Microsoft Copilot, generative AI and productivity focuses on knowledge workers, Fergus makes the case for the people maintaining infrastructure, repairing equipment, carrying out inspections and keeping essential services running. ...
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Azure Compute Fleet – Simply Explained

August 10, 2026 • 21 mins
Azure Compute Fleet is designed for a very different scale of compute problem. Creating one virtual machine is straightforward. But when a workload suddenly needs hundreds or thousands of workers, choosing one exact VM size can become a major limitation. The VM size you selected might not have enough capacity in your preferred region. Another size could work, but pricing may be different. Spot VMs can dramatically reduce costs, but...
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Azure Update Manager - Simply Explained

August 10, 2026 • 16 mins
Azure Update Manager brings operating system patching into one central Azure-native service. Instead of managing updates through scattered tools, separate server lists, and disconnected reports, it gives IT teams a common place to assess missing updates, schedule maintenance, install patches, and verify what actually happened afterward. The important question isn't simply whether patching started. It's whether every required machin...
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Azure Elastic SAN — Simply Explained

August 9, 2026 • 18 mins
Azure Elastic SAN addresses a storage problem that often appears only after an Azure environment begins to grow. One virtual machine with one Managed Disk is simple. But as more VMs, databases, and applications appear, each workload can end up with separate disks, separate performance limits, and separate capacity decisions. The result can be inefficient: one workload may be paying for storage performance it rarely uses while anoth...
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Beyond the Microsoft Adoption Framework: The Reality of M365 Success

August 9, 2026 • 47 mins
Microsoft 365 transformation is often discussed as though success can be engineered by following the right framework closely enough. Define the strategy, prepare the environment, migrate workloads, establish governance, train users, measure adoption, and continue optimizing. On paper, the process appears logical and comprehensive. In practice, organizations can follow almost every recommended step, successfully deploy Microsoft Tea...
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Phi-4 is the Runtime. MAI-1 is the Reason.

August 9, 2026 • 52 mins
Microsoft’s AI strategy becomes much easier to understand once we stop asking which model is better. The important question is no longer whether MAI-1 can beat Phi-4, whether Phi-4 is more efficient, or which model should become the enterprise standard. Those questions assume that both models are competing for the same job. They are not. Microsoft is building toward an architecture in which different forms of intelligence per...
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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management - Simply Explained

August 9, 2026 • 17 mins
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management goes far beyond running a vulnerability scan and installing patches. The real challenge isn't finding vulnerabilities. It's deciding which weaknesses create the most risk, what should be fixed first, who should fix it, and whether the remediation actually worked. A vulnerability scan might return hundreds or thousands of CVEs. Defender Vulnerability Management adds the device, threat, exp...
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The PCF Blueprint: Architecture Over UI

August 8, 2026 • 54 mins
Microsoft’s AI strategy becomes much easier to understand once we stop asking which model is better. The important question is no longer whether MAI-1 can beat Phi-4, whether Phi-4 is more efficient, or which model should become the enterprise standard. Those questions assume that both models are competing for the same job. They are not. Microsoft is building toward an architecture in which different forms of intelligence per...
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The Architecture of Intelligence- Why the Chatbox is the Wrong Model for Enterprise AI

August 8, 2026 • 69 mins
Artificial intelligence was supposed to transform how organizations access information, make decisions, and execute work. Microsoft Copilot, enterprise AI agents, and generative AI promised to remove the barriers between employees and organizational knowledge. But many companies are discovering a fundamental problem: employees can ask AI better questions and receive better answers, yet they still have to navigate SharePoint, Excel,...
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Microsoft Defender EASM - Simply Explained

August 8, 2026 • 18 mins
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, or Defender EASM, helps organizations understand a critical security question: what can someone outside your company actually see? Your public footprint is much larger than your official website. Forgotten subdomains, old campaign pages, test environments, cloud services, public IP addresses, certificates, and internet-facing servers can remain visible long after the teams that...
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Simply Explained

August 8, 2026 • 19 mins
Microsoft Defender for Cloud can sound like another antivirus product because of the Defender name. In reality, its scope is much broader. Instead of focusing on a single laptop or server, Defender for Cloud helps organizations understand and improve the security of their entire cloud environment. It shows how securely resources are configured, identifies suspicious activity, and helps teams prioritize what should be fixed first.
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Microsoft Purview Records Management - Simply Explained

August 7, 2026 • 17 mins
Every organization creates contracts, financial reports, employee records, policies, and countless business documents that must be retained for legal, regulatory, and operational reasons. While modern work happens across SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and Exchange Online, organizations still need clear rules defining which documents become official records, how long they must be preserved, and when they can safely be...
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From Raw Data to Real Business Impact: Mastering Power BI and Microsoft Fabric with Thummalacherla Krishnakanth

August 7, 2026 • 58 mins
Despite the rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence, Power BI continues to be one of the most valuable business intelligence platforms available today. In this episode of M365.FM, Microsoft Fabric Super User and Microsoft MVP Thummalacherla Krishnakanth explains why strong analytics foundations remain essential, even in the AI era. The discussion explores Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, DAX, Power Query, enterprise reporting, dashboard...
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Communication Compliance - Simply Explained

August 7, 2026 • 19 mins
Business communication has evolved far beyond email. Employees collaborate through Microsoft Teams chats, Outlook emails, Viva Engage, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and other digital communication platforms every day. While these tools improve productivity, they also create new risks involving workplace misconduct, regulatory compliance, sensitive information, insider threats, and inappropriate communication. In this Microsoft Knowledge N...
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Microsoft Purview Audit - Simply Explained

August 6, 2026 • 17 mins
Every day, employees open files, share documents, send emails, modify Microsoft Teams settings, update compliance policies, and perform countless actions across Microsoft 365. When a security incident, compliance investigation, or legal request occurs, organizations need clear answers about what happened, who performed the action, and when it took place. In this Microsoft Knowledge Nuggets episode, Mirko Peters explains Microsoft P...
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AVD vs Windows 365: Which Virtual Desktop Strategy Wins: with Shabaz Darr [MVP]

August 6, 2026 • 61 mins
Choosing the right virtual desktop platform has become one of the most important decisions for organizations modernizing their workplace. Although Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365 are often compared, they solve different business challenges. In this episode of M365.FM, Microsoft MVP Shabaz Darr explains the architecture, licensing, deployment strategies, and real-world use cases for both platforms. The discussion provide...
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Global Secure Access - Simply Explained

August 6, 2026 • 17 mins
The way people work has fundamentally changed. Employees now access business applications from home offices, airports, customer sites, coffee shops, and mobile devices instead of sitting inside a corporate network. Traditional VPNs were designed for an era when applications lived inside company data centers and network boundaries provided the primary layer of security. In this Microsoft Knowledge Nuggets episode, Mirko Peters expla...
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Entra Workload Identities - Simply Explained

August 5, 2026 • 16 mins
Modern cloud environments are no longer accessed only by people. Applications, automation workflows, Azure services, DevOps pipelines, AI agents, and background jobs all require secure access to business resources without relying on human interaction. In this Microsoft Knowledge Nuggets episode, Mirko Peters explains Microsoft Entra Workload Identities in plain English, showing how software securely authenticates to Microsoft 365, ...
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Azure Platform Engineering, Azure Landing Zones, Cloud Adoption Framework & Building Enterprise Cloud Platforms Jev Suchoi [MVP]

August 5, 2026 • 62 mins
Moving workloads into Microsoft Azure is only the beginning of a successful cloud journey. Building a cloud platform that is secure, scalable, automated, and developer-friendly requires a completely different mindset. In this episode of M365.FM, Microsoft MVP Jev Suchoi explains how Platform Engineering helps organizations build reusable cloud foundations that enable innovation while maintaining governance, security, and operationa...
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Microsoft Entra Verified ID - Simply Explained

August 5, 2026 • 18 mins
Modern identity security extends far beyond passwords and multi-factor authentication. While Microsoft Entra ID, passkeys, and MFA help verify that someone controls a sign-in method, they cannot prove important real-world facts such as employment status, completed security training, professional certifications, contractor relationships, or verified identity during account recovery. In this Microsoft Knowledge Nuggets episode, Mirko...
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