Manchester (Evening) D365PPUG - June 2026
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We're excited to announce that our next Dynamics 365 & Power Platform User Group (D365PPUG) UK chapter meeting for Manchester will take place on June 17th!
Agenda
17:45-18:15: Arrivals / Networking / Intros
18:15-19:00: Intelligent Automation in D365 F&O: Real-World Use Cases with Power Automate - Laiyba Mahmood
Discover how to bring intelligence and agility into your Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes using Power Automate and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations. In this dynamic, demo-led session, we’ll showcase two impactful automation scenarios - vendor onboarding and automated goods receipt approvals - designed to reduce friction, eliminate manual bottlenecks, and accelerate decision-making and procurement cycles.
Whether you're shaping business processes or building the automation behind them, you'll gain practical insights into designing scalable, low-code workflows that seamlessly connect procurement, finance, and operations to drive smarter and faster outcomes across the enterprise.
19:00-19:15: 🍕Pizza Time 🍕
19:15-20:00: Power Pages: The "Good, the Bad, and the Secure" of Professional Portals - Henry Phillips
Building a public-facing portal is easy; building one that doesn’t keep your IT team up at night is the real challenge. It takes more than just dragging and dropping components to keep the "bad guys" out and the data fresh.
In this demo-led session, we’re lifting the hood on Power Pages to look at the real-world challenges.
Caching & The "Stale Data" Struggle: How to balance performance with accuracy, ensuring your users see the right data at the right time.
Guardians of the Gateway: Why putting a Web Application Firewall (WAF) and "Front Door" security (referencing Akamai) in front of your site is your best defence against the wild west of the internet.
The Power of "Just Enough" Access: How to use Power Automate to run Elevated Tasks, allowing users to get the job done without handing over the keys to your entire database.
Identity Crisis? Navigating the logic required for users who need to switch between multiple accounts or organisations seamlessly.
20:00+ : Close and Drinks Social
Our Speakers
Laiyba Mahmood is a dedicated degree apprentice at Capgemini, committed to expanding her expertise and gaining hands-on experience in Cloud Computing, with a strong focus on the Microsoft ecosystem. Her areas of interest include Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (ERP), Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE (CRM), and leveraging Microsoft’s Power Platform to drive innovation and efficiency.
Henry Phillips is a Senior Microsoft Power Platform Technical Consultant, based in Chesterfield.
Location
Irwin Mitchell Solicitors,
One St Peter's Square,
Manchester,
M2 3AF