The Salesforce platforms are huge and sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the changes. These Salesforce capability maps are based on my own experience but if you find any gaps please let me know!! I’d love to make them as complete as I can. Updates: 10/Jun/2020 – Thanks to Bonny Hinners & Mark ... The post The Salesforce Capability Map first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

So Anup and I have decided to create a new Salesforce podcast called the ‘Salesforce Posse Podcast’. We’ve just launched our first podcast episode last week and so far, to our surprise, it’s been more than just our parents listening in! We’re going to be experimenting with the format a bit over the next couple ... The post New Salesforce News Podcast! first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

So Salesforce has just announced pricing for myTrailhead at $25/user/month but only as an add-on to a Salesforce Enterprise license so can come out on the pricy side. Keir Bowden has created a great blog all about myTrailhead, but for me, the pricing is (kinda) typical Salesforce, and I have some ideas why they have ... The post O Trailhead, myTrailhead! A reply... first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

I’m a trustee of a Charity, Technical Architect at NetStronghold, organiser of London’s Calling, create and support my online Salesforce courses with now over 20,000 students… ugh, dabble in the financial markets, have a 7-month-old son, support the Salesforce community, not forgetting having some fun in-between… I can get quite busy and can get distracted ... The post My Tools & Techniques to keep focused first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

If you work in a regulated industry like banking or even if you don’t, understanding the risk that your IT systems pose is an important one. If Salesforce is implemented correctly I believe it can pose less of a risk in some areas than traditional applications. But AppExchange apps could expose your precious data to other ... The post How secure are your #Salesforce AppExchange Apps? first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

In 2017 I was presenting at IndiaDreamin one of the largest Salesforce community events in the world. Check out my video of the journey! The post The #IndiaDreamin adventure! first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

I get a lot of questions asking how to start a career in Salesforce. First off is you need to set a goal and plan on achieving that goal. Without a plan, you won’t achieve success, I also get a lot of messages generally from three groups of people: Those who are in IT and ... The post How to start a career in Salesforce first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

A little while ago I visited the great city of Austin (my first time in Central America!). Thanks so much to everyone who made the trip so enjoyable but I stopped off to catch up with Spanning Backup. They have a great Google, Salesforce & Office 365 backup solution. I challenged them to do a ... The post I challenge Spanning Backup to the #AppExchange lift pitch challenge first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

Salesforce Saturdays were started (I believe) by Stephanie Herrera who would meet up with like-minded Salesforce people to learn the platform on a Saturday. She started meeting in coffee shops and slowly as the group increased in size and they would hunt out a bigger coffee shop. Since then Salesforce Saturdays have been setup across the globe as ... The post Salesforce Saturday London first appeared on Cloud Architecture.

What I love about Salesforce community events like French Touch Dreamin’ is the fact they make them their own. In a multi-national world I do like those little things that make a regional event a little bit special. For me at French Touch, it was the Beef Bourguignon 😉 A really great day and lots of ... The post French Touch Dreamin first appeared on Cloud Architecture.