Admins control if flows are created in solutions by default
| Enabled for | Public preview | Early access | General availability |
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| Users by admins, makers, or analysts | 
Mar 21, 2023 |
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Nov 24, 2024 |
Business value
Cloud flows defined in Dataverse solutions simplify administration and application lifecycle for customers by allowing the use of concepts like environment variables, connection references, and solutions. These also help deliver delightful maker experiences like saving flows as drafts, publishing, and versioning.
Feature details
Many benefits are available when cloud flows are added to Dataverse solutions, including the ability to use features like environment variables and solutions that simplify the process of deploying across environments. Solutions also make it easier to organize and manage a large number of flows by providing a natural grouping. Having flows defined in Dataverse unlocks new functionality such as support for drafts and versioning, and cloud flow run history in Dataverse.
Currently, cloud flows default to being created outside of solutions in Dataverse. With this change, Power Platform administrators can choose for each environment whether cloud flows are created in solutions in Dataverse by default.
You can turn this feature on with the following steps:
- Sign in to the Power Platform admin center and select an environment.
- Go to Settings > Product > Features.
- Under Create new canvas apps and cloud flows in Dataverse solutions, turn on Cloud flows.
If you wish to manually add flows into solutions, you can add an existing flow to a solution from the Solution explorer, or add many cloud flows into solutions using PowerShell.
Additional resources
Add canvas apps and cloud flows to a solution by default (docs)