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Power Platform Talk Episodes

Security Talk is where we deal with the uncomfortable but necessary reality that the modern threat landscape is no longer “patching and antivirus” — it is identity-centric, cloud-first, constantly evolving, and deeply business-impacting.
This is Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, Purview risk and compliance capabilities, Zero Trust patterns, SIEM + XDR fusion, identity protection, conditional access strategy, and the practical translation of security controls into operational, measurable outcomes.

The discussion is not tool-demo driven — it is threat-driven.
We talk about how to actually design and maintain a defensible Microsoft security posture in environments that are hybrid, mobile, multi-tenant, and constantly changing. We unpack what Secure Score actually means in real life, how to interpret signals instead of chasing alerts, why identity hygiene matters more than firewall rules, how to navigate user friction vs control, and how to build security approaches that support the business instead of blocking it.

Security Talk is about translating Microsoft’s security stack into patterns that reduce blast radius, enable fast detection, accelerate response, withstand breaches, and help security teams work as a strategic partner rather than a reactive helpdesk. It is focused on real attack path reduction, not checkbox compliance.

If it hardens identity, protects data, strengthens posture, or allows defenders to respond faster and smarter — it lives in Security Talk.
Aug. 6, 2025

Data Loss Prevention Policies for Fabric and Power Platform

This episode exposes the hidden gaps in Fabric and Power Platform Data Loss Prevention (DLP)—from shadow connectors and cross-environment leaks to misclassified “business” connectors that quietly exfiltrate sensitive data. You’ll learn how DLP decisions are really made (the if-then logic behind pol…
Aug. 6, 2025

Azure DevOps Pipelines for Power Platform Deployments

This episode turns fragile, manual Power Platform deployments into reliable, auditable CI/CD with Azure DevOps. We unpack the real failure points—misconfigured service connections, flaky agent pools, hidden Dataverse dependencies, missing connection references—and show how to fix them with hardened…
Aug. 6, 2025

Setting Up ALM for Power Platform with GitHub Actions

This episode demystifies Power Platform ALM with GitHub Actions so you can see—and control—every step from source to prod. Learn why deployments fail (connector references, environment variables, and human-led imports), how to wire service principals and scoped secrets, and how to structure GitHub …
Aug. 5, 2025

Exposing Dynamics 365 APIs via Custom Connectors in Power Platform

This episode shows how to beat the limits of the standard Dynamics 365 connector in Power Automate using custom connectors. You’ll learn a repeatable path: find the right Dataverse/Dynamics Web API endpoints (including custom tables), test them in Postman, secure them with Azure AD OAuth (least-pri…
Aug. 5, 2025

Automating Month-End Close with Power Automate + Dynamics 365 Finance

This episode shows how to automate month-end close by wiring Power Automate + Dynamics 365 Finance + Microsoft Teams into a single approval and posting workflow. You’ll learn the exact connector, permissions, triggers, conditional approval logic, Teams adaptive cards, and resilient error-handling (…
Aug. 5, 2025

Customizing Dataverse for Complex Business Apps

Tired of Dataverse apps that fly with 10 users and crumble at 100? This episode shows how to design for scale by treating relationships, logic, calculated fields, and alternate keys as first-class citizens—not afterthoughts. You’ll learn how to keep performance predictable, automation consistent, i…
Aug. 5, 2025

Unlock Dataverse—Stop Flying Blind in Fabric

Your CRM insights are trapped behind Dataverse’s walls. In this guide, you’ll punch a clean hole straight into Microsoft Fabric—so sales, marketing, support, and product finally live on one dashboard. Learn the exact permissions to flip, the Dataverse tables that actually matter, and the shaping ru…
Aug. 3, 2025

Creating Role-Based Dashboards in Power Platform

Your role-based dashboard isn’t failing because of DAX—it’s failing because Azure AD, Power BI RLS, and Power Apps aren’t speaking the same identity language. This playbook shows how to wire dynamic AAD groups to dataset roles, pass user context from Power Apps into Power BI, and automate membershi…
Aug. 1, 2025

Graph Notifications: The Step You’re Missing

Stop missing SharePoint updates because your Microsoft Graph webhooks go silent. The #1 reason your change notifications fail? A tiny validation echo your endpoint mishandles in the first five seconds—no JSON, no wrappers, just the raw token back. From airtight token checks to smart retries, automa…
Aug. 1, 2025

Enterprise architecture for Power Platform management

Your Power Platform isn’t breaking because of “bad code”—it’s the invisible feedback loops between environments, DLP, connectors, and ALM that trigger domino failures. This guide shows how a tiny governance tweak in Dev/Test can stall pipelines in Prod, and gives you a practical blueprint to map, m…
July 31, 2025

PowerShell vs Graph API: Who Wins When?

Stop Wasting Hours on Scripts: PowerShell vs Microsoft Graph—Exactly When to Switch (With Real Signals) Still cranking out CSVs while your tenants balloon in size? In this episode, we show the precise breakpoint where quick PowerShell wins turn into long-term pain—and when moving to Microsoft Gr…
July 30, 2025

Nobody Explains Microsoft Graph Consent—Here’s What’s Missing

Stop blindly clicking “Grant admin consent.” This deep dive demystifies Microsoft Graph app-only permissions—who consents, which scopes you actually need, and how tokens really work in production. Learn least-privilege setups, admin consent gotchas, secret/cert rotation, managed identity, and audit…
July 30, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Skipping DevOps in Power Apps

Your Power Apps aren’t breaking in prod because of bad code—they’re breaking because you’re skipping DevOps. Learn why “Publish” is not a rollback plan, why solution ZIPs are a trap, and how real ALM (source control, pipelines, managed solutions, env strategy) slashes outages, rework, and panic. Sh…
July 29, 2025

Your Power Apps Only Do Half the Job… Here’s Why

Power Apps doesn’t have a connector for your mission-critical system? Build your own. In this episode, I show you—step by step—how to create a secure custom connector that speaks any API’s language (even the “fun” ones with OAuth quirks), so your apps can pull live inventory, post orders, or track …
July 29, 2025

Microsoft Graph API: The Secret Control Panel

Microsoft 365 looks like apps—Outlook, Teams, SharePoint. The real power is the Microsoft Graph API: one gateway to automate onboarding, sync calendars, govern groups, and ship dashboards the admin centers can’t. In this episode, I show you how Graph actually works (endpoints, scopes, tokens), how …
June 22, 2025

Microsoft Dataverse: The Trusted Data Backbone for Business Transformation

Your data isn’t the problem—your data plumbing is. Microsoft Dataverse turns scattered silos into a governed, secure backbone for apps, automations, and analytics across Power Platform and Dynamics 365. In this episode, we show how to model faster, ship apps sooner, lock down security, and light up…
June 21, 2025

Unleashing Innovation with Power Apps AI Builder: Transforming Low-Code with Intelligent Automation

Stop waiting on data scientists. Power Apps AI Builder drops ready-to-use AI—document processing, prediction, object detection, text models—straight into your apps and flows. Build it, ship it, retrain it, all inside the Power Platform with enterprise-grade security.
May 20, 2025

Why Empowering Citizen Developers with Power Platform Matters

Imagine transforming your business challenges into innovative solutions without relying on complex coding skills. Citizen developers are making this possible every day. By using tools like the Power Platform, you can empower ...
May 15, 2025

Advanced Power Apps Components Explained

Confession time: the first time I opened a model-driven form in Power Apps, I had no idea what I was looking at. It felt like peeking under the hood of a spaceship—exciting, but intimidating. What began as a practical experim...
May 9, 2025

Power Without Paranoia: Unraveling Security and Innovation on Microsoft’s Power Platform

Everyone remembers that one time they broke something at work—maybe you were given a bit too much access, clicked the wrong button, and messed up that important report (guilty as charged!). The world of Microsoft’s Power Plat...
April 24, 2025

The Microsoft Avengers - Battleground Power Platform

In this podcast, the speaker discusses the challenges and solutions related to governance in organizations using Microsoft Power Platform. The speaker, who is responsible for Power Platform governance, emphasizes the importance of a structured governance strategy to prevent data exposure and unauth…