M365.FM a Microsoft MVP Podcast by Mirko Peters

Microsoft 365 Copilot Without the Hype: Adoption, Governance & Getting Your Tenant Ready with Paul Keijzers [MVP]

Microsoft 365 Copilot can help people find information and get work done faster, but its answers depend on the content and permissions already in an organization’s Micros

When Microsoft Messaging Looks Secure but Isn’t — Exchange Server, Hybrid and Microsoft 365 Security with Thomas Stensitzki [MVP]

Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft 365 make it possible to run powerful messaging environments, but moving email to the cloud does not automatically make it secure. In this

Content Understanding & Document AI - Simply Explained

Invoices, contracts, receipts, forms, scanned PDFs, and email attachments contain valuable business information — but most automation still struggles to turn those docume

IoT Hub Message Routing vs Event Grid — Why Telemetry and Events Are Not the Same Problem

A machine sends temperature readings, vibration data, cycle counts, power consumption, and operating states every few seconds. Then the gateway suddenly disconnects. Are

The 5 Pillars of Data Transformation - Simply Explained

AI was supposed to clear the backlog, accelerate decisions, and give every team a smarter way to work. Instead, many organizations now have Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, M

Your Factory Cloud Bill Is Much Higher Than You Think

Cloud storage may look cheap. Sending factory data to the cloud may look cheap. But the real cloud bill often starts when that data begins moving. In this episode, we bre

From Financial Data to AI-Ready Decisions: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Semantic Models & AI Agents with Rishi Sapra [MVP]

What happens when AI agents start making sense of financial and business data — not just displaying it?In this episode of M365.FM, Mirko Peters talks with Rishi Sapra Mic

Why Your ERP Can't Build an Optimal Production Schedule

Your ERP can calculate production dates, explode demand through MRP, manage routings, inventory, purchase orders, and production orders. But that does not automatically m

Production Planning Software: When Does a Manufacturer Actually Need It?

When does a manufacturer actually need dedicated production planning software? It is not when the company reaches a certain size. It is not when Excel suddenly becomes “u

Can You Simulate Your Factory Before Changing It?

What happens when you change a factory before you know how the rest of the production system will react? Adding a shift, buying a new machine, reducing buffers, changing

APS Software vs. ERP: What's the Difference?

Manufacturers often rely on ERP systems to manage orders, materials, inventory, purchasing, production orders, and financial transactions. But when a machine goes down, a

Constraint-Based Scheduling: The Architecture That Makes Production Plans Real

Your ERP says the customer order ships on Friday. The work order is released. The routing looks correct. Capacity appears available. Everything looks fine in the planning

A Machine Goes Down. How Should Your Production Plan React?

A machine goes down. Maintenance receives the alarm. The operator stops production. The MES records an interrupted operation. But your ERP may still believe that the mach

Can Value Stream Mapping Become a Live Data Model?

Value Stream Mapping has been one of the most useful tools in Lean Manufacturing for understanding how material, information, and decisions move through a production syst

How Finite Capacity Scheduling Actually Works in Manufacturing

Your ERP says the production order should finish next Thursday. The routing looks correct. Material is planned. Everything appears under control. Then you walk onto the s

Why Your Critical Path Changes When Production Changes

A production plan can look perfectly reasonable — until production actually starts.One machine runs late. A material release slips. A qualified operator becomes unavailab

How AI Changed Software Development Forever — Building the Agentic Future with Andre Baltieri [MVP]

Artificial intelligence is changing software development at a speed we have rarely seen before.Developers have already moved from writing every line of code themselves to

Architecting Power Platform for Complex Enterprise Solutions with Ian Tweedie [MVP]

Microsoft Power Platform is often described as a low-code platform. But what happens when the applications you build become business-critical, highly integrated, and too

Copilot Inherits Your Mess: Modernizing Microsoft 365 for AI with Richard Harbridge [MVP]

Microsoft 365 Copilot doesn’t arrive in a clean Microsoft 365 tenant. It arrives in an environment that organizations have been building for years — full of SharePoint si

Microsoft 365 Copilot: What Actually Makes People More Productive with Adrian Espes [MVP]

Does Microsoft 365 Copilot really make people more productive?In this episode of the M365 FM podcast, Mirko Peters speaks with Microsoft MVP Adrian Espes about what Copil