Monthly Community User Group Update | April 2024
The monthlyCommunityUser Group Updateis your resource for discovering User Group meetings and events happening around the world (and virtually), welcoming new User Groups to our Community, and more! Our amazing Community User Groups are an important part of the Power Platform Community, with more than 700 Community User Groups worldwide, we know they're a great way to engage personally, while giving our members a place to learn and grow together.This month, we welcome3 new User Groupsin India, Wales, and Germany, and feature8User Group Eventsacross Power Platform and Dynamics 365. Find out more below.New Power Platform User GroupsPower Platform Innovators (India)About: Our aim is to foster a collaborative environment where we can share upcoming Power Platform events, best practices, and valuable content related to Power Platform. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or a newcomer looking to learn, this group is for you. Let’s empower each other to achieve more with Power Platform. Join us in shaping the future of digital transformation!Power Platform User Group (Wales)About: A Power Platform User Group in Wales (predominantly based in Cardiff but will look to hold sessions around Wales) to establish a community to share learnings and experience in all parts of the platform.Power Platform User Group (Hannover)About:This group is for anyone who works with the services of Microsoft Power Platform or wants to learn more about it and no-code/low-code. And, of course, Microsoft Copilot application in the Power Platform.New Dynamics365 User GroupsEllucian CRM Recruit UK (United Kingdom)About:A group for United Kingdom universities using Ellucian CRM Recruit to manage their admissions process, to share good practice and resolve issues.Business Central Mexico (Mexico City)About: A place to find documentation, learning resources, and events focused on user needs in Mexico. We meet to discuss and answer questions about the current features in the standard localization that Microsoft provides, and what you only find in third-party locations. In addition, we focus on what's planned for new standard versions, recent legislation requirements, and more.Let's work together to drive request votes for Microsoft for features that aren't currently found—but are indispensable.Dynamics 365 F&O User Group (Dublin)About: The Dynamics 365 F&O User Group - Ireland Chapter meets up in person at least twice yearly in One Microsoft Place Dublin for users to have the opportunity to have conversations on mutual topics, find out what’s new and on the Dynamics 365 FinOps Product Roadmap, get insights from customer and partner experiences, and access to Microsoft subject matter expertise.Upcoming Power Platform EventsPAK Time (Power Apps Kwentuhan) 2024 #6 (Phillipines, Online)This is a continuation session of Custom API. Sir Jun Miano will be sharing firsthand experience on setting up custom API and best practices. (April 6, 2024)Power Apps: Creating business applications rapidly (Sydney)At this event, learn how to choose the right app on Power Platform, creating a business application in an hour, and tips for using Copilot AI. While we recommend attending all 6 events in the series, each session is independent of one another, and you can join the topics of your interest. Think of it as a “Hop On, Hop Off” bus! Participation is free, but you need a personal computer (laptop) and we provide the rest. We look forward to seeing you there! (April 11, 2024)April 2024 Cleveland Power Platform User Group (Independence, Ohio)Kickoff the meeting with networking, and then our speaker will share how to create responsive and intuitive Canvas Apps using features like Variables, Search and Filtering. And how PowerFx rich functions and expressions makes configuring those functionalities easier. Bring ideas to discuss and engage with other community members! (April 16, 2024)Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2024 Wave 1 Release (NYC, Online)This session features Aric Levin, Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Technical Architect at Avanade and Mihir Shah, Global CoC Leader of Microsoft Managed Services at IBM. We will cover some of the new features and enhancements related to the Power Platform, Dataverse, Maker Portal, Unified Interface and the Microsoft First Party Apps (Microsoft Dynamics 365) that were announced in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2024 Release Wave 1 Plan. (April 17, 2024)Let’s Explore Copilot Studio Series: Bot Skills to Extend Your Copilots (Makati National Capital Reg...Join us for the second installment of ourLet's Explore Copilot Studio Series, focusing on Bot Skills. Learn how to enhance your copilot's abilities to automate tasks within specific topics, from booking appointments to sending emails and managing tasks. Discover the power of Skills in expanding conversational capabilities. (April 30, 2024)Upcoming Dynamics365 EventsLeveraging Customer Managed Keys (CMK) in Dynamics 365 (Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Online)This month's featured topic: Leveraging Customer Managed Keys (CMK) in Dynamics 365, with special guestNitin JainfromMicrosoft. We are excited and thankful to him for doing this session. Join us for this online session, which should be helpful toall Dynamics 365 developers, Technical Architects and Enterprise architects who are implementing Dynamics 365 and want to have more control on the security of their data over Microsoft Managed Keys. (April 11, 2024)Stockholm D365 User Group April Meeting (Stockholm)This is a Swedish user group for D365 Finance and Operations, AX2012, CRM, CE, Project Operations, and Power BI. (April 17, 2024)Transportation Management in D365 F&SCM Q&A Session (Toronto, Online)Calling all Toronto UG members and beyond!Join us for an engaging and informative one-hour Q&A session, exclusively focused on Transportation Management System (TMS) within Dynamics 365 F&SCM. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just curious about TMS, this event is for you.Bring your questions! (April 26, 2024)Leaders, Create Your Events!Leaders of existing User Groups, don’t forget to create your events within the Community platform. By doing so, you’ll enable us to share them in future posts and newsletters. Let’s spread the word and make these gatherings even more impactful!Stay tuned for more updates, inspiring stories, and collaborative opportunities from and for our Community User Groups.P.S. Have an event or success story to share? Reach out to us – we’d love to feature you. Just leave a comment or send a PM here in the Community!
