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Power Platform automation, low-code governance, citizen development and IT backlog reduction in Microsoft 365 – this episode is for leaders who search for “Power Platform ROI”, “citizen developer governance”, “low-code automation use cases” and want a concrete roadmap instead of vague hype. We unpack how to scale Microsoft Power Platform safely across business units, reduce tickets, and turn Excel power users into governed solution builders that deliver measurable business value.If you are trying to understand how to start with Power Platform in an enterprise, how to fix a chaotic rollout, or how to position low-code with security, compliance and architecture in mind, this conversation gives you practical patterns, language for stakeholders and examples you can reuse. You will hear how real organizations think about backlog, developer shortages, maker communities and Center of Excellence models – and why saying “we don’t have time for Power Platform” is often the biggest hidden cost.We also zoom out to the financial side and talk about ROI, payback and total impact of Power Platform at scale. From reclaimed hours and reduced shadow IT to faster experimentation and better data quality, you will learn how to frame Power Platform not as a “nice-to-have tool”, but as a strategic automation and innovation platform inside your Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• How Microsoft Power Platform reduces IT backlog and accelerates automation in Microsoft 365.
• Why citizen developers are the key to scaling low-code beyond your central dev team.
• How to design governance that balances innovation, security and compliance.
• Which workflows, use cases and departments to prioritize for fastest ROI.
• How to shift senior developers from ticket factory work to architecture and enablement.
• What research says about time savings, cost reduction and payback of Power Platform at scale.
• How to build a sustainable maker community with training, templates and guardrails.
• Practical first steps to start your Power Platform journey or rescue a chaotic rollout.

THE CORE INSIGHT

The core insight of this episode is that your real bottleneck is not a shortage of developers, but a legacy model that keeps most employees out of solution-building. With a clear Power Platform strategy, governance and enablement, you transform overwhelmed IT teams into enablers, empower citizen developers across the business, and unlock automation, innovation and productivity gains that are simply too big to ignore.

WHO THIS IS FOR

• IT leaders, heads of application development and platform owners.
• Power Platform admins, architects and Center of Excellence leads.
• CIOs, CDOs and transformation leaders in Microsoft 365 environments.
• Business unit leaders in finance, operations, HR and customer service.
• Citizen developers, power users and business analysts who want to automate work.
• Enterprise architects looking to reposition development teams as strategic partners.

ABOUT THE HOST

Mirko Peters is a Microsoft 365 consultant and host of M365.FM, focusing on modern work, security and productivity with Microsoft 365, Power Platform and AI in the enterprise. He helps organizations bridge business and IT, design governed low-code strategies and build maker communities that scale automation without losing control.

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