Deciphering Power Apps Licensing

• Power Apps can be licensed in several ways, and optimal licensing depends on usage scenarios.
• Basic Power Apps capabilities are included with most Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscriptions, and these may suffice for many customers.
• Upgraded Power Apps capabilities are available with additional licensing, and capacity add-ons can bring further costs.
• Customers with heavy Power Apps use will likely need the Managed Environments feature that requires additional licensing beyond Basic.
• Licensing purchases are likely to need adjustments as customers learn how Power Apps will be used in their organizations.

Power Apps allows the creation of line-of-business (LOB) apps by citizen developers (also referred to as makers) without the expensive resources required for a formal development team. Makers are motivated to build apps based on a personal or group work need, but they are typically not formal application developers. Apps implemented using Power Apps can access and modify organizational data to simplify processes that are not addressed by existing solutions provided by the organization’s internal IT teams or third parties.