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description: Move changes from the first pipeline stage to your development environment. Running a back sync makes sure that you're working with the most up-to-date, approved changes.
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# Run Back Sync

Move changes from the first pipeline stage to your development environment. Running a back sync makes sure that you're working with the most up-to-date, approved changes.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience in <strong>Professional</strong> (API access required), <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Not Available in: <strong>Government Cloud Plus</strong>. Contact your Salesforce account executive for more details.</td></tr></tbody><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Not available in: <strong>EU Operating</strong> Zone. EU Operating zone is a special paid offering that provides an enhanced level of data residency commitment. Lifecycle Center <em>is</em> supported in orgs in the EU that aren’t part of EU OZ, per standard product terms and conditions.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Before you start, make sure that no other operations are in progress in the first stage or the development environment.

![Warning](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-devops_center-264-0-0-production-enus/166010c3-4c34-4087-92ad-aea917baf524/images/icon_warning.png)

Warning Back sync overwrites unpromoted changes in your development environment. To avoid losing work, make sure your environment has no unpromoted work items before you proceed. Work items that are **In Progress**, **In Review**, or **Ready to Promote** block the sync until you commit and promote them.

1. Go to the Pipelines tab and open your pipeline.
2. Under Approved Work Items, select **Sync Environment**.
    
    ![Sync environment option on the Approved Work Item pane.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-devops_center-264-0-0-production-enus/166010c3-4c34-4087-92ad-aea917baf524/devops_center/images/next_gen_devops_center_sync_environment.png)
3. Select the development environment that you want to sync, and select **Sync Options...**. 
    
    ![Environments to sync](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-devops_center-264-0-0-production-enus/166010c3-4c34-4087-92ad-aea917baf524/devops_center/images/next_gen_sync_environment.png)
4. Under Test Options, select which Apex tests to run.
    - Default: No tests are run in sandboxes and scratch orgs.
    - Run local tests: All local tests are run.
    - Run all tests: All tests in your org are run.
    - Run specified tests: Only the tests that you specify are run. Provide the names of test classes in a comma-separated list with no spaces. Example: TestDeleteData, TestDataFactory.createTestRecords
5. Under Changes to Sync, select the changes to deploy.
    - **Partial Deploy** (default): Deploys changes from the work items that are missing from your development environment. In the work items to sync list, deselect any work items that you want to exclude.
    - **Full Deploy**: Deploys all changes from the first pipeline stage branch to your development environment.
6. Click **Sync**. 
    
    Lifecycle Center deploys the selected changes to your development environment.