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We need the ability for our consultants to test modifications (either a per tenent extension or a pre-release AppSource app) with a copy of the production system that includes both production data and any other extensions that exist in the production environment.
This could be either by allowing the create Sandbox in Saas to create a second sandbox with extensions already applied with a free login that our consultants can use, or create a “backpack” we can download and install in a docker contain that contains a copy of data and extensions.
This could be either by allowing the create Sandbox in Saas to create a second sandbox with extensions already applied with a free login that our consultants can use, or create a “backpack” we can download and install in a docker contain that contains a copy of data and extensions.
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Business Central Team (administrator)
Thanks for the suggestions. There are a few ideas in here, and based on your description, many of them are possible today. The first suggestion is that you be able to create a second sandbox. With the April major update, we released the ability to create up to three sandbox environments per tenant.
The next piece is allowing consultants to log into the sandbox environments. CSP partners have the ability to log into the customer's environments as a delegated administrator. Partners in either the admin agent or helpdesk agent role have permissions to sign in. See Administration Center Overview on our documentation site for more information.
The next suggestion was being able to test modifications in a sandbox environment with a copy of the production system. With the October 2018 update we released the functionality to create a sandbox environment as a copy of production. This created the sandbox environment with a copy of just the production data. With the April 2019 update, we also added to the copy process to also copy per-tenant customizations from the production environment to the new sandbox. See Create a new sandbox environment on our documentation site for more info.
Thanks!
The Business Central Team