Westerdale Solutions

Working with you to find the most efficient solution for your business needs.

 

Westerdale Solutions Ltd (WSL) is an East Midlands, UK–based IT consultancy specialising in Microsoft Collaboration and Digital Transformation technologies. We deliver solutions across private and public sectors, with expertise spanning Power Platform, AI-driven automation, and Microsoft 365 / SharePoint Online. Our projects range from greenfield deployments to modernising legacy environments, including on-premises SharePoint (2016 and earlier). By combining low-code app development, intelligent workflows, data insights with Power BI, and emerging AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, we help organisations streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and unlock new value from their data.

 

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Content Goverance

 

  • Design and implementation of Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) strategies to classify and protect organisational data
  • Configuration of sensitivity labels across Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Office apps)
  • Enforcement of data protection policies including encryption, access control, and usage restrictions
  • Implementation of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to prevent accidental or intentional data exposure
  • Setup of retention labels and policies to manage the lifecycle of business data

 

Productivity through CUSTOM AI Agents

 

  • Design and build of custom Copilot agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio to automate conversations and business tasks
  • Creation of AI-driven virtual assistants that handle internal queries, knowledge access for employees and customers
  • Design of multi-step agent workflows integrating APIs, enterprise systems, and data sources

 

 

Power Automates for repeatable business processes

 

  • Design and implementation of cloud flows and Business Process Flows within model-driven apps to standardise and guide business processes
  • Development of Power Automate flows, triggered automaticaly, or sheduled, to eliminate repetitive manual tasks and improve operational efficiency
  • Use of Power Automate Desktop (RPA) to automate legacy or non-integrated systems

 

 

Power BI: analytics and reporting

 

  • Design and development of interactive Power BI dashboards and reports to provide clear, actionable insights
  • Integration of data from multiple sources including Microsoft 365, Dataverse, SQL, Excel, and third-party systems
  • Creation of data models and transformations using Power Query and DAX for accurate, efficient reporting
  • Development of real-time and scheduled reporting solutions to support operational and strategic decision-making
  • Implementation of row-level security (RLS) to ensure users only see relevant data

  

 

Power platform: Administration & Centre of Excellence (CoE)

 

  • Design a Power Platform Centre of Excellence (CoE) to enable controlled innovation
  • Implementation of data loss prevention (DLP) policies to safeguard sensitive data across connectors
  • Implement processes to ensure visibility, auditing, and management of platform usage
  • Development of best practices, naming conventions, templates, and reusable components to speed up delivery
  • Design of environment strategies (Dev/Test/Prod) with controlled access and lifecycle management

 

 

Custom canvas and model-driven Power Apps

 

  • Replace paper or Excel-based forms
  • Improve data accuracy and validation
  • Automate approvals with power automate workflows
  • Integrate with Microsoft 365, Dataverse, and third-party systems
  • Build instant scoring and advanced validation with client-side api (TypeScript/JavaScript) script 

 

Microsoft 365 Admistration

 

  • Day-to-day administration of Microsoft 365 tenants, including user, licence, and service management
  • Configuration and management of Azure AD / Entra ID for identity, access control, and authentication policies
  • Implementation of security best practices, including MFA, Conditional Access, and identity protection
  • Administration of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Teams to ensure reliable collaboration services
  • Management of user onboarding/off boarding processes with automated provisioning and access control
  • Monitoring of tenant health, service performance, and security alerts

 

 

    My Recent Experience

    SEP  2025 – TO APR 2026

    SENIOR POWER PLATFORM CONSULTANT

    Returned to WYFRS to lead the design and delivery of a new Building Risk Database, developing model-driven Power Apps to support both Operations and Fire Protection teams. Established a shared TypeScript/JavaScript GitHub repository to centralise Dataverse API logic, ensuring consistent and maintainable client-side development. Implemented a scalable Power Automate architecture using parent–child cloud flows with structured error handling and SharePoint-based logging. Delivered automated document generation for key outputs such as Enforcement Letters, Alteration Notifications, and SSRI reports, alongside risk scoring models and scheduling logic to support Site Specific Risk Information processes. Additionally, built client-side audit functionality to dynamically calculate assessment scores and produce overall Article-level results within the application.

     

     

    Robiquity

    Nov 2024 – TO JUL 2025

    SENIOR POWER PLATFORM CONSULTANT & QA Lead

    Project 1: managing customer service and finance digitalisation teams at Webbeds, who were migrating business-critical Power Platform applications to a new Microsoft 365 tenant.

    Project responsibilities: analysed Power Automates, Power Apps, AI Models, connections, etc. to provide recommendations for architecting Power Platform applications post-migration. Mentored digitalisation teams to encourage adoption of recommendations, incl AI models, and ultimately seamless migration of applications to test and production environments. Member of the on-site cut-off and Hypercare team.

    Project 2:  building a (low-code) resource management and planning tool, to determine the number of FTEs and agency staff per shift at Evri’s depots and hubs; based on predicted and actual parcel volumes.

    Project responsibilities: produced the initial ERD and system design diagram during the initial project phases, worked on the initial “No Regrets” build of the canvas Power App with mock data sources. Built the initial custom connector for integrating Databricks with the Canvas App and Power Automate. Created Python (notebook) integration with Dataverse. Developed various screens including Depot (role) resourcing, Depot Actual Parcel volumes and Forecasted versus Planned versus Actual: hours and headcount.

     

     

     

     

    Nov 2023 – TO Oct 2024

    SENIOR POWER PLATFORM CONSULTANT

    Converting a legacy Dynamics 365: case and risk management application into a model-driven Power App based solution.

    Project responsibilities: project scoping and design, creation of low code: Tables, Forms, Views, Custom Security Roles, Power Automates, Business Validation Rules, Custom Pages for Dashboards and custom toolbar commands. Wrote all the TypeScript/JavaScript client-side API for the forms, including field validation and risk scoring (referral, pre and post visit).

    Mentored Junior Developers working on both canvas and model-driven Power Apps through hands-on coaching. Implemented ALM for low code development with Power Platform Pipelines.

    JAN 2022 – MARCH 2023

    POWER PLATFORM CONSULTANT (IFRS17 PROGRAMME)

    Following a review of the current deployment issues, delivered a design and implementation of the multi-environment, automated & autonomous solution deployments. Whilst ensuring compliance with Beazley security and CoE standard, work covered: defining AAD Groups, Teams (Dataverse), custom security roles, SQL Server, SharePoint, Excel, File Share and Power App user access. Produced a Power App for business rule exception and checkpoint/issue management. Created the initial prototypes of Power BI dashboard, allowing RAG status reporting on business rules applied to key insurance data sets.

    IFRS17 Implementation

     MAY 2021 – TO DATE

    POWER PLATFORM & SHAREPOINT DEVELOPER

    Delivered multi Power App & Power Automate: HR Staff T&Cs management, Clinical Supervisions and Issue Tracking systems. Defined Power Platform ALM / governance through environments, Solutions; secured with AAD security groups (Teams) tied to distinct roles. Also, SharePoint content and structure migration using ShareGate and any follow up remedial actions.

    SEPT 2020 – TO DATE

    POWER PLATFORM SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

    Creating Power Apps & Power Automates for both field maintenance and head office staff that manages all tasks, customer interactions and purchase orders, held in SQL Server data tables.

    JAN 2019 – APR 2020

    SENIOR SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

    Sainsburys Tech: Solutions Architect / SharePoint SME, providing support to the Colleague Engagement (Our Sainsbury’s) / Group Intranet, GDPR & Collaborative Tools: product teams in the Digital Workplace product family.

    About Me

    Hi! I’m Daniel Westerdale

    I’m an Microsoft 365, SharePoint & Power Platform:  freelance Solutions Architect & consultant. I help both private and public sector clients get the most out of their investment in Microsoft’s collaboration technologies. If you want to know more about how I could help you, just get in touch..

    • SharePoint Online
    • Power Platform
    • MS Teams productivity

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