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M365 FM Podcast
The M365 FM Podcast is your daily destination for everything happening across the Microsoft cloud. We cover the full spectrum of Microsoft 365, including Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, OneDrive, and the tools driving the modern workplace. Each episode delivers practical insights, expert interviews, and hands-on strategies for IT admins, cloud architects, developers, power users, and decision-makers in the Microsoft ecosystem.

We explore the latest M365 updates, dive into Power Platform topics like Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages, and share real-world guidance on automation, digital transformation, and low-code development. You’ll also get deep insights into Azure, including cloud infrastructure, Azure AD / Entra ID, identity, hybrid cloud, and Azure security.

The show features focused discussions on Microsoft 365 Security, Defender, compliance, DLP, Zero Trust, and the best practices needed to protect and optimize your environment. We also highlight how AI and Copilot for Microsoft 365 are transforming productivity, collaboration, and automation across the cloud.

Whether you want to improve Teams collaboration, strengthen security, enhance cloud architecture, or stay ahead of the latest Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, and AI announcements, The M365 Podcast is your essential guide. M365 FM Podcast is Part of the M365.Show Network.

Recent Episodes

Oct. 21, 2026

Should You Buy Another Machine—or Change the Production System?

Here are the show notes based on the transcript provided, organized by key themes and structured to provide a clear summary of the core arguments against reactive machine purchases and for a systems-based approach using simulation. Episode Notes: Machine Capacity vs. System OutputOverviewA growing queue, slipping lead times, and sales demanding answers often trigger a reflex: "We need another machine." This reaction is rational—local activity looks busy, overtime is climbing, and that specific
Oct. 21, 2026

Copilot+ PCs - Simply Explained

One number decides whether your next laptop gets the AI features, and it's forty. Every new Windows laptop claims to be an AI PC, but only a special few earn the Copilot+ badge. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Makes a PC a Copilot+ PC The Chip Most People Have Never Heard Of What Runs Right on Your Laptop Where Your Data Actually Goes Copilot+ PC vs an Ordinary AI PC Who Actually Benefits, and Who Can Wait The Recap and One Question Simply Explained by M365.FM b
Oct. 21, 2026

Fabric IQ - Simply Explained

Somewhere in your Fabric workspace, two teams are calling the same customer two different things. Your data is fine, but the meaning behind it has quietly drifted apart. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Fabric IQ Actually Is Why Data Alone Isn't Enough The Ontology, Explained How It Connects to Semantic Models How It Grounds AI Agents Where It Stops What This Means For You Recap and One Question Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and mo
Oct. 21, 2026

Work IQ: Simply Explained

The AI on your desk is missing the most important thing about your work. It reads the one file you paste in, then forgets your team and your projects. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Work IQ Actually Is Why Copilot Needed A Memory The Three Layers, In Plain Words How It Understands People And Relationships It Only Sees What You Are Allowed To See Where Your Data Lives What It Means For Agents What It Does Not Do Recap And One Question Simply Explained by M365.
Oct. 21, 2026

Fabric SQL Database - Simply Explained

Fabric and SQL sound like two different things, but Microsoft built them into one. It's called a SQL database in Fabric, and underneath it runs the same engine that powers Azure SQL Database. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What a Fabric SQL Database Really Is Why It Feels Like Azure SQL, and Where It Doesn't The Copy That Makes Itself One Database, Two Jobs How It Uses Your Fabric Capacity Where It Fits, and Where It Stops The Short Recap, and One Question for You S
Oct. 21, 2026

Power Platform Solutions - Simply Explained

The app you spent months building can disappear the moment someone uninstalls the wrong thing. That happens when nothing is holding the app's pieces together, so one cleanup can take the whole thing with it. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What a Solution Actually Is Managed and Unmanaged: The Two Modes Publishers and Prefixes Moving Your App Between Environments Solution Layers Dependencies: Why You Sometimes Can't Remove Things ALM Best Practices for Beginners A Qu
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure Resource Graph - Simply Explained

Azure Resource Graph is a service inside Azure that lets you ask questions about your resources and get fast answers, even when you have thousands of them. The name sounds heavier than the thing really is.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Azure Resource Graph Actually Is Why the Normal Way of Asking Azure Breaks Down The Query Language, Explained Without the Scary Parts Your First Query in Resource Graph Explorer What People Actually Use It For The Limits Nobody Warn
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure Databricks - Simply Explained

Apache Spark started as a research project at a university in 2009, and it grew into the engine most big data platforms still run on today. Azure Databricks is how Microsoft and the people who built Spark turned that engine into a service you can spin up inside Azure.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Azure Databricks Actually Is Why the Lakehouse Idea Exists Apache Spark, in Plain Words Notebooks, and Where You Actually Work Clusters: The Machines That Do the Heavy Li
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure Lighthouse - Simply Explained

An outside company can manage your Azure setup without ever holding your password. That's what Azure Lighthouse does, and it's Microsoft's fix for a weekly headache.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: The Two Houses Problem What Azure Lighthouse Actually Is The Handshake: How the Door Gets Built Who Uses It and Who Approves It The Security Story: Who Really Holds the Keys What Azure Lighthouse Is Not The Recap and One Question Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Micro
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions - Simply Explained

Every Azure story starts the same way, with one subscription, one team, and one bill, so everything feels simple. Then a project needs its own space, so someone creates a second subscription.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: Why Azure Turns Into a Mess Without a Map The Subscription Is Where Your Azure Actually Lives Management Groups Are the Folder Above Your Subscriptions How Permissions and Policies Flow Down the Tree What a Good Structure Actually Looks Like Naming, C
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure Reservations and Savings Plans - Simply Explained

Normally the cloud bills you after the fact. You start a virtual machine, it runs for a month, and the bill arrives based on what you used.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: Why Pay Before You Use It Azure Reservations, Simply Explained Azure Savings Plans, the Looser Option What Each One Actually Covers Which One Fits One Year or Three Where Your Discount Applies The Only Math That Matters The Mistakes That Waste Money A Quick Recap and One Question Simply Explained
Oct. 21, 2026

SPF, DKIM and DMARC - Simply Explained

Episode DescriptionAnyone with a laptop can send an email that pretends to be your company. Because the email system we all rely on was built to move messages rather than verify who is actually sending them, a fake invoice or a fraudulent note from your manager can easily land in a real inbox with your name on it. Fortunately, three records in your DNS can quietly close that gap—yet a surprising number of organizations only ever set up one of them. In this episode of M365 FM, we break down SPF,
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure App Service - Simply Explained

The tier you pick on Azure App Service decides what your app is even allowed to do. It isn't just about choosing hosting—it's about unlocking a feature set, controlling your billing, and managing how your cloud workloads scale. In this episode of M365 FM, we break down what Azure App Service actually is, how the App Service plan dictates your resources, and the critical traps that catch developers and beginners off guard. Whether you are hosting a small internal web app, building a robust REST
Oct. 21, 2026

Azure Machine Learning - Simply Explained

Machine learning is a program that finds patterns in examples instead of following rules a person wrote by hand. That's the whole idea.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Machine Learning Really Is What Azure Machine Learning Actually Does The Workspace Data and Compute Building a Model Turning It Into Predictions Keeping It Working What You'd Actually Build Recap and One Question Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in

About the Hosts

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Mirko Peters

Microsoft MVP | Host of M365.fm | Founder of M365 Show and M365Con

Mirko Peters is a Microsoft MVP, podcast host, and founder of M365.fm, M365 Show, and M365Con. His work connects Microsoft practitioners through podcast interviews, livestreams, and community events.

At M365.fm, Mirko hosts conversations with Microsoft MVPs, product experts, architects, and community contributors. Topics include Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI agents, governance, security, Azure, Power Platform, and Microsoft Fabric, with an emphasis on practical experience and implementation decisions.

M365.fm is the podcast and learning platform. M365 Show brings experts together for livestreams, while M365Con provides an online conference setting for community learning.

Official website: Mirko Peters (https://www.mirkopeters.com/). Recognition: Mirko Peters — Microsoft MVP profile (https://mvp.microsoft.com/de-DE/mvp/profile/9b0ca797-db5a-493a-a845-8b9158046cf5). Connect on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/m365showpodcast/).

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Carina de Vries [MVP]

Carina de Vries is a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365, Teams and Copilot, an IT adoption expert, speaker, and host with more than fourteen years of experience helping organizations turn technology into something people can actually understand, use, and benefit from.

Her career started in office automation and application management, giving her a broad perspective on the digital workplace: from technology and IT management to end users, work processes, behavior, and organizational change. Today, she specializes in the human side of Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, and AI adoption.

Carina is particularly interested in what happens after technology has been implemented. Because making a tool available is not the same as changing the way people work. Her work explores the gap between implementation and actual adoption: why people embrace technology, why they resist it, and what organizations need to do differently to create lasting change.

Her approach is built around three principles: Verwonderen, Versimpelen and Verankeren — first understanding what is really happening, then making change simpler and easier to grasp, and finally embedding new behavior into everyday work.

Alongside her work in IT adoption, Carina is an experienced speaker, podcast and radio host, and active member of the Microsoft community. She has spoken at *Microsoft Ignite, where her session on moving from Copilot pilot to productivity was selected as one of the Top 10 MVP Theater Sessions. She is also a board member of Dutch Women in Tech*, contributing to greater visibility, connection, and opportunities for women in the technology industry.

As a host, Carina combines curiosity with a talent for asking the question behind the question. She enjoys conversations at the intersection of technology, work, leadership, and human behavior — especially when they challenge assumptions about how technological change actually happens.

Her guiding belief is simple: technology may enable change, but people determine whether it creates value.

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Emma-Claire (Pengelly) Shaw

Microsoft MVP | Power Platform Governance & Enablement Specialist 🚀 | M365 Enthusiast 🤓 | International Speaker 🎤

I am a creative leader and enthusiastic problem solver with a focus on leveraging Microsoft technology to drive business change. Passionate about cloud-enabled transformation, I specialize in leading M365 and AI adoption and enablement, with a particular focus on the Power Platform. My goal is to unlock the immense value this technology offers, accelerating digital transformation and empowering individuals to make a meaningful impact. With 17 years of experience in technology innovation and consultancy, I excel at identifying and harnessing emerging tech to transform enterprises and deliver lasting value.

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Craig White

Principal Architect, Co-host @ Power Platform Panic Room podcast, former Microsoft MVP

Power Platform Architect with 15yrs experience across the Power Platform stack, as well as VBA, SQL Server, SharePoint, M365 Services & Azure.

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Anitha Eswaran

D365FO Technical Architect | 4x Microsoft MVP in AI ERP | 2x MCT | Global Speaker & ERP Integration Specialist

I am a Microsoft MVP in AI ERP and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 19+ years of architectural and technical expertise in Microsoft Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365FO). My career spans multiple versions (D365FO, AX2012, AX 5.0/4.0/3.0) and includes 12 successful end‑to‑end implementations across diverse industries.

As a Technical Architect, I specialize in designing and delivering complex ERP solutions and integrations that transform enterprise systems into scalable, business‑driven solutions. My approach emphasizes automation, efficiency, and secure design, enabling organizations to accelerate deployments, streamline operations, and achieve reliable outcomes.

Core Expertise:

ERP Implementations: 12 successful rollouts (9 with D365FO, 2 with AX2012, 1 with AX5.0)

Upgrades & Migrations: AX2012 → D365FO upgrades; automated data migration with Azure Data Factory (ADF) to optimize UAT cycles

Integration Architecture: Proven experience with DIXF, OData, Logic Apps, Azure Data Factory, Azure Service Bus, Dual Write, and Power Platform integration.

Leadership & Recognition:

Community Contributor: Active speaker, mentor, and knowledge‑sharer at global bootcamps and user groups

Microsoft Recognition: Honored as MVP in AI ERP and MCT, reflecting both technical excellence and commitment to advancing the Microsoft ecosystem

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Practical Microsoft 365 Knowledge You Can Apply

M365.fm provides structured, practical guidance to help you understand and implement Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Power Platform, and Security in real-world scenarios.

Instead of focusing on theory, we explain how Microsoft technologies work in practice — including architecture, governance, automation, and security considerations. Our goal is to give you clear, actionable insights you can apply directly in your daily work.

You’ll find guidance on topics such as Microsoft 365 architecture, Teams and SharePoint governance, identity and access management with Entra ID, Power Platform solutions, and the responsible use of AI with Copilot.


From Understanding to Implementation

Understanding Microsoft 365 is only the first step. M365.fm helps you move from learning to execution.

We break down complex concepts into structured explanations that highlight:

  • What a feature or service does
  • How it works in real environments
  • When to use it — and when not to
  • Best practices, limitations, and common pitfalls

This approach helps you design better solutions, avoid typical mistakes, and make informed technical decisions.


Built for Real-World Microsoft 365 Scenarios

M365.fm is designed for IT professionals, architects, and decision-makers working with Microsoft cloud technologies in real organizations.

Whether you are planning a new setup, improving governance, securing your environment, or introducing Copilot and automation, you’ll find reliable guidance tailored to practical use cases — not just theory.

By combining structured knowledge with real-world insights, M365.fm helps you simplify complexity, strengthen security, and get more value out of Microsoft 365.