Power Platform Governance Without Killing Innovation: Security, DLP, Environments & Citizen Development with Michael Roth [MVP]

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Power Platform makes it possible for people across an organization to solve problems, automate processes, and build business applications faster than traditional development approaches. But that accessibility also creates difficult enterprise questions: Who can build what? Where does company data go? How should environments be structured? And how can organizations prevent shadow IT without becoming the department that says no to every new idea?In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters talks with Michael Roth [MVP] about building Power Platform governance that protects the organization without killing innovation. They explore security, Data Loss Prevention policies, environment architecture, inventory, application lifecycle management, citizen development, and the responsibilities organizations take on when Power Platform becomes part of their business infrastructure.ㅤFROM ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING TO POWER PLATFORM GOVERNANCEMichael shares his unconventional journey from organizational development and change management into the Microsoft ecosystem. After working on information-classification projects and experiencing the limitations of managing enterprise information through enormous Excel files, he became increasingly interested in the technical side of digital transformation.His work with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Automate, and Power Apps eventually brought together two complementary perspectives: technical platform knowledge and an understanding of people, communication, organizational change, and adoption. Today, Michael uses this combination to help organizations establish sustainable governance, administration, and security models for Power Platform.ㅤPOWER PLATFORM IS NOT A HOBBY TOOLPower Platform is frequently presented as a collection of approachable low-code services, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio. Michael explains why organizations must also understand the platform underneath those individual services.For users, these products can feel like simpl