Licensing a Dataverse environment for external users

Looking for some advice and opinions please. This is for a standalone Dataverse environment. Not Dynamics 365, or Power Apps, or Power Pages. The question is about using a Dataverse environment wit...

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MartijnElfers
Sep 08, 2025
I would agree on your notion, that no Power Apps / D365 license is required.
The Power Apps / D365 licenses are only needed for using the Power/D365 services. But since the users don't use the service and only consume Dataverse capacity. Licensing the Dataverse capacity should be sufficient in this case.
I agree, no user license is required here.

MartijnElfers

Bronze Contributor

Sep 08, 2025

I would agree on your notion, that no Power Apps / D365 license is required.

The Power Apps / D365 licenses are only needed for using the Power/D365 services. But since the users don't use the service and only consume Dataverse capacity. Licensing the Dataverse capacity should be sufficient in this case.

I agree, no user license is required here.

JillArmourMicrosoft
Community Manager
Sep 09, 2025
Love this exchange, that is what community is all about!! 💚

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