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I have small question, after deploying the solution from dev to prod I have problem with flows, always is putting off the flows on preprod and prod , it is possible to turn on the flows automatically after deploying the solution ?

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wolenberg_ 1,476 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @adm2kowalik , Yes, you can automatically turn on cloud flows after deploying a solution using Azure DevOps by scripting it with PowerShell and the Power Platform CLI or PowerShell modules.

When you import a solution containing cloud flows into a new environment (like preprod or prod), flows are disabled by default to prevent unintended execution. This is a known behavior in Power Platform ALM (Application Lifecycle Management).

When deploying solutions via Azure DevOps, cloud flows are disabled by default to prevent unintended execution. To enable them automatically:

• Use PowerShell with the Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell module to script flow activation.
• Alternatively, use the Power Platform CLI (pac) to enable flows post-deployment.
• Ensure connection references are correctly configured and owned.
• Include these steps as part of your post-deployment pipeline.

Resources

• Dayman Dynamics – Enable Cloud Flows using PowerShell

• Microsoft Learn – Run pipelines in Power Platform

• Power Platform Community – Flows turned off after import

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Vejai SH 560 on at

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Hi @adm2kowalik,

Yes, even we turn on “Activate flows after import” some flow will not. What we have done is we wrote a powershell script to get all the flow in a solution and enable it.

After deployment add a step to execute the powershell script to activate

Get-AdminFlow (Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell) | Microsoft Learn

# Get all flows in a solution $flows = Get-AdminFlow -EnvironmentName "ProdEnvironmentID" | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like "*YourSolutionName*" } # Enable each flow foreach ($flow in $flows) { Enable-AdminFlow -EnvironmentName $flow.EnvironmentName -FlowName $flow.FlowName }

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adm2kowalik 45 on at

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Hello @Vejai SH

This somehow works but some flows are still disabled, I checked the connection reference and everything looks good, any ideas what could happened?

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