Azure Virtual Machines - Simply Explained

Your Power BI refresh isn't slow because your report is big. It's slow because Power BI keeps pulling back years of data that hasn't changed.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:What Incremental Refresh Actually DoesWhy Hitting Refresh Stops WorkingThe Two Date Markers Behind Every RefreshThe Rolling Window That Keeps Your Model SmallThe Setting That Decides EverythingWhat It Costs and Where It RunsThe Mistakes That Bite PeopleWhen Not to Use ItA Quick Recap and One QuestionSimply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.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.

Here's what happens when a messy tracking spreadsheet becomes a Microsoft List. The rows stay, but the chaos goes, because every column now knows whether it holds a name, a date, a price, or a status.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:The Tracking Spreadsheet Everyone Is Afraid to TouchWhat Microsoft Lists Actually IsThree Easy Ways to Start Your First ListColumns Are Where the Real Difference Shows UpOne List, Many Ways to See ItWhen the List Starts Working Without YouWhere Lists Fits in Microsoft 365The Limits Nobody Warns You AboutThe Mistakes Beginners Make, and What to Do InsteadThe Short Version, and One Question for YouSimply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.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.

Industrial historians have served plants for decades, while cloud data platforms promise more flexibility. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we compare industrial historians and cloud data platforms: strengths, costs, latency, data models and how they can coexist.You will learn how to decide where each belongs in your architecture.Who it is for: OT and IT architects, data platform owners in manufacturing.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.

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.

A mechanic in a truck yard with no signal is still tapping through an app. That app is a Power App, and it never saw a single bar of service all day.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Why your Power App goes dark the moment the signal dropsThe one choice that makes offline possibleHow the app keeps working with no internet at allWhat happens when the signal comes backWhat a real offline app looks likeWhat offline mode can't doThe mistakes that catch people outWhere this sits in Microsoft 365 and AzureThe short versionSimply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.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.

Implementing Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management in manufacturing takes more than configuring modules. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss what implementation really looks like: scoping, data migration, integration, testing and change management.You will learn what to prepare, where timelines slip and how to set realistic expectations.Who it is for: ERP project leads, supply chain managers and manufacturing IT.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.

Most people assume Microsoft already backs up their email, and that assumption is where the trouble starts. Your files sit on Microsoft's servers, so they feel safe, but a service staying online is a different job from handing you a clean copy of last week.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Why Being in the Cloud Is Not the Same as Being Backed UpWhat Microsoft 365 Backup Actually IsRecycle Bins, Version History, and Real Backup Are Three Different ThingsHow Far Back It Can Take You, and How Fast You Get Data BackWhat It Costs and How the Billing Actually WorksThe Three Things It Protects and the One Big Thing It Doesn'tThe Other Blind Spots: Identity, Settings, and Other AppsHow You Turn It On, and the Mistakes That Trip People UpWhen You Actually Need It, and When You Don'tSimply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.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.

Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is free, and almost nobody outside the IT world talks about it. It's one screen that lets a single IT provider look after Microsoft 365 for dozens of small businesses at the same time.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, the free tool almost nobody talks aboutWhat Microsoft 365 Lighthouse actually isWho Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is really built forWhat a customer tenant needs before Lighthouse can see itHow baselines keep every customer on the same standardWhat a normal week with Lighthouse actually looks likeCommon mistakes and the honest limits of LighthouseWhere Lighthouse fits next to Azure Lighthouse and the admin centerThe recap and one question for youSimply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.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.

Plants that were isolated for years are now connected, and that changes the security model. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we look at protecting manufacturing environments with Microsoft Defender for IoT: asset discovery, network monitoring and detection.You will learn how to gain visibility into OT networks and prioritize risks without disrupting production.Who it is for: OT security leads, plant IT and security architects.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.

An Azure virtual machine sounds complicated until you break it into parts. Every VM is built from the same handful of choices: how much power it gets, what kind of disk it uses, how it connects to the network, and which system it boots into.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:What an Azure VM really isThe parts of a virtual machinePicking the right sizeVM or managed serviceWhat it actually costsStaying up when things breakSimply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.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.