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description: To test configuration updates, integrations, and other high-stakes changes before you implement them, create an Account Engagement sandbox.
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# Create a Sandbox for Account Engagement

To test configuration updates, integrations, and other high-stakes changes before you implement them, create an Account Engagement sandbox.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108469e79 ">To create a Sandbox for <span>Account Engagement</span>:</td>

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An Account Engagement sandbox is a business unit that’s provisioned from a Salesforce sandbox. When using an Account Engagement sandbox, keep these guidelines in mind.

- Changes that you make in a sandbox don’t automatically sync to production. To copy changes in bulk and push them to your production org, [use the Account Engagement Sandbox-Production Bulk Asset Copy Flow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.pardot_sf_connector_sandbox_flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Copy changes and content from your Account Engagement sandbox to a production org with a preconfigured flow in Flow Builder. First, set up authentication between your sandbox org and the production org. Then, test the flow and add the flow component to record pages so that you can easily push changes to production."). Or, recreate changes manually in production.
- Refreshing a Salesforce sandbox deletes the associated Sandbox for Account Engagement.
- Performance is sometimes slower in sandbox orgs.
- You can't move an Account Engagement sandbox to a different Salesforce sandbox.
- Account Engagement sandboxes don't support the Data 360 Connector, B2B Marketing Analytics, Engagement History dashboards, the Google Ads connector, Sales Emails and Alerts, or email sends, previews, or tests.
- If you created your Salesforce sandbox before you purchased Account Engagement, refresh the Salesforce sandbox before you create an Account Engagement business unit. Review considerations for [managing multiple business units](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.pardot_sf_connector_pbus_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Whether your enterprise has marketing goals based on geography or product lines, help each division focus on their own unique marketing objectives using multiple Account Engagement business units. Prospects and marketing assets are partitioned by business unit, so your divisions can market independently and still get a global view with B2B Marketing Analytics.").

Here's how to get started with sandboxes.

1. Log in to a Salesforce sandbox.
2. Verify that the B2BMA Integration User has the Account Engagement Integration User permission set.
3. Create a business unit.
    1. From Marketing Setup, select **Account Engagement Setup**.
    2. Enter a name for the business unit.
    3. Select an admin for the business unit and save your work.
        
        The admin is responsible for activating the business unit and adding users. You can change the admin later.

After you save the business unit, the admin receives a welcome email to guide them through the activation process. After activation, the admin can choose a new admin to manage the sandbox.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-pardot-264-0-0-production-enus/5fef4d4f-9a34-45c6-8cd3-e3200b9eeba8/images/icon_note.png)

Note Sandboxes without login activity for 150 days can be deleted. We notify you before a sandbox and its data are scheduled for deletion.