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Posted on by DR-24061936-0

I’m the only user in my Power Platform environment (licensed under my corporation), and I’m unable to assign myself the System Administrator role in Dataverse.
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> When I try to add myself to the role (via admin center > Security roles > Members), I get the error:
> “You do not hold necessary privileges to perform this action.”
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> I’ve attempted to submit a support request through the Power Platform admin center, Microsoft 365 admin portal, and Microsoft Support for Business — but none of them allow me to submit a ticket successfully.
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> I need Microsoft to manually assign the System Administrator role to my user account so I can proceed with Power Automate and Solution development.
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> I’m happy to provide screenshots or confirmation that I’m the sole user/admin in the environment.
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> Thank you in advance for your help — I’ve truly exhausted all support channels without success.

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StretchFredrik 3,397 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hello, could you see if any of the below options work?

Option 1: Assign via Security Group If your environment is tied to a Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) security group, you can: Add yourself to that group. Ensure the group is assigned the System Administrator role in the environment. Option 2: Use PowerShell (if you have tenant-level admin rights) If you have Power Platform Admin or Global Admin rights, you can use PowerShell to assign the role: Install the Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell module. Get-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentRole -EnvironmentName "<your-environment-id>" Set-AdminPowerAppUserRoleAssignment -EnvironmentName "<your-environment-id>" ` -RoleId "<system-admin-role-id>" ` -PrincipalObjectId "<your-user-object-id>"

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DR-24061936-0 5 on at

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Thank you for your responses. However, there are some things that I should have mentioned in my original post - sorry about that! I own my corporation and this is the first time I've tried to set things up. I own the MSFT 365 Business account, and I am the only user. There is no need for a security group; I should have full administrative rights to my own environment.

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CU27030035-0 68 on at

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Hi Mate

365 wont let you edit your own admin account settings (In case you lock yourself out or something)

Create a 2nd admin user and log in as them and you can update the permissions on your account using that one

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