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MattBurr
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Power Apps per app End of Sale
Hi Microsoft Elevate team Firstly, Happy New Year to you all! I wanted to reach out regarding an important update in the January 2026 Power Platform Licensing Guide. It appears that Power Apps per app licenses have been marked as “End of Sale,” which represents a significant change for nonprofits. Could you please provide clarity on the following points regarding the 10 free/grant Power Apps per app licenses? Until when will nonprofits be able to purchase these licenses? How long will existing licenses remain usable? (Ideally, at least 12 months if not longer.) Once the grant for per app licenses is discontinued, will there be a comparable offering? e.g. grants for Power Apps Premium licenses? This is a significant part of Microsoft's nonprofit offer and a key reason many organisations choose the Power Platform over competing solutions. Nearly all of our nonprofit customers have leveraged this benefit and subsequently invested in additional Microsoft products, including Copilot. Discontinuing this could have a significant impact on both nonprofits and partners who serve them. I appreciate any guidance you can provide on this matter. Thank you, MattRe: I want to learn more about Nonprofit Pain Points?
Sounds like you've set up a good tech foundation! Power Apps would be a good platform to create a custom-built app for your purpose. If you're tech savvy, go along to an 'App in a day' course and you might get inspired to try building it yourself: Microsoft Events SearchRe: Allow hidden fields
Thanks for the tip Rob. I would post it on there if I thought those ideas were kept current - looks like it hasn't been touched for two years and many of the 'We're considering this' ideas were delivered a while ago. I've found Dingkun Xie to be very responsive on this forum.Allow hidden fields
Hi DingkunXie Can the product team do the following: Create an option to make a field hidden or read-only Allow URL parameters to populate the hidden or read-only field Currently we can use a workaround to hide a field using branching logic, but the hidden field can't be prepopulated with the URL parameter :( This small change will unlock a huge amount of value in the product! Especially in the age of automation and Copilot. Looking forward to seeing this happen :)Re: Fundraising and Engagement solution will be retired
Here are some other partner responses to the announcement: Heller Consulting: https://teamheller.com/resources/blog/microsofts-latest-update-to-its-nonprofit-solutions-what-you-need-to-know threshold.world: https://www.threshold.world/post/a-perspective-on-microsoft-fundraising-engagement-s-planned-retirementRe: Fundraising and Engagement solution will be retired
Here is a LinkedIn post from mhance (I'm guessing we'll see similar from Barhead and Sylogist): Exciting news from mhance! We're proud to share the latest developments in our Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions for the Nonprofit sector. Since 2011, we've been at the forefront of innovation, working closely with the Microsoft for Nonprofits Tech for Social Impact team since its inception, and our journey continues with a strategic roadmap that promises even more robust and user-friendly solutions. As Microsoft evolves its offerings, we're thrilled to announce that mhance has been selected as one of just three partners with existing transition solutions for Fundraising & Engagement, such as the mhance Nonprofit Stack. This means we'll continue to support and enhance these solutions well beyond their original end-of-life date. So, wherever you are on your journey with Fundraising & Engagement and whether you are an mhance customer or not, get in touch with us so we can discuss with you our plans to support this solution now and into the future. Our commitment to empowering nonprofits with the best tools remains unwavering. The mhance Nonprofit Stack is a robust platform built on the new Microsoft Fundraising solution, ensuring that you have complete control over your data and how you use it to make a difference. Find out more and contact us so that we can work together to make a greater impact! mhance Nonprofit Stack | mhanceSuggestions for improving the nonprofit grants and discount program
Over the last few years, a number of changes to the grants and discount program have taken a bit of the shine off the program (removal of Dynamics 365 Sales grants, Business Premium, Power BI Premium, retirement of Fundraising and Engagement). I wanted to offer some suggestions based on feedback from nonprofits and partners on small changes that could make an improvement to the program. Allow all nonprofit staff (including contracted staff) and volunteers to use grant offers (i.e. allowing nonprofits to assign granted Business Basic licences to volunteers) Increase the Microsoft 365 Copilot discount - many nonprofits still find the discounted cost prohibitively high Replace the 10 free 'Power Apps per app' with 10 free 'Power Apps Premium' - encouraging nonprofits to use the Power Platform more. Broaden your eligibility criteria to include Social Enterprises such as Community Interest Companies in the UK, Social Traders in Australia, etc Provide nonprofit staff and volunteers with free certification exams for foundational level topics (Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, etc) Let's make the program a leader in the sector again, especially for the smaller, resource-constrained nonprofits that do so much good. Thanks MattLinkedIn group: Microsoft tech for Australian & New Zealand NFPs
To support not-for-profit (NFP) users at a local level, we have started a LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14633550/ This is for end users, IT pros and accidental IT experts who use, develop and administer Microsoft applications in not-for-profit and charity organisations located in Australia or New Zealand. Join to share news, announcements, events and jobs about Microsoft technology for Australian and New Zealand not-for-profits and charities. Including Dynamics 365, Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate), Copilot, and Microsoft 365. (This is a community led group and is not officially supported or affiliated with Microsoft or Microsoft's Tech for Social Impact program.)
