CREATE AND MANAGE ENVIRONMENT IN DATAVERSE

An environment is a way to create and manage an instance of a Dataverse database. It also lets you manage user access, security settings, and the storage that is associated with the Dataverse database within that environment. Additionally, an environment allows you to install applications that you build with Power Apps or flows that you create with Power Automate into that environment. You can create one or many environments, depending on your needs.

Each environment is created under a Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant, and its resources can only be accessed by users within that tenant. An environment is also bound to a geographic location, like the United States. When you create a Dataverse database in an environment, that database is created within datacenters in that geographic location. Any items that you create in that environment (including connections, gateways, flows that are using Microsoft Flow, and more) are also bound to their environment's location.

A default environment is automatically created for you when you sign up for Power Apps, Dynamics 365, or if you have a Microsoft 365 account with Microsoft. At least one environment will always be designated as the default when you start to work with Microsoft Dataverse.

When you need to create a new environment, use the following procedure:

1.Sign in to https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com

2.Select the Environments option on the left-hand side of the Portal.

3.Select the New Environment button in the top right of the Environments screen, as shown in the following figure.

  4.After selecting the New Environment button, you can name the new environment, select the region, and then select the environment type, such as trial or production, as shown in the following figure.

Select the Create environment button.