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Orphaned Account Causing Power App Confusion

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I purchased a brand new laptop 3 days ago. During set-up I was prompted to restore back-up files from 2023. Thinking that I was restoring old photos and documents I said yes. After my profile was set-up I installed MS 365 Business Standard. I begin building a project in Power BI that uses Power App tables (Solution > Tables) that works with a Power App visualization.
 
I started having issues connecting to Dataverse as I ended up with 2 instances and Power BI was connecting to the wrong one. I found out what happened: my Windows configuration was pulling in a gmail.com reference, created an account, assigned it a Admin over everything and created tenant #1. Office 365 created a .onmicrosoft.com account, assigned it an Admin over O365 and created tenant #2. This confused the system: referencing some resources associated with the gmail.com profile and other with the .onmicrosoft.com profile.
 
Most of the times it would not let me use a resource because it thought I was already logged on, had me log on again and pointed me to the wrong Dataverse or resource. As  I looked at the set-up and account files on the C:\\ drive it was discovered that they were missing (since the profile was pulled down and not created this makes sense). I created a clean profile, removed all of the references of gmail.com in the Settings > Accounts section, ran a  repair O365 for Business, and rebooted. I went to Power Apps and removed the unwanted Dataverse environment and the associated User connected to gmail.com. Everything looks good but in Power Apps I am getting an error: "One or more commands are unavailable due to your current privileges for this environment.". I can't create Solutions and associate Tables with those Solutions. When I look at my permissions in Power Platform Admin I an am Environment Maker and Basic User. I should be an Administrator. As a matter of fact I should be a Global Admin everywhere.
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    11manish Profile Picture
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    The issue is not with Power Apps itself but with your Dataverse security roles.
     
    Even though you may be a Global Admin in Microsoft 365, you currently only have Environment Maker and Basic User roles in the environment, which do not allow creating solutions.
     
    You need to assign yourself the System Administrator role in the Power Platform Admin Center for that environment.
     
    Also ensure you are operating within the correct tenant, as your earlier setup created multiple tenants and caused role misalignment.
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    Vish WR Profile Picture
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    Regarding missing Dataverse permissions in Power Apps. 

    Being a Global Admin in Microsoft 365 does not automatically give you full access in Dataverse.

    Right now, you only have Environment Maker and Basic User roles, which is why certain actions are blocked and you’re seeing the “commands unavailable due to privileges” error. To fix this, go to the Power Platform Admin Center, open your environment, navigate to Users, and assign yourself the System Administrator role. Once that’s done, you’ll be able to create Solutions and manage tables normally.


     

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