{"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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-a-microsoft-mvp-podcast-by-mirko-peters--6704921/supp…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T20:22:41.104701+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214"},"episode":{"title":"The Copilot Tax: Why Your AI Strategy is Bleeding Cash","slug":"the-copilot-tax-why-your-ai-strategy-is-bleeding-cash","published_at":"2026-05-30T14:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214/the-copilot-tax-why-your-ai-strategy-is-bleeding-cash","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-copilot-tax-why-your-ai-strategy-is-bleeding-cash--72211321","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72211321/the_copilot_tax_why_your_ai_strategy_is_bleeding_cash.mp3","summary":"Most organizations believe their AI costs are predictable.They look at the Microsoft invoice, see the $30-per-user Copilot add-on, multiply it by headcount, and assume they understand what enterprise AI is costing them.They don’t.In this episode, Mirko Peters breaks down the hidden financial architecture underneath Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, Security Copilot, and agentic AI systems. What looks like a simple licensing model is actually a layered consumption economy built on tokens, compute, orchestration loops, verification labor, governance overhead, and hidden operational waste.This episode explains why many organizations are dramatically underestimating what enterprise AI actually costs — and why some deployments are quietly bleeding millions of dollars through zombie licenses, idle token waste, poorly governed agents, and low-adoption rollouts.More importantly, the episode explores how organizations can stop the bleeding and build a sustainable, measurable, ROI-driven AI strategy going into 2026. THE REAL COST OF COPILOT The $30 Copilot license is not the real cost of enterprise AI.It is the entry fee.Mirko explains how Microsoft’s licensing strategy changed dramatically between 2024 and 2026 through price increases, removal of Enterprise Agreement discounts, bundled AI suites, and consumption-based billing models.The conversation explores: E3 and E5 licensing inflation Microsoft’s E7 Frontier Suite strategy The end of traditional volume discount leverage AI becoming a fixed operational cost The shift toward bundled dependency ecosystems This section explains why organizations often discover the real financial impact of AI during renewal cycles rather than during pilot deployments. 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