Teacher Training Entitlement - environments

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There are three permanent environments for NPQ, plus a review app for the life of each Pull Request:

Environment	URL	Used by	Purpose	Deployment trigger	Azure space	Deployed commit
Production	https://register-national-professional-qualifications.education.gov.uk	Real users	Live system	Merge to main	production	View
Sandbox	https://npq-registration-sandbox-web.teacherservices.cloud	External users (e.g. lead providers)	Explore the service without affecting production data	Merge to main	production	View
Staging	https://npq-registration-staging-web.test.teacherservices.cloud	Team members	Production-like environment without real data	Merge to main	test	View
Review	https://npq-registration-review-_PR-NUMBER_-web.test.teacherservices.cloud	Team members	Review changes prior to merging	Open a PR (auto-destroyed on merge/close)	test	Per-app

Security in the production Azure space is configured for sensitive data. You need to log in with real admin credentials in these environments, and you'll need an Azure PIM to run make commands against them.

The test space should contain only seed/test data. Use dummy admin logins in these environments, and you won't need a PIM for make.