Power Automate Desktop governance

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Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	-	Mar 2, 2021

Business value

Admins can restrict access to Power Automate Desktop to specific users by adding a registry entry to their devices.

Feature details

Admins can regulate the account types that can sign-in to Power Automate Desktop by adding registry entries using a group policy or manually to the user's device.

Block Microsoft Accounts

Hive=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Power Automate Desktop
Name=RestrictMSAAccountsSignIns
Type: DWORD
Value = 1: Users will not be able to sign-in using Microsoft Accounts.

Block free OrgID accounts

Hive=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Power Automate Desktop
Name: RestrictNoLicenseOrgIDAccountsSignIns
Type: DWORD
Value = 1: OrgID users without a license are restricted from signing-in to Power Automate Desktop

Block all OrgID accounts

The following registry key blocks both free and paid OrgID accounts.

Hive=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Power Automate Desktop
Name= RestrictOrgIDAccountsSignIns
Type: DWORD
Value = 1: Users will not be able to sign-in using OrgID accounts.