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How Nonprofits Can Claim Power Apps Licenses in the Admin Center

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May 12, 2025

Claim Power Apps licenses easily with our step-by-step guide!

Power Apps is a powerful tool that allows nonprofits to create custom apps to streamline their operations and improve efficiency. In this blog, we'll guide you through the process of claiming Power Apps licenses in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Access the Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Navigate to the admin center: Start by logging into your Microsoft 365 admin account. Ensure you have the necessary admin permissions to manage licenses. To log in the admin center, visit the following link: https://admin.microsoft.com/.

Step 2: Purchase Power Apps Licenses

  1. Go to Billing: In the left-hand navigation pane, select "Billing" and then "Purchase services."

     

  2. Find Power Apps: Use the search bar to find "Power Apps per app plan.
    • Select Power apps per app Plan (1 app or website). 
    • Select Details (Please note at the time of writing nonprofits can claim up to 10 free power apps licenses.)

       

  3. Select and Purchase: Select the quantity and click on Buy. Follow all the necessary prompt to complete the purchase.

 

Step 3: Allocate Power Apps per App Plans (Old Admin Center Experience)

To allocate the Power apps per app Plan licenses, we have to visit the Power Platform admin center. If you are using the old experience for the admin center, follow the steps bellow:

  1. Open Power Platform Admin Center: Go to the Power Platform admin center by visiting this website: https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/
  2. Navigate to Capacity: Select Resources > Capacity in the left-side navigation pane. 

     

  3. Allocate Plans: If your organization has purchased add-ons, an Add-ons tile will appear. Select "Manage" to allocate the per app plans to the appropriate environments (e.g., test, production). If not, select assign to an environment. Under App passes, you can assign up to the number of power app per plan 1 licenses you claimed. Then click save.

     

Step 3: Allocate Power Apps per App Plans (New Admin center Experience)

To allocate the Power apps per app Plan licenses, we have to visit the Power Platform admin center. If you are using the new experience for the admin center, follow the steps bellow:

  1. Open Power Platform Admin Center: Go to the Power Platform admin center by visiting this website: https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/
  2. Navigate to Capacity: Select Licensing> Capacity add-ons in the left-side navigation pane> Add-ons.

     

  3. Allocate Plans: If your organization has purchased add-ons, an Add-ons tile will appear. Select "Manage" to allocate the per app plans to the appropriate environments (e.g., test, production). If not, select assign to an environment. Under App passes, you can assign up to the number of power app per plan 1 licenses you claimed. Then click save.

Conclusion

By following these steps, your nonprofit can efficiently claim and assign Power Apps licenses. Stay tuned for our future blog, where we'll dive into creating a model driven application for your nonprofit. 

Additional Resources

  1. Capacity add-ons for Power Apps and Power Automate - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn
  2. About Power Apps per app plans - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn
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