Dataverse capacity management

Since Altus requires a Dataverse Power Platform environment - this will consume at least 1 GB of Dataverse quota. This section details how to monitor and resolve Dataverse quota problems.

In April 2019 Microsoft introduced a new capacity-based model for tracking power platform storage and database usage. In this new storage model, environment creation rights are governed by the amount of available database capacity instead of being based on user license entitlement.

Within this new capacity model, the following points are important to understand:

Important

• A new environment may not be created without a minimum of 1 GB database capacity available.
• Some administrative actions for environments are disabled while the organization is in capacity deficit.
• Capacity deficit will need to be resolved at time of license renewal.

Check capacity usage

Organization capacity usage can be observed in the Power Platform Admin Center > Resources > Capacity.

You should be presented with a breakdown of capacity usage similar to the following image:

If your capacity portal does not appear this way, your organization may be operating under the legacy storage model. Run through the process found at the following link to confirm: Legacy storage capacity - Power Platform | Microsoft Docs

Please notify your implementation contact if this is the case, as there may be deployment implications.

Addressing a capacity deficit

Many products are recommended to be deployed to a new environment. If the available capacity is less than the 1 GB required for new environment creation, one or multiple of the following options will need to be investigated.

1. Delete unused / unnecessary environments

If any existing environments can be deemed unnecessary or unused, you may wish to delete them. This will immediately return at least 1 GB of database capacity per deletion excluding size of environment content.

2. Free up storage space

Please visit the following page for a list of common procedures that may be followed to reclaim storage from existing environments and solutions: Free up storage space - Power Platform | Microsoft Docs

3. User licensing

Capacity may be sourced via the purchase of user licenses. See the Power Apps and Power Automate Licensing Guide for purchasing information.

Note

Per app plans currently do not provide any additional capacity as detailed in the licensing guide. This is expected to change, however no ETA is known at this stage. Per user licensing provides 400 MB database capacity per license as expected.

4. Purchase a capacity add-on

Capacity add-ons may be sourced via purchase of add-on capacity in 1 GB increments. See the Power Apps and Power Automate Licensing Guide for purchasing information.

More information on these add-ons can be found here: Capacity add-ons - Power Platform | Microsoft Docs