Power Platform – PayGo not required with Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR)

Originally posted by Microsoft Apr 28, 2026 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Starting May 22, 2026, Pay-As-You-Go (PayGo) is no longer a mandatory requirement to enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR) in your production environment(s).

How does this affect me?

You can now enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR) for your production environment(s) without a PayGo plan.

What do I need to do to prepare?

This message is for awareness, and no action is required.

To enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR):

1. Sign in to the Power Platform admin center as a system administrator.
2. In the navigation pane, select Manage.
3. In the Manage pane, select Environments. The Environments page appears.
4. Select the production environment where you want to turn on self-service disaster recovery.
5. Select Disaster Recovery in the command bar at the top of the page. The Disaster Recovery pane appears.
6. Select the checkbox to turn on Disaster Recovery.
7. Select Save.
8. The environment briefly displays the Edit details page.
9. The Environment details page displays that the process of turning on the feature has started.

Business continuity and disaster recovery for Dynamics 365 SaaS apps

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