# Environments

This section details on how environments are operated in the context of sfops. An environment is backed by a Salesforce sandbox and few additional metadata. An environment can be created or deleted dynamically and can be associated with a stage in the pipeline such as 'development', 'test' or 'release'

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sfops follow the environment strategy as mentioned in the 'flxbl' framework. You can read more details [here](/flxbl/techniques/environment-management.md). To recap the environments used in sfops, please see the categories below

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In addition to the above categories, flxbl project utilize three categories of development environments\
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