Creating a new Power Platform environment

Creating a new Power Platform environment is necessary when your organization needs a segregated space to manage and store its data, applications, and flows securely. This can be particularly useful when dealing with sensitive information that requires isolation from other projects or when a clear delineation of resources is required for organizational governance. Establishing separate environments, such as Development, Test, and Production, is a best practice even for low-code development in Power Platform. This setup helps maintain data integrity and security while facilitating effective collaboration within a controlled environment across different segments of the organization.

Getting ready

You must be a Global, Power Platform, or Dynamics 365 Administrator to follow the steps in this recipe.

Important note

Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform share a common infrastructure that includes the use of environments and Dataverse,...