Managing Power Platform environments

Environments are containers of Power Platform components. They include all your solution components, such as applications, flows, and data. They also serve as a medium to isolate these components, whether for security reasons or to have independent development environments.

There are different types of environments. Each serves a particular functionality:

• Production: This environment is the one your end users will use when executing your solutions.
• Sandbox: This type of environment is a testing ground for your solutions. You can reset it to start from scratch.
• Trial: You can use these environments for rapid feature testing, as they get deleted after 30 days. There is also a subscription-based type focused on enterprise delivery. You can find more information here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/trial-environments.
• Developer: This type of environment is created when an organization user applies...