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How did the sandbox environment help mitigate risks during the implementation of the Datadog monitoring solution?
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The sandbox environment allowed John to test the end-to-end workflow, including committing changes to the configuration file, triggering Terraform runs via CI/CD pipelines, and verifying monitor creation in Datadog. This rigorous testing ensured that the solution was robust and reliable before being deployed to production, mitigating risks. The sandbox environment mitigated risks by enabling rigorous testing and ensuring reliability before production deployment.