{"podcast":{"title":"M365.FM a Microsoft MVP Podcast by Mirko Peters","slug":"m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214","podcast_index_feed_id":7311214,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6704921/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.m365.fm","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/dcd2a8cc504197846a71af23bbeb0707.jpg","author":"Mirko Peters - Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot for IT Pros","episode_count":989,"summary":"M365.FM is a podcast about Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, AI, Modern Work, security, governance, Power Platform, Azure, and the technologies shaping the future of work.Hosted by Microsoft MVP Mirko Peters, M365.FM brings together Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft employees, product experts, architects, developers, and community leaders from around the world.Each episode goes beyond announcements and hype to explore what Microsoft technologies mean in practice. From Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI agents to Teams, SharePoint, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Entra, Purview, security, governance, adoption, and automation, M365.FM focuses on real-world experience, implementation, strategy, and lessons learned.Expect expert interviews, technical deep dives, practical explainers, and conversations with people building, implementing, and shaping the Microsoft ecosystem.If you work with Microsoft 365, Copilot, AI, Modern Work, or the Microsoft Cloud, M365.FM helps you understand what matters, what works, and what is coming next.Hosted by Mirko Peters, Microsoft MVP. 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Together, Mirko and Adrian look beyond the marketing and explore where Copilot is genuinely useful, where expectations are still unrealistic, and what organizations need to consider before rolling it out. MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT IN THE REAL WORLD Adrian explains why Microsoft 365 Copilot’s biggest advantage is its position inside the Microsoft ecosystem. Unlike standalone AI tools, Copilot can work directly with the applications people already use every day, including Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Edge.The conversation explores how Copilot can help users summarize meetings, catch up on conversations, identify follow-up tasks, work with documents, and create useful outputs without constantly moving information between different tools. PROMPTING WITHOUT BECOMING A PROMPT ENGINEER Do employees really need to become prompt engineers?Adrian shares a realistic approach to prompting. Users do not need to learn complicated formulas or memorize a perfect prompt structure. Instead, they should practice explaining their goal clearly, provide relevant context, describe the desired outcome, and refine their requests over time.The discussion also covers why different departments and roles may need different prompting approaches. 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