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Microsoft Power Platform business model
and licensing updates
Yvonne Haarloev
Gangadhar Ramesh (Ganga)
Agenda
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Partner outcome
One connected platform that empowers everyone to innovateMicrosoft Power Platform
AnalyzeSee company data in new ways with
interactive data visualization BI tools
24/7
Automate
Automate tasks by integrating
your apps with Microsoft Flow
Act
Build apps in hours not months
that easily connect to data
Power platform
Microsoft FlowWorkflow Automation
PowerAppsApplication development
Power BIBusiness Analytics
Common Data Service
Data connectors
AI Builder
Microsoft PowerApps
Build apps for web and mobile
Accelerate digital transformation initiatives
Organization are adopting cloud-based low-
code development platforms to drive change
and digital transformation.
Add intelligence to solve every day tasks
Organizations are leveraging AI and
ML capabilities through their low code
app platforms.
Increase responsiveness to the business
Low code application platforms help
organizations build apps―from simple to
complex― and empower departmental IT
to deliver apps.
Low code application platform
Data & AI
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Rapid Application
Development Market Opportunity
Services Tools
CAGR
42.9%
Market OpportunityRapid application development
Continued innovation of PowerApps and FlowProduct capabilities coming in October 2019
• Easy to use portal experience
• Over data in Common Data Service
• Self-service registration & anonymous access
PowerApps Portals
enable internal and external user access
AI Builder
for PowerApps and Microsoft Flow
• Guided point-and-click AI application
• Infuse AI into your apps and processes
• Templates: binary classification, text classification, object detection, business card reader, form processing
Microsoft Flow
Automate and integrate
business processes
Reduce complexity & cost
Organizations are seeking to move from the
technical complexity and high cost of
traditional business process management
(BPM) solutions.
Future-proof automation investments
Organizations are looking for advanced
capabilities that will build on existing
processes and solutions.
Accelerate automation at scale
Organizations are adopting low-code workflow
tools that balance functionality requirements
with the accelerated development needs of a
wide base of users.
Process & workflow automation
Market OpportunityDigital Process Automation
PowerApps licensing changes
Enable external
user access
Infuse apps with AI
Simplify licensing
Support licensing of
individual apps
Business model imperative What’s changing for October 2019?
PowerApps per app plan
will be introduced
New PowerApps (per app/per user) plans
will have full functionality
PowerApps portals add-on SKUs
will be introduced
AI Builder capacity add-on SKU
will be introduced
External
Evolution of PowerApps business model
PowerApps plans
PowerApps per app plan overview
• An “app” is a combination of Power Platform assets that solves a specific business scenario
• Each “app” can include 1 PowerApps Portal and up to 2 custom apps (model driven and/or canvas)
No limits on other components (e.g., forms, dashboards, etc.)
App definition
PowerApps per app plan :
License overview Provides use rights to a fully featured “app” for 1 user
Pricing $10 per user/app/month
Minimum units 30 licenses per “app”
License assignment In product – Power Platform Admin Center
Offer summary
• Customer prefers to get started with specific business scenarios before going all in on the platform
• Customer wants to license a subset of users for a few specific apps
When to position the PowerApps per app plan
User App
User-1 App-1
User-2 App-1
User-3 App-1
User-1 App-2
User-2 App-2
User-4 App-2
User-3 App-2
Unassigned Unassigned
Apps
Pool of per app licenses
Conceptual Overview
Users
PowerApps per user plan
• Allows licensed users to run unlimited fully featured custom applications
• Single fully featured per user plan vs. 2 per user plans today
In market PowerApps Plan 1 and PowerApps Plan 2 offer different feature capabilities
Overview
PowerApps per user plan
License overview Provides use rights to unlimited custom apps for 1 user
Pricing $40 per user/month
Offer Summary
1 Trigger flows within the context of the app2 Common Data Service database and file capacity entitlements are pooled at the tenant level3 API calls are for a specific user/app/business process – not pooled
Plans and capabilities
PowerApps
per app plan
$10 per user/app/month
PowerApps
per user plan
$40 per user/month
Minimum purchase Minimum licenses 30 licenses per app N/A
Run custom apps Run custom apps 1 app Unlimited apps
Connect to your dataUse pre-built connectors ⚫ ⚫
Use custom and on-premises connectors ⚫ ⚫
Store and manage
data
Utilize Common Data Service ⚫ ⚫
Create and access custom entities ⚫ ⚫
Dynamics 365 restricted entities access Read only Read only
Execute workflowsMicrosoft Flow use rights1 Within app context Within app context
(Classic CDS) Non real-time and real-time workflows ⚫ ⚫
Per license capacity
Common Data Service Database Capacity2 50 MB 250 MB
Common Data Service File Capacity2 400 MB 2 GB
Daily API calls3 1,000 5,000
Infuse AI AI Builder capacity add-on $ $
Summary of PowerApps standalone plans (Oct-19 onwards)
PowerApps Portals
PowerApps Portals
User Type Licensing SKU NameUnit
Capacity
Price/
monthComments
External user –
AuthenticatedPer log in
PowerApps Portals login
capacity add-on
100
log ins$200
A log in provides an external
authenticated user access to a single
PowerApps portal for up to 24 hours
External user –
Unauthenticated
Per page
view
PowerApps Portals page view
capacity add-on
100K
page
views
$100
Internal user Via USL
• Various Dynamics 365 SKUs
• PowerApps per app plan
• PowerApps per user plan
NA NACustom portal use rights are aligned
with custom app use rights
Licensing of PowerApps Portals :
• Customers can provision a PowerApps portal instance
• No need to purchase separate1 license
1$500 per month per Dynamics 365 Additional Portal instance as of July 2019
External
AI BuilderAdd-on for PowerApps, Flow and Dynamics 365
AI Builder capacity add-on
AI Builder capacity add-on
Offer name AI Builder capacity add-on
License type Tenant wide capacity license
Pricing $500 per month—Each subscription includes 1M service credits
Qualifying base licenses PowerApps, Flow and Dynamics 365 licenses
Offer Details
PowerApps and Flow capacity
PowerApps and Flow capacity add-on
PowerApps and Flow capacity add-on
Offer name PowerApps and Flow capacity add-on
License type Dedicated capacity per user/app/business process
Pricing$50 per unit per month
Each unit provides 10,000 daily API requests
Capacity enforcement Daily (24-hour sliding window)
Assignment of purchased capacity In product experience
Offer Details
Overview
PowerApps and Flow capacity add-on increases API request limits for PowerApps, Flow and Dynamics
365 Customer Engagement workloads that exceed their daily API request entitlements
Microsoft Flow licensing changes
Business model imperative What’s changing for October 2019?
Choice and flexibility
Introduction of Flow per business process plan
Consolidating user licenses into
single Flow per user plan
Infuse AI into
business processes
AI Builder capacity add-on
enabled for Flow plans
Unleash full capabilityPaid plans will be fully featured
Unlimited Flow runs
Evolution of Flow business model
Microsoft Flow plans
Flow per user plan—overview
Summary of Flow per user plan
• No limits on number of flows
Offer details
Flow per user plan
Pricing $15 per user/month
Minimum units 20 user licenses
Flow runs Unlimited
Daily API request limit2,000 per user
(dedicated capacity for the user)
Flow per business process plan—overview
• A business process is a collection of one or more flows that work together to accomplish a business outcome
Business process definition
Flow per business process plan
Pricing $500 per month for 5 enabled workflows
Flow runs Unlimited
Default daily API
request limit
75,000 for 5 workflows
(dedicated capacity for the business process)
Licensing additional
workflows
$100 per workflow/month(each additional workflow adds 15,000 additional daily API
calls to the business process)
Offer Details
• For business processes spanning teams, departments & organizations, without requiring per user licenses
When to position the Flow per business process plan
API capacity for business process
Flo
w 1
Flo
w 5
Flo
w 2
Flo
w N
Business Process
Summary of Flow Standalone Plans (Oct-19 onwards)
Plans and capabilitiesFlow
$15per user/month
Flow$500
for 5 Flows/month
Execute workflows
Minimum purchase 20 user licenses 5 Flows
Number of flow runs per month Unlimited Unlimited
USL Required Yes ×
Use business process flows ⚫ ⚫
Connect to your dataUse pre-built connectors ⚫ ⚫
Use custom and on-premises connectors ⚫ ⚫
Store and manage dataAccess to Common Data Service ⚫ ⚫
Create and access custom entities ⚫ ⚫
Capacity Entitlements
Daily API request limit 1 2,000 75,000 (5 Flows)
Common Data Service Database Capacity (pooled2) 50 MB 250 MB (5 Flows)
Common Data Service File Capacity (pooled2) 200 MB 1 GB (5 Flows)
Infuse AI AI Builder capacity add-on3 $ $
1 API limits can be raised by purchasing the “PowerApps & Flow capacity add-on” and assign to individual users and/or business processes.2 Additional Common Data Service Database/File/Log capacity can be purchased in increments of 1 GB. Common Data Service Database and File capacity are pooled tenant wide.3 Purchase AI Builder capacity add-on.
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