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Sandboxes vs. Scratch Orgs and How to Use Them

February 21, 2023 by Ella Marks Leave a Comment

A best practice for building and configuring new solutions is to always build and test outside of your production org. But what org type should you use for building and testing? There are many resources that break down sandboxes and scratch orgs separately—but on the Admin Relations team, we often hear from admins who want clarification about the difference between the two and when to use them. In this post, we’ll provide a quick overview of both sandboxes and scratch orgs that can help inform as you decide what development and testing approach is best for your organization.

What are sandboxes?

Sandboxes are copies of your Salesforce org that you can use for development, testing, and training, without compromising the data and applications in your production org. There are different sandbox types and templates you may use based on your use case. We’re not going to break down all sandbox

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