@Microsoft announces, the terrible idea of, End-User Self-Purchase capabilities in the #Office365 #PowerPlatform

 

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Announcing self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products

 

 

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Self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products (Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow) will be available for commercial cloud customers starting 11/19. Today, individuals within your organization are unable to purchase subscriptions or assign licenses for themselves or their departments without contacting you, their admin. Based on customer demand, we’ll soon be enabling self-service purchase and license management capabilities, which will allow users within your organization to purchase products directly, starting with the Power Platform family of products: Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow. What is the roll-out schedule? Power BI will be available for self-service purchase in the US starting November 19, followed by PowerApps and Flow and additional geographies beginning December 4. This capability will not be available for customers who are eligible for Government, Nonprofit or Education offers. [How does this affect me?] As an admin, you will have a view of all self-service purchases within your tenant. You will also be able to see how many licenses users have purchased and which Azure Active Directory enabled users those licenses have been assigned to. This view will only be available in the new admin center. If you haven’t enabled it yet, you can opt in by selecting the Try the new admin center toggle located at the top of the Home page. To view self-service purchases: In the new Microsoft 365 admin center: Go to the Billing > Licenses page   Use the filter to refine results to see Self-service purchases Note: For users that have purchased any of the products directly, they will now have access to a scoped version of the Microsoft 365 admin center that is limited to their purchases. How are the self-service purchases managed? Self-service purchasers are responsible for managing their own billing information, subscriptions and license assignment.   Note: Self-service purchasers cannot view or manage purchases and licenses at the organization level or those owned by other users or departments. Individuals will be able to create support cases and get support directly from Microsoft if they need help related to their purchases. [What do I need to do to prepare for this change?] The self-service purchase capability arrives automatically and is not configurable, so there’s no action you need to take. We suggest that you update your training and documentation as appropriate. This Message center post will be updated with Additional Information as we come closer to general availability.

 

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