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Power Automate Requires different license in unattended mode - Have per user plan and 365 E3 User

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Error message when turning on flow for unattended mode: Power Automate Requires different license to use unattended mode - Have per user plan and 365 E3 User license.  Have other flows under same user and environment that work fine.

 

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  • v-qiaqi@microsoft.com Profile Picture
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    Hi @ScottEa,

    FAQs about the unattended add-on

    1. I want to run unattended flow. What licenses do I need?

      You need either Power Automate per user with attended RPA or Power Automate per flow plans as a base license and Unattended add-on to be able to run the unattended flow.

    2. Is buying just the unattended add-on enough?

      No. You need to a have a qualifying base license (per user RPA/per flow) for which the add-on can be added on.

  • ScottEa Profile Picture
    2 on at

    Thank you for the response.  I would be ok with that answer, but I have 10 other flows built under the same user and on the same desktop and they run desktop unattended without issue. We have been running these for nearly a year. We had not purchased a per user plan for any of these until a few days ago when the problem began.  We were operating under a 365 E3 license.  We were running desktop unattended mode. This flow had previously run without issue as for nearly a year.  Now I am getting a license message.

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