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Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

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Posted on by dvoinikat 82

Hello,

 

I am in the process of starting to develop a portal. Currently the company subscrition used is Office 365 E3 and my questions are:

  • Should I purchase the portal add-on of 200$ per month in order to secure 100 authenticated logins and start building my solution?
  • Should I change the licences of the people, in the organization (internal users), who will work with Power Apps application touching the data coming from the portal? For example to make their licences "Per App plan" for 10$ per month?

I spent more than an hour reading the official Microsoft docs and not sure I have a clear picture of what needs to be done.

 

Cheers!

  • dvoinikat Profile Picture
    dvoinikat 82 on at
    Re: Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

    It does! Thank you very much @ragavanrajan !

  • ragavanrajan Profile Picture
    ragavanrajan 7,036 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

    Hi @dvoinikat , 

     

     Your understanding is right. Again reinstating little things, it is not only about premium connectors, if you use dataverse as your database then the license is counted. For other apps if you use SharePoint, Excel as a database you can continue using those with your E3 license. 

     

    Hope it helps. 

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    dvoinikat 82 on at
    Re: Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

    Thank you @ragavanrajan ! I believe I got the answer of my question.

     

    One last question - if the E3 user is switched to plan Per App (2 powerpps shared and one portal) does this mean that the usage of those 2 apps are valid only if they have premium connectors inside? In other words, can the same person work with two premium apps, and continue using apps which don't use premium connectors?

     

    So far, so good. I need to make mayself familiar with the Dyanmics 365 subscription in order to understand the main differences between it and the reqular E3. 🙂

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    ragavanrajan 7,036 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

    Hi @dvoinikat , 

     

    Long story short. E3 license might have stated you can use power platform which means things like SharePoint or Excel you can use it as a database to build your PowerApp. In most cases this licensing is suitable only for building quick apps. 

     

    The ideal solution would be to use DataVerse which has extensive functionality and loads of benefits. In that case you need to procure license either per app or per user plan.  

     

    Regarding Portal Add-on: If It is for external users then page-view addon (unauthenticated) . If it is internal then below is the option for you 

     

    "Internal users can be licensed either by the Power Apps per app or per user plans, or a qualifying Dynamics 365 subscription."

     

    Hope it helps. 

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  • dvoinikat Profile Picture
    dvoinikat 82 on at
    Re: Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

    Thank you @ragavanrajan,

     

    So if my colleagues already have Power Platform available for them (since E3 allows the usage of Power Platform), then they still need to be "upgraded" with the mentioned plans in order to accommodate the Portal add-on?

    Or since they have already E3 enabled, then it is just matter of purchasing the Portal add-on?

     

    I really got stuck with this matter. 🙂

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    ragavanrajan 7,036 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Portal licencencing - Entrerprise 3 subscription

    Hi @dvoinikat , 

     

    Most of your queries are answered here in the official FAQ. 

    Adding little insights to give you more clarity for your questions 

     

    1. Portal Add-on and Page view is for "external users of Power Apps Portals. External users are those outside of your organization who sign in with a variety of identities such as LinkedIn, Microsoft Account, other commercial login providers, or anonymously."

    2. The simple answer is Yes. If your internal users is going to touch the data coming from PowerApps Portal. Most likely it can be for administration activities or other sort of activities. Per App per Plan is a good start. 

    Tip: If you can estimate if the user is going to work on more than 3 PowerApps in future then you can go for "Per Apps Per User plan". This will avoid double billing and save you money. 

     

    Hope it helps. 

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