What is a Sandbox?
A Sandbox is a time-limited tenant environment that a platform admin can use for isolated testing. It is separate from the normal production access flow and exists so you can validate privileged access patterns without touching the real tenant data set.
Lifecycle
The platform admin creates the Sandbox, sets the time window, and decides what it contains. During its lifetime, the Sandbox can host RDP, SSH, or VNC targets for validation work.
Common operations
- Reset - return the Sandbox to its baseline state.
- Extend - keep the Sandbox alive for longer when testing takes more time.
- Retire - remove the Sandbox once the validation window closes.
Why it matters
The Sandbox gives the platform team a safe place to exercise new policy, connector, or approval behavior before it reaches a wider audience. It is intentionally temporary so that test artefacts do not become long-lived drift.