Microsoft ecosystem entity database
Products, platforms, concepts, certifications and organisations around Microsoft – with relationships, described by the community and published as Schema.org data.
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- .NET · Platform
Microsoft's open-source, cross-platform developer platform for building web, cloud, desktop, mobile, CLI and AI applications with C#, F# and - Active Directory · Product
The on-premises directory service for Windows domains that manages users, computers and permissions. - Agent harness · Concept
Software layer around a language model that provides tools, permissions, memory, evaluation and limits so an agent can act safely and reprod - Agent loop · Concept
Control cycle in which an AI agent plans, calls tools, observes the result and repeats until the goal is reached or it must hand over to a h - Agent observability · Concept
Collecting traces, metrics, evaluations and audit data of AI agents to see what they did, why, and at what cost. - Agent skill · Concept
Reusable package of instructions, scripts and resources that an AI agent loads on demand to perform a specific task consistently. - Agentic SDLC · Concept
Software development lifecycle in which AI agents take part in requirements, coding, testing, review and operations under human oversight. - AI agent · Concept
A software system that uses an AI model to pursue a goal on its own: it plans steps, calls tools or APIs, reads data and acts, often with a - AI assistant · Category
Software that uses AI models to help users write, summarise, search or act. - AI Builder · Product
Power Platform capability that adds prebuilt and custom AI models, such as document processing, text classification and prompts, to apps and - AI governance · Concept
Policies, roles and controls that keep the use of AI in an organisation safe, compliant and accountable. - Analytics and BI tool · Category
A tool for analysing data and building reports and dashboards. - Audit logs · Concept
Records of who did what and when in a system, used for security investigations and compliance. - Automation · Concept
Using software to run repetitive tasks and processes without manual work. - Azure AI Foundry · Platform
Microsoft's platform for building, evaluating and deploying AI applications and agents. It offers a catalogue of models, tools for grounding - Azure AI Search · Product
A search service that indexes content and supports vector and hybrid search, often used for RAG. - Azure API Management · Product
A service for publishing, securing, throttling and monitoring APIs. - Azure Cosmos DB · Product
A globally distributed NoSQL database service on Azure. - Azure Functions · Product
Serverless compute service of Azure that runs event-driven code; can be exposed as an MCP server, for example through API Management. - Azure Key Vault · Product
A service for securely storing secrets, keys and certificates. - Azure landing zone · Concept
Pre-configured Azure environment with management groups, networking, policy and identity that gives workloads a secure, scalable foundation. - Azure Logic Apps · Product
Cloud integration service of Azure for building workflows and agentic automation with hundreds of connectors, triggers and actions; the Azur - Azure OpenAI Service · Product
A service that provides OpenAI models such as GPT through Azure with enterprise security and compliance. - Azure Virtual Desktop · Product
Cloud-hosted desktop and app virtualisation service on Azure, extendable to hybrid and other hypervisors. - Bicep · Product
Domain-specific language from Microsoft for declaring Azure resources, compiled to ARM templates. - Business application · Category
Software for business processes such as sales, finance or customer service. - Business events (Dynamics 365) · Concept
Mechanism in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations that sends a notification to external endpoints such as Logic Apps, Power Automate, Service - Business Performance Analytics · Product
Analytics offering for Dynamics 365 ERP data that builds prebuilt reports on Fabric and Power BI and exposes ERP analytics to agents through - Canvas app · Concept
Power Apps app type where the maker designs the screen layout freely, like a slide, and connects it to data with Power Fx formulas. - Change notifications and webhooks · Concept
A Microsoft Graph pattern that pushes notifications when data changes, instead of polling, often combined with delta query. - ChatGPT · Product
An AI chat assistant from OpenAI. - Cloud platform · Category
A platform providing computing, storage and services over the internet. - Collaboration tool · Category
A tool for communication, meetings and working together on files. - Compliance · Concept
Meeting legal, regulatory and internal requirements, for example for data protection and records retention. - Conditional Access · Concept
A policy engine in Microsoft Entra that decides at sign-in whether to allow, block or require extra steps, based on signals such as user, de - Connector · Concept
Prebuilt wrapper around an API that lets Power Apps, Power Automate and Copilot Studio read and write data in hundreds of services. - Copilot adoption · Concept
Rolling out Copilot to users and getting them to use it effectively, including training, change management and measuring ROI. - Copilot Cowork · Product
Capability of Microsoft 365 Copilot where the assistant carries out multi-step work on the user's behalf across Outlook, Teams, Word and Exc - Copilot Credits · Concept
Consumption unit used to bill agent and Copilot Studio usage, which makes budgeting and monitoring of agent costs necessary. - Copilot governance · Concept
Controls for permissions, data access and oversight when using Copilot in a Microsoft 365 tenant. - Copilot Studio · Product
Microsoft's low-code platform for building, customising and publishing AI agents and copilots. Makers define topics, knowledge sources, acti - Copilot UX components · Product
Reusable user-interface building blocks for extending Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences in custom apps and agents. - Custom domain in Microsoft 365 · Concept
Own DNS domain verified in Microsoft 365 and used for email addresses, sign-in names and branding, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for trus - Data entities (Dynamics 365) · Concept
Abstractions in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations that expose business data through OData, data management and Excel for reading, importin - Data governance · Concept
Rules, roles and tools that keep data classified, protected and used correctly, essential before and while deploying Copilot and agents. - Data loss prevention (DLP) · Concept
Policies that detect sensitive information such as credit card numbers or personal data and prevent it from being shared, copied or uploaded - Dataverse · Product
The managed data platform behind Power Platform and Dynamics 365. It stores tables with relationships, security roles and business logic, so - Dataverse MCP server · Product
MCP server that lets agents query and update Dataverse and Dynamics 365 data through the Model Context Protocol, an alternative to connector - DAX · Concept
Formula and query language for calculations in Power BI, Excel Power Pivot and Analysis Services semantic models. - Developer tool · Category
A tool that helps developers write, test and ship software. - Dual-write · Concept
Near real-time, bi-directional data integration between Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps and Dataverse. - Dynamics 365 · Platform
Microsoft's family of business applications for sales, customer service, finance, supply chain and more, including Business Central for smal - Dynamics 365 Business Central · Product
Cloud ERP for small and mid-sized businesses covering finance, sales, purchasing, inventory and operations; successor of Dynamics NAV, exten - Dynamics 365 Customer Insights · Product
A customer data platform and journey tool in Dynamics 365 for unified customer profiles and segmentation. - Dynamics 365 Customer Service · Product
A Dynamics 365 application for managing support cases and customer service operations. - Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations · Product
Cloud ERP application of Dynamics 365 for finance, supply chain, manufacturing and operations; successor of Dynamics AX, usually abbreviated - Dynamics 365 Sales · Product
A Dynamics 365 application for managing leads, opportunities and the sales pipeline. - eDiscovery · Concept
Finding, holding and exporting electronic content for legal or investigative cases. - ERP Analytics MCP · Product
MCP server that exposes Dynamics 365 ERP analytics from Business Performance Analytics to AI agents. - EU AI Act · Concept
The European Union regulation that sets risk-based rules for developing and using AI systems. - Excel for the web · Product
Browser version of Excel for viewing, editing and co-authoring workbooks; it supports common formulas, tables and charts but fewer advanced - Exchange Online · Product
The cloud email, calendar and contacts service in Microsoft 365. Outlook connects to it, and mail flow rules, anti-phishing and retention po - Fabric notebooks · Product
Notebook experience in Microsoft Fabric for data engineering and data science with PySpark, Python and SQL on lakehouse data. - Fabric task flow · Concept
Visual design in a Fabric workspace that maps the tasks of a data solution to items, making architecture and ownership visible. - Fabric workspace · Concept
Container in Microsoft Fabric that groups items such as lakehouses, notebooks and reports and defines access, capacity and deployment bounda - Figma · Product
Collaborative interface design tool; a plugin turns Figma designs into Power Apps screens for designer-maker hand-off. - FinOps · Concept
Practice of managing and optimising cloud and AI spending through cost visibility, allocation, budgets and accountability. - Foundry Agent Service · Product
Managed service in Microsoft Foundry for hosting AI agents with threads, tool calling, knowledge, MCP servers and enterprise security. - Foundry Local · Product
Runtime and CLI for running AI models locally on a PC or device with an OpenAI-compatible API, without sending data to the cloud. - GDPR · Concept
The EU General Data Protection Regulation governing how personal data may be processed. - Generative pages · Product
Power Apps feature that generates app pages from a natural-language description on top of Dataverse data, using AI. - GitHub · Organization
GitHub is a platform for hosting code and collaborating on software projects; it is part of Microsoft. - GitHub Actions · Product
A CI/CD and automation service built into GitHub. - GitHub Copilot · Product
An AI coding assistant that suggests code, explains it, writes tests and, in agent mode, carries out multi-step changes in a repository unde - Governance · Concept
The rules, roles and controls that define who may use which data and tools, and how that is monitored. For Copilot and agents, governance co - GPT-5 · Product
A generation of large language models from OpenAI used in products such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. - HTML pages in SharePoint · Concept
Way to publish custom HTML content as pages in SharePoint, for example generated with AI, within the tenant's security boundary. - Human in the loop · Concept
A design principle where a person reviews or approves what an AI system or automation does. - Identity and security tool · Category
A tool for protecting identities, devices, data and applications. - Identity lifecycle management · Concept
Automating how identities are created, changed and removed as people join, move within and leave an organisation, via provisioning and lifec - Infrastructure as code · Concept
Managing cloud infrastructure through versioned code and automated deployment instead of manual portal clicks. - Knowledge source · Concept
Content an agent in Copilot Studio can ground its answers on, such as SharePoint sites, files, websites, Dataverse tables or connectors. - Kusto Query Language (KQL) · Concept
The query language used in Microsoft Sentinel, Defender and Azure Monitor to analyse log data. - Local-first AI · Concept
Running AI models and agents on the user's device so data stays local, which can simplify compliance and reduce cloud costs. - Low-code tool · Category
A tool for building apps and automations with little or no programming. - M365 Show · Media
The M365 Show is a video and podcast show about Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure and the Power Platform with animated explainers and certificat - M365.FM · Media
M365.FM is a podcast about Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure, Power Platform and security, hosted by Mirko Peters. - M365Con 2027 · Event
M365Con is a free, 100% online conference for the Microsoft community with 120 sessions, January 11–22, 2027. - Microsoft · Organization
Microsoft Corporation is a technology company that develops software and cloud services such as Microsoft 365, Azure and Dynamics 365. - Microsoft 365 · Platform
Microsoft 365 is a subscription bundle of productivity apps and cloud services, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and OneDri - Microsoft 365 admin center · Product
The web portal for administering users, licences and services in a Microsoft 365 tenant. - Microsoft 365 Apps · Product
The installable Office applications of Microsoft 365, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, delivered and updated through su - Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102) · Certification
Expert certification for administering Microsoft 365 tenants, identity, security and compliance. The exam is scheduled to retire on 30 Novem - Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102) · Certification
Associate certification for deploying, managing and securing endpoints with Intune and Windows Autopilot. - Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals (MS-900) · Certification · outdated
Entry-level Microsoft 365 fundamentals exam. Retired on 31 March 2026; Microsoft plans no direct replacement (see AB-900 for Copilot and age - Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700) · Certification
Associate certification for planning, configuring and managing Microsoft Teams, meetings and calling. - Microsoft 365 Copilot · Product
An AI assistant built into Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. It uses large language models together with the user's - Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat · Product
Secure, web-grounded AI chat for Entra ID users that is included at no extra cost and can run agents; the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot adds wo - Microsoft Access · Product
Desktop database application for building small relational databases with tables, queries, forms and reports. - Microsoft Agent 365 · Product
Control plane for observing, governing and securing AI agents across an organisation, with agent registry, identity, access control and moni - Microsoft Azure · Platform
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform with services for computing, storage, networking, databases, analytics and AI. - Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) · Certification · outdated
Entry-level exam on AI and machine learning concepts and Azure AI services. The AI-900 exam retired on 30 June 2026; the certification conti - Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-901) · Certification
Refreshed entry-level exam (2026) for the Azure AI Fundamentals certification; replaces the AI-900 exam. - Microsoft Bookings · Product
Appointment scheduling tool with a public booking page that checks Outlook calendars and sends confirmations. - Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect Expert (AB-100) · Certification
New expert certification (2026) for designing agentic AI business solutions across Copilot, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. - Microsoft Certified: AI Agent Builder Associate (AB-620) · Certification
New associate certification (2026, beta) for building AI agents with Copilot Studio. - Microsoft Certified: AI Business Professional (AB-730) · Certification
New certification (2026) on applying generative AI and Copilot in everyday business work. - Microsoft Certified: AI Transformation Leader (AB-731) · Certification
New certification (2026) for leaders driving AI adoption and transformation in their organization. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) · Certification
Associate certification for managing Azure identities, storage, compute, networking and monitoring. - Microsoft Certified: Azure AI App and Agent Developer Associate (AI-103) · Certification
New associate certification (2026) for building AI apps and agents on Azure; replaces AI-102. - Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate (AI-200) · Certification
New associate certification (2026) for developing cloud applications with AI on Azure; replaces AZ-204. - Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 June 2026. Successor: AI-103. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) · Certification
Entry-level certification covering core data concepts and Azure data services. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 1 June 2026. Successor: AI-300. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 31 July 2026. Successor: AI-200. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) · Certification
Entry-level certification covering basic cloud concepts and core Azure services. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700) · Certification
Associate certification for designing, implementing and maintaining Azure networking solutions. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 31 August 2026. Successor: SC-500. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) · Certification
Expert certification for designing identity, data, business-continuity and infrastructure solutions on Azure. - Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140) · Certification
Specialty certification for planning, delivering and managing Azure Virtual Desktop environments. - Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (SC-500) · Certification
New associate certification (2026) for securing cloud and AI workloads; replaces AZ-500. - Microsoft Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900) · Certification
New fundamentals certification (2026) on administering Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents. - Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) · Certification
Expert certification for designing Zero Trust strategies and security architectures across Microsoft cloud services. - Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) · Certification
Expert certification for DevOps practices with Azure DevOps and GitHub: pipelines, source control and delivery. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Experience Analyst Associate (MB-280) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 31 July 2026. Successor: AB-210. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Field Service Functional Consultant Associate (MB-240) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 June 2026. Successor: AB-100. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert (MB-700) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 June 2026. Successor: AB-100. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM) (MB-910) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 31 December 2025. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (ERP) (MB-920) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 31 December 2025. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Sales AI Consultant Associate (AB-210) · Certification
New associate certification (2026) for AI-assisted sales solutions on Dynamics 365; replaces the MB-280 path. - Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert (MB-335) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 June 2026. - Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600) · Certification
Associate certification for designing and deploying analytics solutions with Microsoft Fabric. - Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700) · Certification
Associate certification for ingesting, transforming and securing data with Microsoft Fabric. - Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300) · Certification
Associate certification for identity, authentication, access management and governance with Microsoft Entra. - Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401) · Certification
Associate certification for information protection, data loss prevention and insider risk with Microsoft Purview. - Microsoft Certified: Intelligent Applications Builder Associate (AB-410) · Certification
New associate certification (2026) for building intelligent apps on Power Platform; replaces the PL-200 path. - Microsoft Certified: Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Engineer Associate (AI-300) · Certification
New associate certification (2026) for operating machine learning solutions on Azure; replaces DP-100. - Microsoft Certified: Power Automate RPA Developer Associate (PL-500) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 June 2026. - Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) · Certification
Associate certification for preparing, modeling and visualizing data and delivering reports with Power BI. - Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400) · Certification
Associate certification for building extensions and integrations on Power Platform. The exam is moving to AB-400; PL-400 testing ends 30 Oct - Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 31 August 2026. Successor: AB-410. - Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (PL-600) · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 June 2026. Successor: AB-100. - Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) · Certification
Associate certification for threat detection and response with Defender, Sentinel and KQL. - Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate (AZ-802) · Certification
New consolidated exam (2026) for Windows Server hybrid administration; replaces AZ-800 and AZ-801. - Microsoft Clipchamp · Product
Browser-based video editor with templates, text-to-speech and stock media, included in Microsoft 365. - Microsoft Defender · Product
Microsoft's security product family for endpoints, email, identities, cloud apps and cloud workloads. Defender XDR correlates their alerts i - Microsoft Defender for Identity · Product
A security service that detects threats against on-premises identities, such as lateral movement and Kerberoasting. - Microsoft Entra · Platform
Microsoft Entra is the family of identity and network access products from Microsoft, including Microsoft Entra ID. - Microsoft Entra Agent ID · Product
Identity type in Microsoft Entra for AI agents, so agents get their own identity, permissions and lifecycle instead of borrowing a user's or - Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync · Product
Lightweight agent-based synchronisation of on-premises Active Directory to Entra ID, successor to Entra Connect Sync for many scenarios. - Microsoft Entra Connect · Product
Software that synchronises on-premises Active Directory identities with Microsoft Entra ID. - Microsoft Entra Domain Services · Product
Managed domain services such as domain join, LDAP and Kerberos in Azure without running domain controllers. - Microsoft Entra ID · Product
Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service, formerly Azure Active Directory. It handles sign-in, single sign-on, multifactor a - Microsoft Excel · Product
Spreadsheet application of Microsoft 365 for calculations, tables, charts and data analysis, with Power Query, PivotTables, dynamic arrays a - Microsoft Fabric · Platform
An all-in-one analytics platform that combines data engineering, data warehousing, real-time analytics and Power BI on a shared storage laye - Microsoft Fabric Apps · Product
Custom, AI-assisted applications and dashboards built on top of Microsoft Fabric data, as an alternative or complement to classic Power BI r - Microsoft Forms · Product
Tool for creating surveys, quizzes and polls whose responses flow into Excel, Power Automate and Teams. - Microsoft Foundry · Product
Microsoft's platform for building, evaluating and operating AI applications and agents with model catalog, agent service, tools, evaluation - Microsoft Graph · Product
The unified API for Microsoft 365 data and services such as users, mail, calendar, files, Teams and security. Developers use one endpoint an - Microsoft Intune · Product
Microsoft's cloud service for managing devices and apps. It enforces configuration and compliance policies on Windows, macOS, iOS and Androi - Microsoft Lists · Product
Tool for tracking information and work in customisable lists with views, rules and formatting, stored in SharePoint. - Microsoft Loop · Product
Collaborative workspace with portable Loop components, pages and workspaces that stay in sync across Teams, Outlook and Word. - Microsoft OneNote · Product
Digital notebook for typed notes, ink, images and web clippings, organised in notebooks, sections and pages and synced through OneDrive. - Microsoft Outlook · Product
Email, calendar, contacts and tasks client of Microsoft 365 that connects to Exchange Online and other mail accounts. - Microsoft Planner · Product
Task and project planning tool with boards, buckets, schedules and goals, integrated in Teams as the Planner app. - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) · Certification
Entry-level certification covering the business value and core components of Power Platform. - Microsoft PowerPoint · Product
Presentation software of Microsoft 365 for slides, templates, animations and live presenting, with co-authoring and Copilot-generated decks. - Microsoft Project · Product
Project management software for schedules, resources and Gantt charts; cloud scheduling continues in Planner premium. - Microsoft Publisher · Product · outdated
Desktop publishing application for flyers, newsletters and brochures; Microsoft ended support in October 2026. - Microsoft Purview · Product
Microsoft's family of data governance, protection and compliance tools. It covers sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention, eDisc - Microsoft Secure Score · Product
Measurement in the Microsoft Defender portal that scores a tenant's security posture and suggests improvement actions. - Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) · Certification
Entry-level certification covering security, compliance and identity concepts with Microsoft solutions. - Microsoft Stream · Product
Video service of Microsoft 365 where recordings and clips are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint and played back in Teams. - Microsoft Teams · Product
Microsoft's collaboration hub for chat, meetings, calls and apps. It is also a main surface for Copilot and for agents built in Copilot Stud - Microsoft Teams Rooms · Product
Meeting-room systems with cameras, microphones and displays that join Teams meetings with a single touch. - Microsoft To Do · Product
Personal task list app with My Day, lists and reminders, synced with Outlook tasks and Planner. - Microsoft tool · Category
A software product or service developed by Microsoft. - Microsoft Visio · Product
Diagramming application for flowcharts, org charts, network and process diagrams, available as desktop app and Visio for the web. - Microsoft Viva · Product
A set of employee-experience apps inside Teams and Microsoft 365, including Viva Engage for communities, Viva Insights for work patterns and - Microsoft Whiteboard · Product
Digital canvas for sketching, sticky notes and brainstorming, used in Teams meetings and on devices. - Microsoft Word · Product
Word processor of Microsoft 365 for writing, formatting and reviewing documents, with co-authoring, comments, tracked changes and Copilot su - Mirko Peters · Person
Mirko Peters is a Microsoft MVP, podcaster, author and conference organizer focused on Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure and AI agents. - Model Context Protocol (MCP) · Concept
An open protocol that lets AI applications connect to tools and data sources in a standard way. An MCP server exposes capabilities, and any - Model-driven app · Concept
Power Apps app type generated from the Dataverse data model, with forms, views and business process flows laid out automatically. - Multifactor authentication (MFA) · Concept
A sign-in method that requires at least two proofs of identity, for example a password plus a code or approval in an authenticator app. It b - Office on the web · Product
Browser versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook that run without installation and support real-time co-authoring. - OneDrive · Product
Microsoft's cloud storage for personal work files. It syncs folders across devices and integrates with SharePoint, sharing controls and Micr - Outlook on the web · Product
Browser version of Outlook for mail, calendar and contacts, hosted by Exchange Online. - PnP PowerShell · Product
Open-source PowerShell module maintained by the community for managing SharePoint, Teams and Microsoft 365 through Microsoft Graph and CSOM. - Power Apps · Product
A low-code tool for building custom business apps for web and mobile. Canvas apps give full control over the layout, while model-driven apps - Power Apps code apps · Product
Power Apps app type where developers write the front end in code such as React and still use Power Platform connectors, Dataverse and manage - Power Automate · Product
A service for automating workflows between apps and services. Cloud flows react to triggers such as a new email or file, desktop flows autom - Power Automate Desktop · Product
Robotic process automation (RPA) tool for Windows that records and runs desktop flows to automate repetitive tasks in desktop and web applic - Power BI · Product
Microsoft's business intelligence tool for turning data into interactive reports and dashboards. Semantic models define the data and measure - Power BI Desktop · Product
Free Windows application for connecting to data, modelling it and authoring Power BI reports before publishing them to the Power BI service. - Power BI Service · Product
Cloud service of Power BI for publishing, sharing and refreshing reports, dashboards and semantic models, with workspaces, apps and row-leve - Power Fx · Concept
Microsoft's open-source low-code formula language, modelled on Excel formulas, used in Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse and Copilot Stu - Power Pages · Product
Power Pages is a low-code service for building secure, data-driven business websites. - Power Platform · Platform
Microsoft's low-code family consisting of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages and Copilot Studio. Together with Dataverse it l - Power Platform admin center · Product
Central portal for administering Power Platform environments, data policies, capacity, tenant settings and analytics. - Power Platform CLI · Product
A command-line tool for developing, packaging and deploying Power Platform components. - Power Query · Product
Data connection and transformation engine with a visual editor and the M language, built into Excel, Power BI, Power Apps dataflows and Fabr - Power Virtual Agents · Product · outdated
Former no-code chatbot builder of the Power Platform; it was merged into Microsoft Copilot Studio. - PowerPoint for the web · Product
Browser version of PowerPoint for creating, presenting and co-authoring slide decks. - Prompt · Concept
The instruction or question given to an AI model. Clear prompts state the goal, the context, the desired format and any constraints; good pr - Prompt injection · Concept
An attack in which hidden or malicious instructions in a document, web page or email trick an AI system into ignoring its rules or leaking d - Python in Excel · Product
Excel feature that runs Python code directly in cells for analysis and visualisation, executed in the Microsoft cloud. - Rayfin · Product
Tool presented at M365Con 2027 for developing Microsoft Fabric Apps with AI-driven development; see the session for details. - Requirements management · Concept
Discipline of capturing, structuring, validating and tracing the requirements of a system, increasingly supported by AI. - Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) · Concept
A pattern in which an AI model first retrieves relevant documents from a knowledge source and then writes its answer based on them. It reduc - Semantic Link Labs · Product
Open-source Python library from Microsoft that automates Power BI and Fabric semantic model management, best-practice checks and migrations - Semantic model · Concept
Business-friendly data model of tables, relationships and measures that Power BI reports and Copilot query; formerly called a dataset. - Sensitivity labels · Concept
Labels from Microsoft Purview that classify and protect documents, emails and meetings. A label can add encryption, visual markings and acce - SharePoint · Product
Microsoft 365's platform for intranets, document libraries and team sites. Most files shared in Teams are stored in SharePoint, so its permi - SharePoint admin agent · Product
AI agent that helps SharePoint administrators find and fix tenant problems such as inactive sites, oversharing and permission sprawl in natu - SharePoint Advanced Management · Product
Set of governance and lifecycle tools for SharePoint, such as site access reviews, inactive site policies, restricted access control and ove - SharePoint Embedded · Product
API-first content platform that lets developers store and manage documents for their own apps in Microsoft 365 with its security and complia - SharePoint Premium · Product
Add-on capabilities for SharePoint such as document processing, content AI, eSignature and advanced management, formerly marketed as Microso - Sovereign landing zone · Concept
Azure landing zone variant with sovereignty controls for data residency, encryption and policy, built for regulated and public-sector custom - Star schema · Concept
Data model design with a central fact table surrounded by dimension tables; the recommended structure for fast, simple Power BI models. - Teams Phone · Product
Cloud telephony in Microsoft Teams with calling plans, direct routing and operator connect for business phone numbers. - Teams Premium · Product
Add-on licence for Teams with advanced meeting protection, branded meetings, AI-generated recaps and webinar features. - Teams Toolkit · Product
Developer tooling for building apps and agents for Microsoft Teams. - Tenant-to-tenant migration · Concept
Moving users, mailboxes, files, Teams and settings from one Microsoft 365 tenant to another, for example after a merger or divestiture. - Terraform · Product
Multi-cloud infrastructure-as-code tool from HashiCorp with a provider for Azure. - Vibe coding · Concept
Building software by describing what you want in natural language and letting an AI generate and refine the code or app. - Visual Studio Code · Product
A free, extensible code editor from Microsoft. - Viva Engage · Product
The enterprise social network in Microsoft Viva, the successor to Yammer. - Viva Insights · Product
Microsoft Viva service that shows work patterns and wellbeing insights for individuals and teams. - Viva Learning · Product
Microsoft Viva service that brings learning content such as LinkedIn Learning into Teams. - Windows 365 · Product
Cloud PC service that streams a personal Windows desktop from the Microsoft cloud on a fixed monthly price. - Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate – exam AZ-800 · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 September 2026. Successor: AZ-802. - Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate – exam AZ-801 · Certification · outdated
Certification exam of the Microsoft ecosystem. Retired on 30 September 2026. Successor: AZ-802. - Word for the web · Product
Browser version of Word for writing and co-authoring documents without installing the desktop app. - Zero Trust · Concept
A security model built on three principles: verify explicitly, use least-privilege access and assume breach. Instead of trusting anything in - Zero Trust Assessment · Product
Assessment tool that checks a Microsoft 365 and Entra tenant against Zero Trust practices and reports gaps with recommended fixes, going bey