tenant-admin-center-environments-copy.md

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Copy an environment	Learn how to create an environment that is a copy of a production or sandbox environment.	jswymer	conceptual	al	administration, tenant, admin, environment, sandbox, copy	01/19/2024	jswymer	jswymer

Copy a Production or Sandbox Environment in the Admin Center

You can create an environment that is a copy of an existing environment, such as a sandbox that is based on production for troubleshooting, or a production environment that is based on a sandbox, for example. When you create an environment as a copy of another environment, the new environment is created on the same application version as the environment that you are copying. The new environment will contain all per-tenant extensions and AppSource extensions that are installed and published in the original environment that is being copied. If the environment is linked to a Power Platform environment, the linked Power Platform environment will not be copied and the newly created [!INCLUDEprod_short] environment will not be linked to any Power Platform environment.

To copy an environment

1. In the [!INCLUDE prodadmincenter], select Environments, then select the environment that you want to copy.
2. On the Environment Details page, choose the Copy action.
3. In the Copy environment pane, specify the type of environment that you want to create based on the current environment.
4. Specify a name for the new environment.
5. Choose the Create action.

When the process starts, you can go to the list of your environments and see the status of the new environment. At first, you'll see the new environment with the state Preparing, and then Active once the new environment is fully up and running. Further status details of the copy operation can be found on the Operations page. The original environment that the new environment is based on remains active.

Note

Sandbox environments that have Preview versions of AppSource apps installed can't be copied to a Production environment. Update installed Preview apps to Public versions or uninstall Preview apps before copying a Sandbox environment to a Production environment.

Environment copies

[!INCLUDE admin-env-sandbox-precautions]

See also

Managing Production and Sandbox Environments in the Admin Center
Managing Tenant Notifications
Managing Apps
Updating Environments
Managing Sessions
Rename Environments
Restoring an Environment
Move an Environment to another Microsoft Entra organization
Introduction to automation APIs The Business Central Administration Center