Admin and governance best practices

What sets Microsoft Power Platform apart from other low-code options already in use in your organization (through Excel or Access) or other shadow IT, point-solution SaaS providers, is that everything is governed and authenticated through Microsoft Entra—you need to sign in with your work or school Microsoft Entra account in order to use this service. This means that as an admin, you have full visibility of everything your makers and users do—it's governable, automatable, auditable, and manageable by default.

In this section, we'll explore some best practices to follow when establishing admin and governance for Microsoft Power Platform.

Manage

• Designate the Microsoft Power Platform admin role
• Manage users
• Plan and manage license and capacity
• Establish an environment strategy
• Manage Microsoft Dataverse for Teams environments

Secure

• Establish tenant and environment level DLP Policies
• Set up Microsoft Entra conditional access
• Enable cross-tenant isolation

Monitor & Alert

• Report on resource usage
• Track user access
• Monitor Microsoft Dataverse usage
• Monitor new connectors
• Set up sharing alerts and mitigations
• Don't start from scratch, take advantage of the CoE Starter Kit

Related resources

• Microsoft Power Platform admin guide
• Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate Admin Whitepaper
• Default environment routing