Deployed PowerApp is Prompts for User Connection Authentication

[IPC_ahaas]

My PowerApp has a Flow attached to it. I am using a service account for the connections to send an Email and access a SharePoint Site. I expected the app to maintain this when I published it to another Environment, but it's prompting the user at startup.

 

How do I avoid this? The user shouldn't be prompted to use their account for connections I purposefully setup to use a service account.

[Pstork1]

Are you deploying the app and flow as part of the same solution? If you are then make sure you've created connection references for each connection and set the Run Only user setting in the solution to use the maker's connection. Otherwise this is the default behavior.

[IPC_ahaas]

It is part of the same Solution, yes. I created Connection References now within the Solution and made sure the Flow is using those Connection References.

I republished the App and sent it through the Pipeline again. It's still prompting the user to use their account for this App.

[IPC_ahaas]

The Flow in the new Environment has errors with no description, and the Dataverse Connection is using my Email address rather than the Connection Reference in the Solution.

[Pstork1]

You missed one step I mentioned in my reply. In each flow inside the solution you need to adjust the Run only users settings.  AS the screenshot below shows the default is to use the connection in the user's context. If you want it to stay with the service account you need to access the dropdown and pick the connection you want. This default setting is why the user's are being prompted.

[IPC_ahaas]

I've now done that.

I clicked "Publish all customizations" within the Solution.

I deployed the Solution through the Pipeline again.

I still get prompted

[Pstork1]

Have you tried deploying it manually without using Pipeline? That's about the only other thing I can think of. Otherwise it shouldn't be prompting for authentication since its set for Run only connections. The only other question is that I assume you aren't using the outlook and SharePoint connectors directly in the Power App? If you are then this is normal behavior and there is no way to change it other than using PowerShell to automate the acceptance of the dialog.

[IPC_ahaas]

I'll try deleting from the new environment and importing.

The connections are only used in the Flow, correct. The app executes the Flow, but the App doesn't send an email or engage with SharePoint directly, only through the Flow.

[IPC_ahaas]

**bleep**, that still didn't work. This is insane.

[IPC_ahaas]

In the new Environment, the Flow has the Connection Reference by name, but it's showing my email address rather than the service email address. So, it must be something I did wrong with the Connection Reference.