Windows Update for Business - Simply Explained

Windows Update for Business is not a product you buy, and it's not a server you run. It's a free set of controls already built into Windows, sitting there unused on most company laptops.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Why Windows Updates Always Seem to Land at the Worst TimeWhat Windows Update for Business Actually IsFeature Updates and Quality Updates: The Two Things It ManagesRings: How You Test Updates Before Everyone Gets ThemDeferrals, Deadlines, and Grace Periods: The Three DialsWhere It Lives: Intune, Entra, and the Azure ReportsWindows Autopatch: When You Want Microsoft to DriveWhat Windows Update for Business Won't Do For YouThe Short Version, and a 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.

ERP, MES and shop floor data live in different systems, and a single source of truth takes design. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we discuss using Microsoft Fabric to unify those sources: OneLake, modeling and governance.You will learn how to structure the platform around manufacturing use cases.Who it is for: Data and analytics leads, manufacturing IT and BI teams.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.

Power Apps stops at 500 records, and most beginners never notice. Your SharePoint list already holds the data your team cares about, and Power Apps is the friendly screen you put in front of it.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:What Power Apps and SharePoint Are, and Why They Belong TogetherHow a SharePoint List Turns Into a Working App in MinutesWhat the App Does With Your DataThe Three Building Blocks You Only Learn OnceWhere This Combination ShinesThe 500-Record Wall and Why Your App Lies to YouThe 5,000-Item Rule, and the Rest of the Honest LimitsHow This Fits Into Microsoft 365 and AzureThe Short Version and a 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.

Your Copilot Studio agent can sound completely sure of itself and still be wrong. It happens because the agent answers from the wrong place, either its own general knowledge or a document you never meant it to use.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Why your Copilot agent can sound sure and still be wrongWhat knowledge actually means in Copilot StudioThe sources you can plug in and how the agent searches themHow your files turn into an answerThe one setting that decides whether your agent is allowed to guessHow to tune knowledge in practiceWhere it quietly goes wrongThe limits you cannot design aroundHow this fits into Microsoft 365 and AzureThe short recap, your turn, and the sign-offSimply 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.

OEE numbers are only useful when everyone trusts how they are calculated. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we cover measuring Overall Equipment Effectiveness: availability, performance, quality and data pitfalls.You will learn how to define OEE consistently and avoid misleading comparisons.Who it is for: Production managers, continuous improvement teams and data analysts.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.

What happens right when a purchase order gets confirmed? Or a payment posts?In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Opening: The Moment Dynamics 365 Needs to Speak Up, 100 WordsWhy Business Events Exist, 520 WordsWhat a Business Event Actually ContainsEndpoints: Where the Message GoesA Real Example: Purchase Order Confirmation to ActionActivation, Reliability, and SecurityChoosing the Right First Use CaseConclusion: One Message, One Timely ResponseSimply 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.

There is an AI assistant already switched on in every SharePoint site. 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:What SharePoint Agents Actually AreThe Two Kinds of Agents You Will MeetHow an Agent Finds the Right AnswerWhere Agents Earn Their Keep at WorkWhat It Takes to Turn One OnThe Mistakes That Trip People UpThe Honest Limits of the ToolHow This Fits Into Microsoft 365 and AzureWhat to Remember Before You Build OneSimply 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.

Somewhere in your Microsoft 365 tenant, a Power Platform environment is filling up with apps and flows that nobody planned. Microsoft creates it automatically for every tenant, and it's called the default environment.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:What the Power Platform admin center actually isEnvironments are the one idea that makes the rest make senseWho gets in, and why the role matters more than the licenseThe jobs people do inside the portalGuardrails, not handcuffs, and how policies keep data safeKeeping an eye on capacity, licensing, and costWhere beginners get surprised, and the honest limitsHow it fits beside Microsoft 365 and AzureA short 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.

Shop floor apps succeed when operators actually want to use them. In this episode of the iFAKT series, we cover designing Power Platform apps for operators: simplicity, offline use, data capture and integration.You will learn how to build and roll out apps the floor adopts.Who it is for: Citizen developers, manufacturing IT and operations leads.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.

Gartner predicted that eighty percent of data lakes would fall short, and the culprit was missing labels and catalogs. That gap is part of why a third option showed up, the data lakehouse, sitting beside the older data warehouse and data lake.In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:Where all this data comes fromThe data warehouse, the tidy oneThe data lake, the cheap and messy oneHow a lake turns into a swampThe lakehouse, which tries to have bothWhere this lives in Microsoft FabricOneLake and the one copy of dataDirect Lake, Power BI, and the honest limitsThe short version and a 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.