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title: Adding an environment
description: The first thing you should do after you start a PingOne trial or purchase a PingOne license is create an environment. A setup assistant guides you through this process.
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revdate: September 6, 2024
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# Adding an environment

The first thing you should do after you start a PingOne trial or purchase a PingOne license is create an environment. A setup assistant guides you through this process.

## About this task

|   |                                                                                                                  |
| - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | You must have the Organization Admin role or a custom role with equivalent permissions to create an environment. |

## Steps

1. In the PingOne admin console sidebar, click the Ping Identity logo to open the **Environments** page.

2. Click the **[icon: plus, set=fa]**icon.

   ![A screenshot of the Environments page in PingOne.](../getting_started_with_pingone/_images/vxj1676308916876.png)

   ### Result:

   The **Create Environment** setup assistant starts.

3. Select the type of solution that you want to support in this environment.

   ![A screenshot of the Create Environment setup assistant in PingOne.](../_images/ppz1683237101125.png)

   | Option                      | Description                                                                                                                                          |
   | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Customer solution**       | Select to design registration and subsequent sign-on experiences for your customers and test them in a sample application tailored to your industry. |
   | **Workforce solution**      | Select to design single sign-on experiences for your employees, partners, and vendors.                                                               |
   | **Build your own solution** | Select to choose from all of our services and products to build a hybrid solution that fits your unique use case.                                    |

4. Click **Next**.

   The services that will be deployed to your new environment are listed.

5. Click **Next**.

6. Define your environment by entering the following:

   | Field                                                                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
   | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Environment Name**                                                             | A unique identifier for the environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
   | **Description** (optional)                                                       | A brief description of the environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
   | **Environment Type**                                                             | Select **Sandbox** or **Production**.Sandbox environments are typically used for configuration and testing before deployment. Production environments are typically used for live configurations that are deployed for real-world use. Learn more about environment types in [Sandbox and Production environments](../introduction_to_pingone/p1_introduction.html#p1-env-types). |
   | **Generate sample populations and users in this environment**                    | Select this checkbox to generate two populations and 40 sample users in the new environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   | **Region**                                                                       | The appropriate geographical region for the environment. The list shows only regions that are included with your license.

You can't change the region after the environment has been created.                                                                                                                                                                            |
   | **License**                                                                      | Select the license to use for this environment. The available licenses for your organization are shown in the **License** list. For more information, see [Licenses and Platform Limits](../getting_started_with_pingone/p1_licenses.html).                                                                                                                                       |
   | **Include a solution designer to easily design and test experiences** (optional) | Customer and Workforce solutions only. If selected, after you create your environment, a solution designer opens and walks you through the process of designing your experiences.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
   | **Choose Your Industry** (optional)                                              | Customer solutions only. If you make a selection, PingOne creates a sample app tailored to the industry selected.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

7. Click **Finish**.

## Result

The new environment is created in your PingOne organization.

If you chose to build a customer or workforce solution, and selected the solution designer option, the solution designer opens and guides you through the process of designing and testing registration and sign-on experiences in less than 5 minutes.

If you did not select the solution designer option, or if you built your own solution, the **Environments** page opens. Locate your new environment by sorting the list alphabetically or by date created, or enter the environment name in the search box.