Starting May 22, 2026, Pay-As-You-Go (PayGo) is no longer a mandatory requirement to enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR) in your production environment(s).
How does this affect me?
You can now enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR) for your production environment(s) without a PayGo plan.
What do I need to do to prepare?
This message is for awareness, and no action is required.
To enable Self-Service Disaster Recovery (SSDR):
- Sign in to the Power Platform admin center as a system administrator.
- In the navigation pane, select Manage.
- In the Manage pane, select Environments. The Environments page appears.
- Select the production environment where you want to turn on self-service disaster recovery.
- Select Disaster Recovery in the command bar at the top of the page. The Disaster Recovery pane appears.
- Select the checkbox to turn on Disaster Recovery.
- Select Save.
- The environment briefly displays the Edit details page.
- The Environment details page displays that the process of turning on the feature has started.
Source: Microsoft
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