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BC 2026 release wave 2unofficial launch event map, by waldo

Features › Admin and platform

Automatic revert after 72 hours

GA · 1 min in 1 video · dev relevance medium · not in the documented features baseline (docs checked 2026-10-02)

Automatic revert after 72 hours

The environment reverts to a typical sandbox configuration after 72 hours. The revert happens in the first update window after that.

Area: Admin and platform. Status: GA. Developer relevance: medium. Airtime: 1 min across 1 video.

Status evidence

  • Nothing said about status; launch event convention: generally available unless stated otherwise.

Where they talk about it

Quotes

  • 1:09 "your environment will automatically revert back to a typical sandbox configuration after 72 hours" - The production-like configuration is temporary, with a fixed 72-hour duration.
  • 1:43 "this operation is limited to three occurrences per tenant per calendar month for 72 hours at a time" - Gives the hard usage limit that affects how teams plan their testing.
  • 1:59 "this operation is also supported in the admin center APIs, so for developers that are automating" - Developers can script the operation in their pipelines.
  • 2:13 "this is only available on tenants that have a paid license type, including partners that are using the partner sandbox license." - Sets the license prerequisite, including for partners.

Caveats mentioned

  • Revert happens in the first environment update window after the 72 hours end

Documented features match

  • No documented item matched. Not documented

Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale. The wider product documentation on learn.microsoft.com was searched for this feature on the same date; the feature's data lists an article when one was found.

Tags: admin, sandbox, update-window

Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.