As Dynamics 365 storage capacity is expensive and need to meticulously manage the same is of prime importance, Microsoft is providing a way to allocate the storage capacity amongst the Dataverse environments.

So, here’s a way to allocate capacity between Database, File and Log types for each Dataverse environment and get take corrective actions when the capacity is reached.

Manage Capacity

Given you have correct rights in the Power Platform Admin Center, you’ll be able to see the Capacity under Resources –

1. On the left hand menu in Power Platform Admin Center, look for Resources as shown below –
   
   
   
   
2. When you see the list of all the environments, select any one to see the option to go to the Storage Allocation page as shown below.
   
   
3. Once you are in this page, you’ll see the total consumption of Database, Log and File types across all environments – and you’ll see the button to manage this capacity amongst the environments.
   
   
4. Now, when I click the Manage Capacity button, I’ll see a list of the environments and whether they are already within capacity or not. I can then select the environment which want to allocate/review the allocated capacity for –
   
   
5. When I select the environment here, I’ll see that by default nothing has been allocated under this new model – but I can then enter thresholds for each type within the available space and not less than what is already consumed.
   
   By default, the values are blank.
   
   
6. Now, since I have some numbers and made sure to draw from the available capacity if the thresholds are exceeded, I’ll click save for the consumption meters to show up indicating that the allocation is now saved.
   

This way, you can keep the environment consumption in check and make other environments take up the unallocated space and take corrective actions.

Best is to keep less used sandbox environments consume lesser space.

Hope this was useful!

Thank you!