Enabling or Disabling a Power App using PowerShell

Enabling or disabling a Power App using PowerShell helps administrators control app availability within an organization. This is useful for maintenance, security, or access control.

Step 1: Install Required PowerShell Modules

Before managing Power Apps, ensure you have the necessary PowerShell modules installed:

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

If prompted, press Y to confirm the installation.

Step 2: Authenticate to Power Platform

Connect to your Power Platform environment:

Add-PowerAppsAccount

For service principal authentication:

$clientId = "your-client-id"
$clientSecret = "your-client-secret"
$tenantId = "your-tenant-id"

$SecureSecret = ConvertTo-SecureString $clientSecret -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($clientId, $SecureSecret)

Connect-AdminPowerAppEnvironment -TenantId $tenantId -Credential $Credential

Step 3: Retrieve the Power App Details

List all Power Apps in a specific environment:

$environmentId = "your-environment-id"

Get-AdminPowerApp -EnvironmentName $environmentId | Select-Object DisplayName, AppName, CreatedTime, LastModifiedTime

Identify the AppName of the app you want to enable or disable.

Step 4: Disable a Power App

To disable a Power App, use the following command:

$environmentId = "your-environment-id"
$appId = "your-app-id"

Set-AdminPowerApp -AppName $appId -EnvironmentName $environmentId -IsEnabled $false

Once disabled, users will no longer be able to access the app.

Step 5: Enable a Power App

To re-enable the Power App, use the following command:

$environmentId = "your-environment-id"
$appId = "your-app-id"

Set-AdminPowerApp -AppName $appId -EnvironmentName $environmentId -IsEnabled $true

This will restore the app’s availability for users.

Step 6: Verify the App Status

Check whether the app is enabled or disabled:

$environmentId = "your-environment-id"
$appId = "your-app-id"

Get-AdminPowerApp -AppName $appId -EnvironmentName $environmentId | Select-Object DisplayName, AppName, IsEnabled

If IsEnabled is True, the app is active; if False, it is disabled.

Step 7: Export App Status to a CSV (Optional)

For tracking and documentation purposes, export the app details to a CSV file:

$exportPath = "C:\PowerPlatform\PowerAppsStatus.csv"

Get-AdminPowerApp -EnvironmentName $environmentId | Select-Object DisplayName, AppName, IsEnabled |
    Export-Csv -Path $exportPath -NoTypeInformation

This will save the Power Apps status to C:\PowerPlatform\PowerAppsStatus.csv.

Step 8: Disconnect from Power Platform

Once done, disconnect the session:

Disconnect-PowerAppsAccount