Power Platform Build Tools (1.0.13) backup Environment task

[laurentissot]

Hello,

We are using Azure DevOps Power Platform Build Tools (1.0.13) extension.

We are currently trying to use the following step : "Power Platform Backup Environment" and we would like to know when the feature using the service principal name will be available?

We're using at the moment a service account and the MFA is not supported with this authentication type.

We have read this documentation : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/devops-build-tool-tasks#power-platform-backup-en....

Do you have a narrower timeline for the availability of this feature ?

Many thanks in advance!

[JeffCarma]

I have set the application user as a System Administrator per the docs. Sorry it's not working for you.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/devops-build-tools

Ensure that the added Application User has the system administrator role assigned (available from “Manage Roles” in the security settings for the application user).

[sit-md]

Thanks for linking to the docs! While skimming over it I think I might have found the culprit. The service principal (or rather: the application user) already has the role of a system administrator. But the docs mention another requirement:

This application is then added as an administrator user to the Microsoft Power Platform tenant itself.

As far as I know this has not happened. I will get in touch with our Power Platform / Dynamics 365 Admin next week so he will add the service principal accordingly. I will report back here if that resolves the issue.

[khoait]

I'm having the same error. The service principal doesn't have permission to the Power Platform backup  API endpoint.

As mentioned here, it probably need the "service admin" role: Power Platform Admin.

Use service admin roles to manage your tenant - Power Platform | Microsoft Docs

I'll ask for this permission and try again.

[HediBER]

Hello @sit-md , did you resolve the issue by adding the application user as Power Platform admin ? Because from my side I have did'nt work for me and I the pipeline backup task return the error bellow :

Message=The service principal with id 'xxxxx' for application *** does not have permission to access the path 'https://api.bap.microsoft.com/providers/Microsoft.BusinessAppPlatform/environments/xxxxxxx/backups?a...'

Thank you for help

[HediBER]

Hello @sit-md 

did you resolve the issue. I have the same issue on my pipeline. I add the user application as Administrator on Power platform Tenant but the pipeline return to me the same error :

The service principal with id 'xxxxx' for application *** does not have permission to access the path 'https://api.bap.microsoft.com

[sit-md]

Hi @HediBER unfortunately adding the role of Power Platform admin did not resolve the issue. I gave up for the time being. I also requested help from a Microsoft DSE multiple times but somehow he never got back to me about that specific topic. 

[JeffCarma]

The docs say to add the service principal to the "System Administrator" role in the specific dynamics environment. It's easy to do using the new interface in https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/

Just open the environment and click the S2S Apps link. Then choose the Service principal and add the System admin security role.

[HediBER]

Hi @JeffCarma , I already add the application user as a system administrator in the target CRM environement and also I add him as a Power Platform administrator in the Tenant.

[HediBER]

@JeffCarma  I think I need to give the application user the authorization to use the api of Power Platform Management (https://api.bap.microsoft.com) at Azure AD Level. But which one I need to choose in the list :

[sit-md]

@HediBER Your input got me thinking (and searching) and I think you might be right. Unfortunately adding this permission requires a tenant admin and that person needs to send a HTTP PUT request, adding the service principal as an admin management application. The process is described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/powerplatform-api-create-service-principal

If you get the chance maybe you can give that a go. If it starts working after that we found the culprit. I cannot test this short-term as I am working for a big organization and a tenant admin won't do this just because I ask him to. Approval from an information security officer would be necessary which makes this a tedious task for me. I will do it though if you can confirm that it starts working afterwards.