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Question around Non-licensed user limits and Service API limits

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In my scenario, I will be using a backend system account to query Dataverse APIs and present to external consumers.
My question is two-fold :

1) It appears that for such a backend process, the recommendation is to use a Non-licensed user. What is required to support requests beyond the 25,000 base requests that is offered ?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/api-request-limits-allocations#non-licensed-user-request-limits
Do I need to procure more user licenses at the tenant level? If Dataverse is queried using the non-licensed user account, are additional requests metered against other user licenses beyond the 25,000 daily request limit for a Non-licensed user?

2) In my solution, there can be peak usage periods where we can go beyond the 6000 requests per 5 minute sliding window API limit per web server -
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/api-limits?tabs=sdk
We can have 5000 concurrent users of the system under peak(during very minimal periods).
Is there any way to scale up so that Dataverse can handle this burst load without clients encountering HTTP 429 retries?

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  • ChrisPiasecki Profile Picture
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    Hi @Anonymous,

     

    Regarding 1): non-licensed API limits are pooled at the tenant level. You can purchase API request add-on capacity.

     

    2): the 6000 requests per 5 minutes per server apply to an individual user. It's extremely unlikely an individual user will exceed those limits under regular use through the application, only through bulk data loading like your scenario 1, which you'd mitigate by using a non-licensed user.

     

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  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Hi @ ChrisPiasecki
    Thanks for your response.
    Regarding (2), does that mean that the Service Protection API limits don't apply for the non-licensed user?

  • ChrisPiasecki Profile Picture
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    Hi @Anonymous,

     

    Service protection limits still apply to application users. This is not related to entitlement limits. 

     

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