Connector action control

You can use connector action control to allow or block individual actions within a given connector.

1. Sign in to the Power Platform admin center as a System Administrator.

2. On the left navigation pane, select Policies > Data policies.

3. Select a policy and on the command bar, select Edit Policy.

4. On the left, select Prebuilt connectors.

5. Select More actions next to your connector and then select Configure connector > Connector actions.

   

   Note

   You can configure connector actions for all blockable connectors, but not for unblockable connectors and custom connectors.

6. Use the side panel to allow or deny specific actions.

   You can also set the Default connector action settings to allow or block for any new connector actions that will be added to the connector in the future.

   

Known limitations

Admins need to have maker access to Power Apps

The list of connector actions is retrieved using calls to Power Apps on behalf of the admin. The admin must sign in to Power Apps and have access to complete the user consent process. If the admin doesn't have access to Power Apps, then the list of connector actions won't be retrieved.

Republish Power Apps

Some Power Apps, published before October 1, 2020, need to be republished for connector action rules to enforce data loss prevention (DLP).

This script helps admins and makers identify the apps that must be republished.

Add-PowerAppsAccount

$GranularDLPDate = Get-Date -Date "2020-10-01 00:00:00Z"

ForEach ($app in Get-AdminPowerApp){

    $versionAsDate = [datetime]::Parse($app.LastModifiedTime)
    
    $olderApp = $versionAsDate -lt $GranularDLPDate

    $wasBackfilled = $app.Internal.properties.executionRestrictions -ne $null -and $app.Internal.properties.executionRestrictions.dataLossPreventionEvaluationResult -ne $null -and ![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($app.Internal.properties.executionRestrictions.dataLossPreventionEvaluationResult.lastAdvancedBackfillDate) 

    If($($olderApp -and !$wasBackfilled)){
        Write-Host "App must be republished to be Granular DLP compliant: " $app.AppName " "  $app.Internal.properties.displayName " " $app.Internal.properties.owner.email
    } 
    Else{ 
        Write-Host "App is already Granular DLP compliant: " $app.AppName 
    }
}

PowerShell support for connector action control

Retrieve a list of available actions for a connector, using Get-AdminPowerAppConnectorAction.

Get-AdminPowerAppConnectorAction

For example:

Get-AdminPowerAppConnectorAction -ConnectorName shared_msnweather

Configure connector action rules for a policy

The object that contains connector action rules for a policy is referred to below as the connector configurations.

The connector configurations object has the following structure:

$ConnectorConfigurations = @{ 
  connectorActionConfigurations = @( # array – one entry per connector
    @{  
      connectorId # string
      actionRules = @( # array – one entry per rule 
        @{ 
          actionId # string
          behavior # supported values: Allow/Block
        }
      ) 
      defaultConnectorActionRuleBehavior # supported values: Allow/Block
    } 
  ) 
}

Retrieve existing connector configurations for a DLP policy

Get-PowerAppDlpPolicyConnectorConfigurations 

Create connector configurations for a DLP policy

New-PowerAppDlpPolicyConnectorConfigurations

Update connector configurations for a DLP policy

Set-PowerAppDlpPolicyConnectorConfigurations

Example

Goal:

• Block actions TodaysForecast and CurrentWeather of connector MSN Weather; allow all other actions.
• Allow action GetRepositoryById of connector GitHub; block all other actions.

$ConnectorConfigurations = @{ 
  connectorActionConfigurations = @(
    @{  
      connectorId = "/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apis/shared_msnweather" 
      actionRules = @(
        @{ 
          actionId = "TodaysForecast" 
          behavior = "Block"
        }, 
        @{ 
          actionId = "CurrentWeather" 
          behavior = "Block"
        } 
      ) 
      defaultConnectorActionRuleBehavior = "Allow"
    },
    @{  
      connectorId = "/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apis/shared_github" 
      actionRules = @(
        @{ 
          actionId = "GetRepositoryById" 
          behavior = "Allow"
        }
      ) 
      defaultConnectorActionRuleBehavior = "Block"
    } 
  ) 
}
New-PowerAppDlpPolicyConnectorConfigurations -TenantId $TenantId -PolicyName $PolicyName -NewDlpPolicyConnectorConfigurations $ConnectorConfigurations