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Portal from Blank - Office 365 E5 license

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Hi group,

 

I am fairly new to Power Apps (this is my fourth weeks). I need to create an app for our vendors (external users). 

I tried to use "Portal from Blank" template and I got this error message:

 

You don’t have appropriate permissions to create a portal in this environment. Try selecting another environment or create new environment. If that doesn't help, contact your global administrator. Learn more

 

When I click   create new environment   l got this error message:

 

Upgrade your plan

Creating an environment requires a Power Apps per user plan or may be done by an admin in Power Platform admin center.Learn more

 

My teammate mentioned that I should be able to create an app using "Portal from Blank" with Office 365 E5 license.

 

I also got this error message when I tried to create a new table in Dataverse:

 

You are missing the necessary privilege to create tables in this environment.Learn more

 

I hope you can help me to understand whether the issue is related with my license or permission to create a new environment as I am not an admin for Power Platform.

 

Thank you,

Yuli

  • ragavanrajan Profile Picture
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    Re: Portal from Blank - Office 365 E5 license

    Glad it helped @Anonymous. Please mark it as the answer. So that other users can find it helpful. 

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on at
    Re: Portal from Blank - Office 365 E5 license

    Thank you Saumya_Shah . I will request system admin so I can create new tables in dataverse.

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    Re: Portal from Blank - Office 365 E5 license

    Thank you , your answer confirmed the matrix built by Matt here

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    ragavanrajan Profile Picture
    7,036 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Portal from Blank - Office 365 E5 license

    Hi Yuli

     

    Welcome to the community. 

     

    As you are aware, PowerApps has three types 

    1. Canvas App 

    2. Model-driven 

    3. Portal (Web app- this forum) 

     

    If you are trying to create a portal, you need either a PowerApps Per-App license or PowerApps Per user plan license. Without this, you cant create the portal. Relevant permission for the environment is also mandatory. But having an appropriate license is essential. 

     

     

    Official URL: 

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/powerapps-flow-licensing-faq 

     

    I am also adding the official table chart to get a better understanding 

     

    ragavanrajan_0-1629837250982.png

     

    Hope it helps. 
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    If you like this post, give it a Thumbs up. Where it solved your request, Mark it as a Solution to enable other users to find it.

     

  • SaumyaShah Profile Picture
    16 on at
    Re: Portal from Blank - Office 365 E5 license

    Hi Yuli,

    From your description above it seems the issue is with your security role in the environment. Can you check that out and try creating a portal after getting atleast system admin role? Also if you have an existing portal in that environment than also this issue happens.

     

    Hope this helps. 

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