diff --git a/backend/app/routers/users.py b/backend/app/routers/users.py
index fd5534e..63108ec 100644
--- a/backend/app/routers/users.py
+++ b/backend/app/routers/users.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 """User management router (admin only)."""
 
+# Import logging
+import logging
+
 # Import uuid
 import uuid
 
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ from app.services.password_setup_service import send_password_setup_email
 # Assign router = APIRouter(prefix="/users", tags=["users"])
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/users", tags=["users"])
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # PATCH /users/me/preferences  —  update current user preferences
@@ -187,6 +192,17 @@ def create_user_route(
     # Reload ORM object attributes from the database
     db.refresh(user)
 
+    # Send the set-password email right away — best-effort. If the webhook
+    # isn't configured or rejects the request, the user is still created
+    # successfully; the admin can retry via the "Send Email" button, which
+    # surfaces the failure properly (unlike this automatic first attempt).
+    try:
+        with UnitOfWork(db) as uow:
+            send_password_setup_email(db, user)
+            uow.commit()
+    except Exception:
+        logger.warning("Automatic set-password email failed for new user %s", user.id, exc_info=True)
+
     from app.services.notification_service import notify_roles_by_email
     notify_roles_by_email(
         db, roles=["admin"],
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_password_setup_flow.py b/backend/tests/test_password_setup_flow.py
index 3a257a3..47b1e48 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_password_setup_flow.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_password_setup_flow.py
@@ -18,6 +18,41 @@ def new_user_id(api, auth_headers):
     return resp.json()["id"]
 
 
+def test_create_user_automatically_sends_set_password_email(api, db, auth_headers):
+    api(
+        "patch", "/api/v1/system/email-webhook-config", auth_headers,
+        json={"url": "https://example.com/power-automate-hook"},
+    )
+
+    with patch("app.services.webhook_email_service.requests.post") as mock_post:
+        resp = api(
+            "post", "/api/v1/users", auth_headers,
+            json={"full_name": "Auto Send User", "email": "autosend@test.com", "role": "viewer"},
+        )
+    assert resp.status_code == 201, resp.text
+    mock_post.assert_called_once()
+    payload = mock_post.call_args.kwargs["json"]
+    assert payload["to"] == "autosend@test.com"
+    assert payload["subject"] == "Set Your Password"
+    assert "token=" in payload["body"]
+
+    from app.models.password_setup_token import PasswordSetupToken
+    token_row = db.query(PasswordSetupToken).filter(
+        PasswordSetupToken.user_id == uuid.UUID(resp.json()["id"]),
+    ).first()
+    assert token_row is not None
+
+
+def test_create_user_succeeds_even_if_auto_send_fails(api, auth_headers):
+    """No webhook configured yet — the automatic first-email attempt fails,
+    but user creation itself must still succeed."""
+    resp = api(
+        "post", "/api/v1/users", auth_headers,
+        json={"full_name": "No Webhook User", "email": "nowebhook@test.com", "role": "viewer"},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 201, resp.text
+
+
 def test_send_password_email_requires_webhook_configured(api, auth_headers, new_user_id):
     resp = api("post", f"/api/v1/users/{new_user_id}/send-password-email", auth_headers)
     assert resp.status_code == 400