managed-environment-overview.md

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Managed Environments overview	Use Managed Environments to view and control your Dynamics 365 applications with less effort.	pa-admin	conceptual	04/08/2024	mihaelablendea	mihaelab	sericks	ShawnNandiMSFT AngelMarshall	admin	admin-security	admin

Managed Environments overview

Managed Environments is a suite of premium capabilities that allows admins to manage Power Platform at scale with more control, less effort, and more insights. Admins can use Managed Environments with any type of environment. Certain features can be configured upon enabling a Managed Environment. Once an environment is managed, it unlocks more features across the Power Platform.

Learn how to use Managed Environments.

A Managed Environment encompasses, but isn't limited to, the following features:

• Environment groups
• Limit sharing
• Weekly usage insights
• Data policies
• Pipelines in Power Platform
• Maker welcome content
• Solution checker
• IP Firewall
• IP cookie binding
• Customer Managed Key (CMK)
• Lockbox
• Extended backup
• DLP for desktop flow
• Export data to Azure Application Insights
• Catalog in Power Platform
• Default environment routing
• Create an app description with Copilot

Note

Managed Environments is included as an entitlement with standalone Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Power Pages, and Dynamics 365 licenses. Trial licenses can be used to license users in Managed Environments, with the restrictions specific to these types of licenses. To learn more about Managed Environment licensing, see Licensing and Licensing overview for Microsoft Power Platform.

Managed Environment isn't included as an entitlement in the Developer Plan when users run their assets. For more information about Managed Environments and the Developer Plan, see About the Power Apps Developer Plan.

See also

• Enable Managed Environments
• Usage insights
• Limit sharing
• Data policies
• Licensing
• View license consumption (preview)
• Tenant settings
• Default environment routing
• Activating Managed Environments

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