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UPDATE 10/31/19:
Major update to the this self-service purchase announcement – as documented in the Self-Service FAQ:

Over the past week, we’ve been listening to customer feedback regarding the rollout of our self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products. Based on the feedback, we’re making the following changes to our plan:

• On November 19th, we will provide IT admins a way to turn off self-service purchasing on a per product basis via PowerShell. More details will be forthcoming.
• To provide more time to prepare for this change, we are updating the launch for self-service purchase capabilities for Power Platform products to start with Power BI on January 14th for all commercial cloud customers.

Beginning January 14, 2020, self-service purchase, subscription, and license management capabilities for Power Platform products (Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow) will be available for commercial cloud customers in the United States. Self-service purchase gives users a chance to try out new technologies and enables them to develop solutions that will ultimately benefit their larger organizations. This capability will not be available to tenants in the US that are government, nonprofit, or education, at this time. Central procurement and IT teams will have visibility to all users buying and deploying self-service purchase solutions through the Microsoft 365 admin center and will be able to turn off self-service purchasing on a per product basis via PowerShell.

The FAQ update is located at:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/self-service-purchase-faq

ORIGINAL POST:

According to a recent notification from the Office Message Center, Microsoft will soon be enabling self-service purchase and license management capabilities, which will allow users within your organization to purchase products directly, starting with the Power Platform family of products: Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow. 

Power BI will be available in the US starting November 19, followed by PowerApps and Flow and additional geographies beginning December 4.

Further details about announcement are available here:

• DOCS: Self-service purchase FAQ
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/self-service-purchase-faq

USERVOICE FEEDBACK
If you’d like to provide Uservoice feedback on this upcoming change, you may do so here: https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/273493-office-365-admin/suggestions/38878723-ability-to-block-self-service-purchase-capabilitie 

PROVIDING WRITTEN FEEDBACK
If you’d like to provide written feedback on this matter, follow these steps:

1. Go to the notification in Message Center (MC193609)
2. Hit ‘Dislike’/Thumbs Down.
3. Provide written feedback.
   (You can specify whether you want to be contacted directly to further discuss this.)

MICROSOFT IGNITE 2019 SESSION
A customer of mine pointed out that if you’re going to Microsoft Ignite next week, you might want to check out the following session:

• TK04: Unleashing your organization’s creativity and innovation with a deep dive into the Microsoft Power Platform
  https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/79783?source=sessions