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Licensing for Premium Connectors
I'm trying to make sense of this page and need help. If I want to use a "premium connector" in a specific flow (ex. Salesforce.com) - does only the author of the flow need to be on Flow Plan1/2 OR does both the author and every user of that specific flow need to have that?
Ryan,
Both the app creator and consumer will need to have a P1 or P2 license.
This continues to be very murky and unclear. For IT managed automation scenarios, I have abandoned Flow for these reasons and switched almost completely to Azure Logic Apps. There it is very clear and feels more like an enterprise solution (even though both use the same underlying engine).
Ryan Stone, what BrianTJackett says is incorrect. Only the maker has to get Flow plan 1/2. The rest of the company can use the Flow.
It's not the most straightforward messaging, but you only need P1 or P2 for the maker.
- BrianTJackett
Microsoft
Daniel Laskewitz I'm checking around internally for verification. The latest threads I've seen have some nuance to them. The most straightforward answer I see is that whichever user / account is used for the connection to the Premium Connector requires the Plan 1 / 2 license. Not simply a matter of the author vs. flow executor.
If User A authors a flow and uses their own credentials (User A) for the connection and then User B uses the flow (still with User A credentials tied to the connection for Premium Connector) then only User A needs a Plan 1 / 2 license.
If however User A authors a flow and User B uses their own credentials in the connection for Premium Connector then User B needs to have a Plan 1 / 2 license.
Hoping to get someone from Flow PG to comment / verify on here, stay tuned.
- Correct! In my answer, assumption was made that the maker would connect to the premium connector.
I frequently create flows under a service account, connect to a premium connector with that service account (which has P1/P2) and then I use the Flow in different places (sometimes PowerApps, sometimes the Flow runs on the "SharePoint - When an item is created" trigger, etc).
- BrianTJackett
Ryan,
Both the app creator and consumer will need to have a P1 or P2 license.
