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Issue in triggering power flow from power app.

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We have:
1 Canvas app
1 Cloud flow (no desktop flows)
Flow triggered by app
Flow uses HTTP (Premium) + SharePoint
Flow runs under a service account
 
--> Issue On Stage Environment:
For few users With only Basic User Role, the user could open the app but the flow did not run.
After assigning “Desktop flows machine application user”, the flow worked.
We do not use desktop flows and want to remove that role.
But For Environment Makers they can run the app and the flow in stage with out any issues.
Please confirm:
Minimum required roles for the end user to run the app and trigger the cloud flow (without any desktop-flow roles).
Required roles for the service account (is System Admin recommended or a custom role?).

Required licenses for:
End user and Service account
Questions:-
1:- Why did assigning the desktop-flow role allow the cloud flow to run?
 
--> Issue On Stage Environment:
In prod environment even we assign both the roles (Basic User and  Desktop flows machine application user) the APP does not invoke the flow for the users.
But For Environment Makers Role users they can run the app and the flow in stage with out any issues.

Looking for the correct, clean configuration. licenses needed solution. Also help regarding to identify why the stage and prod behaves differently.
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    I will firstly deal with the broader issue - any Power App that has a Flow utilising a Premium connector triggered from it requires all users running the app to have a Premium licence (it needs to validate or create all connections in the context of the logged-in user at startup).
     
    I am aware of the Run-only users connection setting in the Flow, just be aware that if users are accessing premium data sources, you need to consider the Multiplexing conditions of your Microsoft licence.
     
    As to your question on the environment difference, I am not totally sure, however licencing/role requirements are at times not as strictly enforced as they are in production environment.
     
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    A quick follow-up to see if you received the answer you were looking for. Happy to assist further if not.
     
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