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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. 27, 2026

Predictive Maintenance on Azure for Manufacturers: What You Actually Need Before the Model

Predictive maintenance only pays off when a warning arrives early enough to act on. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we start with the maintenance decision and work back to the evidence and data needed before choosing a model. You will learn how to define the decision first and connect Azure data to the maintenance process. Who it is for: Maintenance managers, reliability engineers and plant IT. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure
Oct. 27, 2026

Terraform - Simply Explained

Terraform exists because your Azure portal clicks can't be rebuilt twice. It writes that infrastructure down as a file you can read, review, and run again. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Infrastructure as Code Really Means What Terraform Actually Is Providers: How Terraform Talks to Your Cloud Plan and Apply: The Safety Net The State File: Terraform's Memory Modules: Stop Rebuilding the Same Thing Remote State: Working With Other People Drift: When Reality Quie
Oct. 27, 2026

Power Apps Component Framework - Simply Explained

The controls you drag onto a Power Apps screen are only half the story. Underneath them sits a second layer that lets developers build their own controls, the kind that turn plain forms into real maps, custom grids, and interfaces that feel made by hand. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: The Hidden Half of Power Apps The Wall Every Power App Hits Eventually What the Component Framework Actually Is How a Component Works Under the Hood From Idea to Shipped Component Where
Oct. 27, 2026

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) - Simply Explained

Half the tutorials online assume you're not on Windows, and that used to mean you had the wrong machine. Windows now ships a free feature that runs real Linux right beside it, built into Windows 10 and 11. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: Why Linux Tools Keep Showing Up in Windows Tutorials What WSL Actually Is The Real Difference Between WSL 1 and WSL 2 Installing It in One Command How Linux and Windows Share Your Files What You Can Actually Do With It Where It Breaks
Oct. 27, 2026

FinOps - Simply Explained

Most companies find out they're overspending on the cloud when the invoice lands, and by then the money is already gone. Welcome to the M365 FM podcast, where we explore the people, ideas, and technologies shaping the future of work. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: Why Cloud Costs Feel Out of Control What FinOps Actually Means The Six Habits Every FinOps Team Shares How FinOps Runs in Three Repeating Phases What FinOps Looks Like on a Normal Tuesday Where FinOps Lives
Oct. 27, 2026

Power Automate Desktop Attended vs Unattended - Simply Explained

Power Automate gives you two kinds of robot, and they don't cost the same. One sits with you at your desk and works while you watch. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: Two Robots, One Job What Power Automate Desktop Actually Is When the Robot Works While You Watch When the Robot Works While You're Gone The Real Difference Between Them How the Robot Signs In and Runs Alone Choosing the Right One for Your Job What It Costs and the Trap Most Beginners Hit Where It Breaks
Oct. 27, 2026

Intune and Autopilot at Scale: What Breaks in Real Rollouts

Autopilot demos work. Real rollouts hit networks, hardware, apps and user behavior. In this episode of M365 FM, we discuss what breaks in large Intune and Autopilot rollouts: enrollment flows, app dependencies, hardware hashes, ESP failures and support processes. You will learn how to design for scale, test the awkward cases and prepare your helpdesk. Who it is for: Endpoint engineers, Intune admins and service desk leads. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m36
Oct. 27, 2026

Microsoft Agent 365 - Simply Explained

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support. This episode includes AI-generated content.
Oct. 26, 2026

Data Loss Prevention in Microsoft 365: Policies That Actually Work

DLP policies fail when they either block everything or catch nothing. The sweet spot takes iteration. In this episode of M365 FM, we explain how to design Microsoft Purview DLP policies that work: scoping, sensitive information types, policy tips, simulation mode and tuning. You will learn how to roll out DLP in stages and measure whether it actually reduces risk. Who it is for: Compliance and security admins, Purview owners and data protection officers. Become a supporter of this podcast: http
Oct. 26, 2026

SharePoint Embedded - Simply Explained

There's a whole part of Microsoft 365 that has no screen at all. It's called SharePoint Embedded, and it stores files for apps instead of for people. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What It Actually Is The Container Idea Where Your Files Live The Security Story What You Get Built In It's Not a SharePoint Site How the Billing Works Where You'll Meet It The Recap and One Question Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in cle
Oct. 26, 2026

Git Branching Strategies - Simply Explained

Branching sounds like a small detail until two people change the same file. Then someone has to figure out which version is the real one, and that's a branching problem. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What a branch is Why branching strategies exist The three building blocks Git Flow, the structured one GitHub Flow, the simple one Trunk-based development, the fast one Pull requests explained Merge versus rebase Choosing a strategy for small and large teams Common m
Oct. 26, 2026

Microsoft Teams Premium - Simply Explained

You might think Teams Premium is just Microsoft Teams with a bigger price tag. It's actually a separate add-on license that switches on features your normal Teams license leaves off. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Teams Premium Actually Is Meetings That Think Keeping the Meeting in the Room Looking Like Your Company Big Events Appointments and Bookings The IT Team Features Who Actually Needs It The Licensing Basics Teams Premium or Copilot Recap and a Questi
Oct. 26, 2026

OT-IT Convergence on Azure: Connecting PLCs Without Breaking Production

Connecting PLCs to IT systems adds value and risk if production is not protected. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss architecture patterns for OT-IT convergence on Azure, with safe boundaries and data flows. You will learn how to connect equipment without breaking production. Who it is for: OT engineers, IT architects and plant managers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support. This e
Oct. 26, 2026

Azure Migrate - Simply Explained

Azure Migrate is free, and it will tell you what your own servers are really costing you. That sounds simple, but the hard part of a migration usually happens before anyone opens the cloud portal, because nobody mapped what was connected to what. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: What Azure Migrate Actually Is How Discovery Works The Assessment: Readiness, Sizing, Cost Dependency Analysis Agentless or Agent-Based Moving in Waves The Hub and Its Tools The Pitfalls to Av

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.