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Reading Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group successfully holds its Q3 2024 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q3 2024 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

This evening, the Reading Dynamics 365 & Power Platform User Group (which I co-organise with Areti Iles and Fraser Dear) held a great user group event filled with insightful sessions and engaging demonstrations. Here’s a summary of what took place.

Rajarshi Ray - How to Keep Up with Microsoft Upgrades/Releases with Test Automation

Rajarshi Ray started the evening with an enlightening session on testing Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) solutions. He highlighted the unique challenges of testing D365 applications and discussed various types of tests that can be employed.

Rajarshi elaborated on the process of upfront investment, identifying what needs testing, and building test scripts, including using templates as a starting point. He emphasized how automated testing can reduce user acceptance testing (UAT) efforts by 50%.

His talk provided valuable takeaways for anyone looking to enhance their testing processes.


Andrew Wingate and Graeme Donnell - Power Up SMB Power Apps with Business Central Virtual Tables & Copilot – Live Build Demo

Next, Andrew Wingate and Graeme Donnell delivered an exciting talk and demo, showcasing the value of Dynamics 365 Business Central for small and medium-sized businesses.

They demonstrated how to expose Business Central data to the Power Platform using Dataverse virtual tables. They showed how to build an external-facing website with Power Pages, and how to create a Power App and a Power Automate flow for approvals. Additionally, they highlighted the time-saving benefits of using Copilot throughout this process.

The session was engaging and effectively emphasized the efficiency that we can achieve with Co-pilot and the Power Platform.

Summary

The meeting was a great success, thanks to our knowledgeable speakers and enthusiastic participants. Our next meeting will be on the 4th December 2024 and more details are here.

https://www.meetup.com/d365ppug/events/295952187