Although not yet officially announced by Microsoft (but shown in the January 2026 licensing guide), the Power Apps per app plan has been retired, seemingly with immediate effect.
Update: 16/3/2026 – Microsoft have announced that the Power Apps Per App plan has been reinstated. Click here for more information.
Update: 14/01/26 – Microsoft have now clarified full details of the recent announcement regarding the retirement of the Power Apps per app plan:
Existing Enterprise customers using this licence will see no disruption and can continue to use and renew this SKU after their current agreement ends. During the term of your Enterprise Agreement, you can add and adjust users at any time.
Existing CSP customers will not be affected. They can continue to use and renew their Power Apps per app subscriptions.
For existing MPSA customers, the Power Apps per app plan will no longer be offered. Their agreements will remain active, and they can continue using the Power Apps per app licence until the agreement ends. After that, they will have a 60-day window to migrate to an alternative solution.
This licence may eventually be completely withdrawn at some point in the future, so it is still worth planning ahead.
What was the Power Apps per app plan?
Why have Microsoft retired the per app plan?
Without an official announcement, it’s difficult to be certain as to why Microsoft have made this change, but it’s likely due to them wanting to simplify Power Apps licensing and to make it easier to monitor licence usage across an organisation.
My organisation uses Power Apps per app plans – what are my options?
The per app plans will be available to use up until your subscription renewal date; at this point, you will need to migrate these users onto a different licence. There are a few options available:
- Power Apps Premium – best for organisations that want to have just one licence for a user, regardless of the number of apps they need to run. This licence enables licensed users to run unlimited custom apps and have access to unlimited Power Pages websites. The current price for this is £15.40 per user per month (annual commitment paid annually).
- Power Apps per app Pay-As-You-Go Meter – enables individual users to run one custom app. This option is best for businesses that want to pay-as-you-go for only the users who access a Power App one or more times in a month. The current price for this is £7.60 per active user per app per month.
- Power Apps Basic – included with specific Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licences. Premium and Custom Connectors are not included and only allows access to Dataverse for Teams.
Summary
Although the Power Apps per app plan will have been widely used due to its low cost, managing its usage has always been difficult, so a migration to the other licence types makes sense in that regard. Depending on how your users are currently using their existing licences, the most appropriate plan to move your users to may not be immediately obvious. If you are an existing Strategy 365 client and want to discuss the best option for your users, please get in touch with one of our licensing experts who will be happy to discuss this with you.