diff --git a/.github/workflow/sandbox.yml b/.github/workflow/sandbox.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0cafc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflow/sandbox.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Deploy APIv2 to Sandbox Environment
+
+on:
+ push:
+  branches:
+   - sandbox
+
+jobs:
+ deploy:
+  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  name: Deploy APIv2 to Sandbox Environment
+  environment: sandbox
+
+## declares credentials for Azure Container Registry
+  steps:
+  - name: Login to Azure Container Registry
+    uses: azure/docker-login@v1
+    with:
+      login-server: c19dashacrprod.azurecr.io
+      username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+      password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+
+   
+  - name: Deploy Container to Azure App Services
+    uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v2
+    with:
+      app-name: 'c19dashsbuksfe01apiv2server'
+      publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_WEBAPP_PUBLISH_PROFILE }}
+      images: 'c19dashacrprod.azurecr.io/apiv2server:26909-development'
+    
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c08cfd9..4af853d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -136,3 +136,5 @@ appsettings.json
 /data/
 **/*.settings.json
 **/local.settings*
+/.vs/slnx.sqlite
+/.vs/coronavirus-dashboard-api-v2-server/v16/.suo