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{Do you know} Remove bulk system administrator from Power Platform using Powershell Script.

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show how to remove bulk system administrators or any specific role using PowerShell Script.

Let’s get’s started.

New Microsoft Release feature details: Enables you to have better control over security in Dataverse environments. You can easily produce a list of users assigned to the system administrator role and remove assignments as needed.

Suppose your organisation have a lot of system administrators and global admins or power platform admins can run this Powershell scripts to remove bulk system administrators.

How do you do that ?

You will following list to run the script.

1. Install Visual Studio 2017 or higher

2. Install the .NET Framework 4.6.2 Developer Pack

3. Open the solution file (Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Administration.Powershell.sln) in administrator mode and build the solution.

4. Open PowerShell in administrator mode.

5. Set Execution Policy to Unrestricted.

6. Import the Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Administration.PowerShell module, as shown below.

cd Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Administration.Powershell
Import-Module .\Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Administration.UserManagement.psm1

7. Run the command of your choice from the following Powershell commands, click here.

8. Each command will prompt the user to provide credentials when connecting to Dataverse.Enter a user principla name and password.

Powershell commands.

1. Generate reports of role assignments
2. Remove role assignments from given list of users.
3. Add role assignments for a given list of users.

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{Do you know} Modern security role editor through Power Platform Admin Center

Hello Everyone

Today i am going to show how to edit the security role from Power Platform Admin Center.

Let’s get’s started.

Normally if we have a requirement to edit the security role to add additional privileges then we login into Classic view of Dynamics 365 and Settings > Security > Open the security role and edit.

Now with the new feature update from Microsoft to edit the security roles from the Power Platform Admin Center.

Login into www.admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com

Then choose the environment and Settings > Security roles

As you can see the modern security role editor in Power Platform Admin Center with Compact Grid View.

1. You can rename the security role.

2. Copy the existing security role.

3. Delete your unmanaged security role.

4. Configure column view such as Record ownership, Permission Settings, Create, Read, Write, Delete, Append, Append to, Assign, Share – permissions.

5.Membership Privilege inheritance: Team privileges only, Direct User(Basic) access level and team privileges.

6.Tables, Micellaneous privileges, Privacy-related privileges – you can set by selecting each of those options.

That’t it for today.

I hope this helps
Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)
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How to approve email addresses for Users or Queues privilege by normal user other than system administrators in Dynamics 365 Sales

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to show to approve email addresses by normal user other than system administrator.

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Normally to approve an email addresses in Dynamics 365 user requries the Approve Email Addresses for Users or Queues Privileges.

System Administrators usually have this role assigned default, so if any other user requires to approve email addresses, system admin’s can assign this Approve Email Addresses for Users or Queues Privileges to their security role.

How to assign manually lets see in action:

Login into Power Platform Admin Center and select an environment,

In the legacy web client in the upper right hand corner, click on Advanced Settings.

Settings > Users + Permissions > Security roles.

Security role and then select the Business Management tab.

Under Miscellaneous Privileges, set the previleges level for Approve Email Addresses for Users or Queues.

Then Approve Mailboxes:

How do you do that?

Login into Power Platform Admin Center, select the environment,

Legacy web client click on advanced settings.

Select Settings > Email > Mailboxes.

Select Active Mailboxes.

Select the mailboxes that you want to approve and then select More commands > Approve Email.

Select OK.

That’s it for today.

I hope this helps
Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)
#365BlogPostsin365Days

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{How to } download active users and active users by security role from Power Platform Admin Center

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to share how to check most active users and active users by security role from power platform admin center.

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Suppose you have a requirment to check most active users and active users by security role in your environment(Dataverse).

How do you check that ?

Login into Power Platform Admin Center

Expand the analytics and click on the dataverse.

In the drop down views: You can see the active users by device type, active users by business unit, by security role, by client, by entities, performing operations, custom entities, OOB entities, Most active workflows, plugins, used API.

Active Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Plan Users by Application,

Non-conformant usage by users with Team Members License.

For more information click here

Thats it for today.

I hope this helps
Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)
#365BlogPostsin365Days

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Release monthly channel for Model driven apps

Hello Everyone,

Today i am going to share new feature that is General Availability on Power Platform Admin Center is Monthly Release of new features into selected environment.

Let’s gets started.

Normally Microsoft have two releases in a year as wave 1 and wave 2.

Microsoft decided to release the new features monthly so that user adoption of new features are easy to digest instead of all developed features semi annual channel.

This way of release makes business users happiers as through Microsoft 365 release new features semi annual channel and business users are happier.

So how to manage release channels from Power Platform Admin Center ?

Login into PPAC

Select the environment you want to manage release channel and click on settings:

Also you can set the programmatically by updating a configuration table or with a URL parameter &channel=monthly.

These changes are already rolled out fully to use – Change Release Channels

To test the change release rolled out or not you can go to the settings on Model Driven App and settings and ABOUT – you will see the update.

That’s it for today.

I hope this helps
Malla Reddy(@UK365GUY)
#365BlogPostsin365Days

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