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Korte, duidelijke definities van de belangrijkste termen rond Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure en beveiliging. (Definitie in het Engels)

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AI agent
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 human approving critical steps. Agents go beyond chatbots because they take actions, not just answer questions.
Afleveringen over AI agent:
Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft's platform for building, evaluating and deploying AI applications and agents. It offers a catalogue of models, tools for grounding and safety, and deployment options on Azure.
Afleveringen over Azure AI Foundry:

C

Conditional Access
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, device compliance, location and risk. It is the core of a Zero Trust approach in Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
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 own work data from Microsoft Graph to draft, summarise and analyse content, always within the user's existing permissions.
Afleveringen over Microsoft 365 Copilot:
Copilot Studio
Microsoft's low-code platform for building, customising and publishing AI agents and copilots. Makers define topics, knowledge sources, actions and flows and can publish the result to Teams, websites or Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Afleveringen over Copilot Studio:

D

Data loss prevention (DLP)
Policies that detect sensitive information such as credit card numbers or personal data and prevent it from being shared, copied or uploaded in ways that violate company rules.
Afleveringen over Data loss prevention (DLP):
Dataverse
The managed data platform behind Power Platform and Dynamics 365. It stores tables with relationships, security roles and business logic, so apps and agents work on one governed data source.
Afleveringen over Dataverse:
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft's security product family for endpoints, email, identities, cloud apps and cloud workloads. Defender XDR correlates their alerts into single incidents so security teams can investigate and respond faster.
Dynamics 365
Microsoft's family of business applications for sales, customer service, finance, supply chain and more, including Business Central for small and mid-sized companies. It builds on Dataverse and Power Platform.
Afleveringen over Dynamics 365:

E

Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service, formerly Azure Active Directory. It handles sign-in, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, Conditional Access and app registrations for Microsoft 365, Azure and thousands of other apps.
Afleveringen over Microsoft Entra ID:
Exchange Online
The cloud email, calendar and contacts service in Microsoft 365. Outlook connects to it, and mail flow rules, anti-phishing and retention policies are managed around it.
Afleveringen over Exchange Online:

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Microsoft Fabric
An all-in-one analytics platform that combines data engineering, data warehousing, real-time analytics and Power BI on a shared storage layer called OneLake, billed through shared capacity.
Afleveringen over Microsoft Fabric:

G

GitHub Copilot
An AI coding assistant that suggests code, explains it, writes tests and, in agent mode, carries out multi-step changes in a repository under the developer's review.
Afleveringen over GitHub Copilot:
Governance
The rules, roles and controls that define who may use which data and tools, and how that is monitored. For Copilot and agents, governance covers permissions, labelling, lifecycle of agents and auditability.
Afleveringen over Governance:
Microsoft Graph
The unified API for Microsoft 365 data and services such as users, mail, calendar, files, Teams and security. Developers use one endpoint and one permission model; Copilot also uses Graph to ground answers in work data.
Afleveringen over Microsoft Graph:

I

Microsoft Intune
Microsoft's cloud service for managing devices and apps. It enforces configuration and compliance policies on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android and feeds device status into Conditional Access.

M

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
An open protocol that lets AI applications connect to tools and data sources in a standard way. An MCP server exposes capabilities, and any compatible agent can discover and call them.
Multifactor authentication (MFA)
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 blocks the vast majority of account-takeover attempts caused by stolen passwords.

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OneDrive
Microsoft's cloud storage for personal work files. It syncs folders across devices and integrates with SharePoint, sharing controls and Microsoft 365 apps.

P

Power Apps
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 are generated from the data model in Dataverse.
Power Automate
A service for automating workflows between apps and services. Cloud flows react to triggers such as a new email or file, desktop flows automate Windows applications, and both can include AI steps.
Afleveringen over Power Automate:
Power BI
Microsoft's business intelligence tool for turning data into interactive reports and dashboards. Semantic models define the data and measures, and reports can be shared in the Power BI service or embedded in other apps.
Afleveringen over Power BI:
Power Platform
Microsoft's low-code family consisting of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages and Copilot Studio. Together with Dataverse it lets business users build apps, automations, reports and agents.
Afleveringen over Power Platform:
Prompt
The instruction or question given to an AI model. Clear prompts state the goal, the context, the desired format and any constraints; good prompting is the fastest way to better Copilot results.
Afleveringen over Prompt:
Prompt injection
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 data. Defences include limiting permissions, filtering inputs and requiring human approval for sensitive actions.
Afleveringen over Prompt injection:
Microsoft Purview
Microsoft's family of data governance, protection and compliance tools. It covers sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention, eDiscovery, audit and insider-risk management across Microsoft 365 and other data sources.
Afleveringen over Microsoft Purview:

R

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
A pattern in which an AI model first retrieves relevant documents from a knowledge source and then writes its answer based on them. It reduces made-up answers and lets models use current, private data without retraining.

S

Sensitivity labels
Labels from Microsoft Purview that classify and protect documents, emails and meetings. A label can add encryption, visual markings and access restrictions that travel with the file wherever it goes.
SharePoint
Microsoft 365's platform for intranets, document libraries and team sites. Most files shared in Teams are stored in SharePoint, so its permissions directly decide what Copilot can find.
Afleveringen over SharePoint:

T

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft's collaboration hub for chat, meetings, calls and apps. It is also a main surface for Copilot and for agents built in Copilot Studio.
Afleveringen over Microsoft Teams:

V

Microsoft Viva
A set of employee-experience apps inside Teams and Microsoft 365, including Viva Engage for communities, Viva Insights for work patterns and Viva Learning for training.
Afleveringen over Microsoft Viva:

Z

Zero Trust
A security model built on three principles: verify explicitly, use least-privilege access and assume breach. Instead of trusting anything inside the network, every request is checked against identity, device and context.