check before: 2026-04-24
Product:
Copilot, Microsoft 365 admin center, Power Platform
Platform:
Developer, Online, World tenant
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Admin impact
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We are introducing an automated process to delete inactive personal developer environments, starting April 24, 2026.
Personal developer environments in your tenant follow an inactivity-based lifecycle policy. Non-Managed developer environments are automatically cleaned up after 30 days of inactivity. This policy extends to Managed developer environments, with a 60-day inactivity window before cleanup begins, giving makers more time before any action is taken. Environment owners and admins will receive multiple emails before any disablement occurs.
Activity includes any user, maker, or admin action such as creating, editing, or launching an app; creating, editing, or running a flow; creating, editing, or chatting with a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent; or copy, restore or reset environment. Any activity resets the 60-day inactivity period.
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Created:
2026-04-24
updated:
2026-04-24
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Direct effects for Operations**
Inactivity-based cleanup of Managed developer environments
If users do not actively engage with their personal developer environments, they risk losing access to important resources and tools after 60 days of inactivity, leading to potential disruption in development workflows.
- roles: Developers, Admins
- references: https://aka.ms/15018/automatic-environment-cleanup
Notification and warning system
Failure to respond to warning notifications may result in unexpected deletion of environments, causing loss of work and requiring recovery actions that could delay project timelines.
- roles: Developers, Project Managers
- references: https://aka.ms/15018/automatic-environment-cleanup
Governance overhead and resource management
The automatic cleanup process may lead to confusion among users regarding the status of their environments, potentially resulting in mismanagement of resources and reduced productivity.
- roles: Admins, IT Managers
- references: https://aka.ms/15018/automatic-environment-cleanup
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