Enabling Feature Flags in Power Platform using PowerShell

Feature Flags in Power Platform allow you to enable or disable experimental, preview, or hidden features in your environments. Using PowerShell, you can manage these feature flags efficiently to control the behavior of your Power Platform environments.

Why Enable Feature Flags?

✔ Early access to preview features
✔ Enable hidden capabilities for testing
✔ Control environment-specific settings
✔ Automate feature activation across multiple environments

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Step 1: Prerequisites

1.1 Install Required PowerShell Modules

Ensure that the Power Platform PowerShell modules are installed:

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell -Force
Install-Module -Name Microsoft.PowerApps.PowerShell -Force

1.2 Authenticate to Power Platform

Sign in to Power Platform using:

Add-PowerAppsAccount

1.3 List Available Environments

Identify the environment name where you want to enable feature flags:

Get-AdminPowerAppEnvironment | Select-Object DisplayName, EnvironmentName

Example Output:

DisplayName      EnvironmentName
------------     -----------------------------
DevelopmentEnv   abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890
TestingEnv       12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef
ProductionEnv    fedcba98-7654-3210-fedc-ba9876543210

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Step 2: Listing Available Feature Flags

Before enabling a feature, check the list of available feature flags in an environment.

$environmentName = "abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"

Get-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentFeatures -EnvironmentName $environmentName

Example Output:

FeatureName                     Status
------------------------------- ------------
PreviewDataverseAPIs            Disabled
AIBuilderAutoFill               Enabled
CoPilotEnhancedModeling         Disabled

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Step 3: Enabling a Feature Flag

To enable a feature in Power Platform, use the following command:

$featureName = "PreviewDataverseAPIs"

Set-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentFeature -EnvironmentName $environmentName -FeatureName $featureName -Enabled $true

This enables the Dataverse Preview APIs in the specified environment.

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Step 4: Verifying the Change

Confirm that the feature has been enabled:

Get-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentFeatures -EnvironmentName $environmentName | Where-Object {$_.FeatureName -eq "PreviewDataverseAPIs"}

Expected Output:

FeatureName                     Status
------------------------------- ------------
PreviewDataverseAPIs            Enabled

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Step 5: Automating Feature Flag Enablement

To automate the process, use the following PowerShell script:

Feature Flag Automation Script (Enable-FeatureFlags.ps1)

param (
    [string]$environmentName = "abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    [string]$featureName = "PreviewDataverseAPIs"
)

# Authenticate
Add-PowerAppsAccount

# Enable Feature Flag
Set-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentFeature -EnvironmentName $environmentName -FeatureName $featureName -Enabled $true

Write-Host "Feature '$featureName' has been enabled in environment '$environmentName'."

Save this script and run it using:

powershell.exe -File "C:\Scripts\Enable-FeatureFlags.ps1"

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Step 6: Scheduling Automatic Feature Flag Activation

Using Task Scheduler

1. Open Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc).
2. Click Create Basic Task → Name it Enable Power Platform Feature Flags.
3. Set Trigger to run weekly or daily.
4. Select Start a Program and enter: arduinoCopyEditpowershell.exe -File "C:\Scripts\Enable-FeatureFlags.ps1"
5. Click Finish.

Now, feature flags will be automatically enabled on schedule.

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Step 7: Enabling Feature Flags Across Multiple Environments

If you want to enable the feature in multiple environments, use this script:

$environments = @("abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890", "12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef", "fedcba98-7654-3210-fedc-ba9876543210")
$featureName = "PreviewDataverseAPIs"

Add-PowerAppsAccount

foreach ($env in $environments) {
    Set-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentFeature -EnvironmentName $env -FeatureName $featureName -Enabled $true
    Write-Host "Feature '$featureName' enabled in environment '$env'."
}

This script enables PreviewDataverseAPIs in Development, Testing, and Production.