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As far as I know the total capacity of storage is the sum of the baseline storage and all storage every single licensed user gets. I think that's clear.

 

Earlier days there was an additional limitation regarding the flow runs. This was quite simple to count. And again the total capacity was the sum of the quota every licensed user had. This type of capacity limitation was removed in the end of 2019.

 

But how is it exactly when it comes to the capacity of API calls? I read the licensing guide (Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents Licensing Guide - June 2021.pdf) and Documentation on MS-Docs.

If I get it right, the capacity isn't cumulative anymore. This means, if we're using a single service account for most of the flows for a complex solution, the limit remains for example 5000 calls if this user has a "Power Apps per User" license. Even if overall we would buy 100 "Power Apps per User" licenses.

Is that correct? I could hardly believe that.

 

Furthermore currently one can't get an exact report of how much was used and how much is left of the quota. That's why MS doesn't strictly restrict to this limit. But no one really knows when the restrictions will get active. Or at least it's not clearly communicated. MS says they would just deactivate a user, if they notice an overrun for a longer period. Not funny in a business critical scenario!? One wouldn't even get a prior notification?!

 

Furthermore one can buy additional capacity, but it's not possible to assign this capacity to a user yet.

 

Can anyone help me understanding this better? Or guide how to plan for a business critical app?

 

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  • ChrisPiasecki Profile Picture
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    Hi @Mloem,

     

    Depends on the kind of service account you are talking about? If it's a licensed account like your regular users, then yes the request limits are per user based on the licenses assigned.

     

    If it's an application user / system user / non interactive service account setup in Dataverse, then it uses a reserved API limit that's pooled at the tenant level for all of these types of accounts. You can add on capacity for this tenant wide pooled limit. 

     

    I agree the analytics don't show the full picture, but I believe more improved reporting should be coming soon. 

     

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  • Mloem Profile Picture
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    Yes, the majority of the call are dataverse read operations originated from cloud flows.

     

    So what happens, if I switch the user account which is executing these flows to "non-interactive"?

     

    Do all the cloud flows continue running as before? Or are there any restrictions I should be aware of?

     

    You said "then it uses a reserved API limit that's pooled at the tenant level for all of these types of accounts". Do you know what is the exact limit then? We have around 190k API calls each day.

     

    We're know considering to switch to Logic Apps. May be this would be better in terms of capacity management? Has anyone made experience with that?

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