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Connection References not exporting, and can't change owner

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We have an employee working on a solution that contains 3 Flows and several connection references. This employee is leaving the company, so he is trying to transfer the solution to another employee. He has added the second employee as an owner to the flows, and the second employee can see them and edit them, but he can't see the connection references. I tried finding a way to use PowerShell to change the owner, but the one solution I found uses "Set-AdminConnectionReferenceOwner", which doesn't seem to exist (anymore?). So my next thought was to have employee A export the solution and then deactivate the flows, while employee B imports the solution and would not be the owner of all of the new copies. The problem with this idea was that when exporting the solution (as Unmanaged), it's not including the connection references in the package. So when employee B tries to import it, it says he doesn't have permission to edit the connection references:  "Solution XXXX failed to import: user with id YYY does not have WriteAccess right(s) for record with id ZZZ of entity Connection Reference." I try clicking the Access Checker link in the full error message, but I just get an error on that page (even though I'm a Power Platform admin).
 
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    David_MA Profile Picture
    14,706 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Are the workflows in a formal Power Automate solution (not just standalone flow)? If not, add the workflows to a solution. You can then change the primary owner to the employee taking over the flow.
    Once they are the primary owner, any actions using connection references can be updated to use connection references created by that person. Alternatively, they can create new connection references to replace those tied to the departing employee.
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    @David_MA, yes, the flows are in a solution, and the primary owner on all three flows has been set to the new owner. I know the new owner could create new connection references, and new connections used by those connection references, but it doesn't seem like that *should* be the right solution. Why use connection references at all then? I was hoping for a more elegant solution - (in reverse order of preference) fixing the export, so it would include the connection references (which would effectively do what you're suggesting, but it would be automated instead of having to create each one manually), be able to change the owner of the connection reference, or be able to share the connection reference.
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    14,706 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    The connections are tied to the account of the person who creates them. You can also try going to the connections tab and switching the account of each connection reference from there. I have never done it that way before as I prefer to update them on a workflow-by-workflow basis.
     
    If you do it this way, it will change it on all flows that use the connection reference.

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