Power Automate – Licensing action required for non-compliant flows

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 17, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Premium flows without premium license and premium flows not in the context of Power Apps or Dynamics 365 apps are subject to enforcement. Please review this article for details on enforcement and timelines.

What action do I need to take?

Perform the following steps to identify and apply licensing to your non-compliant flows:

1. Use the Power Shell to identify the flows pending suspension due to non-compliance. Update to the latest version 2.0.174. If you have less than 500 environments in your tenant, use this script to get flows that need your attention across the tenant. If there are more than 500 environments in the tenant, contact Microsoft Support so our support team can run the report for you.
2. Assign a Power Automate Premium / Power Automate per user license to the owner of the flow or assign a Power Automate Process license / Per flow license to the flow. For cloud flows in context of an app, you may also link the flow to the app using a PowerShell script or Power Automate portal.

Please note that it can take up to 24 hours for a flow to be removed from the pending suspension PowerShell script after a premium license is assigned. Additionally, it may take up to 7 days for the premium license to appear in the Power Automate portal after assignment. To refresh the latest license status, simply edit and save a flow.

Why is this action needed?

Below are the two enforcements and their respective dates that will need your action:

1. Makers will begin receiving notifications for any existing premium flows without a premium license in Europe and the United States on Monday, October 23rd, 2023. Makers have 14 days to obtain a license or start a trial. If no action is taken, the flows will be turned off on Monday, November 6th, 2023. Once a license is assigned to the owner/flow, the flow can be turned on.
2. For power apps or dynamics apps licensed users, newly created premium flows outside the context of an app without a Power Automate license will be saved but disabled effective November 13, 2023. See Power Apps license capabilities and Dynamics license capabilities for more details. For existing flows, owners will receive notifications, allowing them 120 days to obtain a license or start a trial. If no action is taken, these flows will be suspended on March 13, 2024.

Exemptions from enforcement include:

1. Power Apps licensed user flows triggered from canvas apps.
2. Flows utilizing the Dataverse “For a select record” trigger in model-driven apps.
3. Dynamics 365 licensed user flows using the Dataverse connector to talk to Dynamics 365

entities in the environment.

4. Flows using first-party Dynamics connectors like Finance and Operations apps.
5. Manual flows.
6. Flows owned by individuals with grandfathered licenses (P1, P2).

Please contact Microsoft Support and reference ICM427472373 if you need assistance.

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