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Hello everyone, I'm very new to Power Automate and trying to create an environment other than the organization’s default environment for learning and experiment purposes. I followed the instructions outlined in a blog post; however, I encountered the following error: This environment can't be created because your organization (tenant) needs at least 1 GB of database capacity.

Environment details:
Region: US
Type: Sandbox
Early access to new features: Enabled
Dataverse data store: Enabled

What I tried:
I also tried to Create Production type environment but no luck.

I have read that it is possible to create a trial environment in Power Automate. Could someone please advise on how to resolve this error, or whether proceeding with a trial environment would be the recommended approach?
Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Alx

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harshdeol 619 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi ALEX,
As per description, this is not directly related with Power Automate but let me guide you a little here.

Basically, It's due to insufficient Dataverse database capacity in your tenant. Creating sandbox environment (with Dataverse) requires minimum of 1GB of available database capacity (tenant level). If your organization has already consumed its allocated capacity, the environment creation will fail.
Because you want it for learning and experimenting, I recommend you to try creating a Developer or trial environment (if it is allowed in your Tenant. If not, ask IT team to create one env for you.) and try experimenting there. Here are some references for you:

For Trial Env: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/trial-environments#create-a-trial-standard-environment-in-the-power-platform-admin-center
For Developer Env: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/developer/create-developer-environment
Hope this helps. Please let me know if you facing any further issues. Happy learning :)

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AlexG 21 on at

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Thanks for your detailed response, Harsh. One follow-up question: Is there any licensing cost associated with Trial or Developer environments? Would my company need to pay anything for these?

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There is no additional licensing cost for creating Trial and Developer environments.

Trial environments are free and time limited environments (~30 days + extension of ~30 days). Developer environments are also free to use for development and learning purposes (Not for any production use). Appropriate Power App and/or Power Automate licenses are needed once you moved your Solution to Production. Below are the some pricing links for your reference:

Power Automate Pricing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-automate/pricing
Power Apps Pricing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-apps/pricing

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