Dynamics 365 rights in Power Apps Subscriptions: Changes on the horizon?

New licensing rules, which I found through a link in the March 2024 Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide, seem to limit when users of Power Apps applications may be covered with lower-cost Power Apps subscriptions, rather than more-expensive Dynamics 365 subscriptions. If real, this is a significant licensing change that will make it more expensive to use Power Apps applications that work with Dynamics 365 CRM and ERP applications, and it could severely increase budgets for customers who have already written and deployed Power Apps applications that work with Dynamics 365 data.

I’ve contacted Microsoft about these changes. Microsoft officials said they are looking into it, but it’s been a couple of weeks, and we need to let our customers prepare for the impact. Over the years, I’ve occasionally found buried information like this that Microsoft has not wanted to talk about yet. That could be what I’ve discovered here. If they do reply, I’ll update this article with the new information.