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August 4, 2026
Prepare your Salesforce catalog for AI search

AI chat referrals can expose outdated product names, prices, and eligibility rules. Use this checklist to align Salesforce catalog data with public product content.

News / 5 min read
July 19, 2026
How to Choose a Salesforce Consulting Partner

Use this practical scorecard to evaluate Salesforce consulting partners, interview the actual delivery team, and compare proposals on more than price.

Buyer Guide / 5 min read
July 19, 2026
Boutique vs. Large Salesforce Consulting Partners

Compare boutique and large Salesforce consulting partners by delivery model, project complexity, access to senior talent, and coordination requirements.

Buyer Guide / 5 min read
July 19, 2026
Salesforce Consultant or Internal Admin?

Decide whether Salesforce work belongs with an internal admin, an outside consultant, or a hybrid team based on risk, continuity, and specialization.

Buyer Guide / 5 min read
July 19, 2026
How to Switch Salesforce Consulting Partners

Change Salesforce consulting partners without losing access, context, or delivery momentum using a controlled inventory, transition, and recovery process.

Buyer Guide / 5 min read
July 1, 2026
Salesforce report export step-up authentication.

Salesforce is adding step-up authentication to some report export actions. Admins should review export access, MFA readiness, and sensitive report folders now.

News / 7 min read
June 22, 2026
Configure Salesforce duplicate rules before imports

Review Salesforce duplicate rules before imports, portals, and lead capture changes. Start with matching logic, rule actions, exceptions, and reporting.

Admin Patterns / 7 min read
June 19, 2026
Salesforce email domain verification is enforced.

Salesforce requires verified email-sending domains in Spring '26. Admins should check DKIM, authorized domains, relay, and automation paths before messages fail.

News / 6 min read
June 15, 2026
Salesforce Fin acquisition: admin checklist.

Salesforce agreed to acquire Fin for about $3.6 billion. Here is what Service Cloud admins should review before changing Agentforce plans.

News / 5 min read
June 15, 2026
Salesforce MFA guidance for privileged users.

Salesforce published June 2026 MFA guidance for employee and privileged users. Here is what admins should audit before access breaks.

News / 6 min read
June 13, 2026
Salesforce m3ter acquisition and billing.

Salesforce plans to acquire m3ter for usage-based billing. Here is what Salesforce admins and revenue ops teams should review now.

News / 6 min read
June 12, 2026
Keep a Salesforce change log.

Small Salesforce teams need a change log that records why production changes happened, who approved them, what was tested, and how to reverse them.

Governance / 7 min read
June 11, 2026
Use staging objects for Salesforce imports.

Salesforce imports need a control layer. Use staging objects to check source IDs, duplicates, owners, consent fields, and errors before data changes production records.

Data / 7 min read
June 10, 2026
Salesforce Summer '26 changes Chatter defaults.

Salesforce Summer '26 turns Chatter off by default in new orgs. Admins should check Case Feed, Experience Cloud, APIs, and package dependencies early.

News / 6 min read
June 10, 2026
Salesforce Agentforce orchestration planning guide.

Salesforce Summer '26 adds Agentforce multi-agent orchestration. Here is what admins should review before testing agents across records, queues, and systems.

News / 6 min read
June 9, 2026
Give each Salesforce integration its own user

Shared Salesforce integration users blur audit trails, widen permissions, and slow support. Use one integration user per system before cleanup gets harder.

Architecture / 8 min read
June 7, 2026
Normalize phone numbers before CTI.

CTI, DNC checks, SMS, and call reporting depend on consistent phone data. Define the format, separate display values, and validate every intake path.

Field Notes / 6 min read
May 26, 2026
Salesforce Summer '26 admin checklist.

Salesforce Summer '26 brings updates to Agentforce, Flow, permissions, Slack, and data. Use this admin checklist before production release dates.

News / 6 min read
February 27, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: February 23-27, 2026

Salesforce delivers strong Q4 FY26 results with $11.2B revenue and $2.9B AI ARR, 180 organizations adopt Agentforce IT Service, and the Agentforce Sales App arrives in ChatGPT.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
February 20, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: February 16-20, 2026

Salesforce acquires Momentum for conversational intelligence, the 2026 State of Sales Report shows teams betting big on AI agents, and the Spring '26 final production wave lands.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
February 6, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: February 2-6, 2026

The 2026 Connectivity Report reveals a 67% surge in multi-agent adoption, Spring '26 remaining rollout waves hit production, and Q4 FY26 earnings are set for February 25.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
January 30, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: January 26-30, 2026

Salesforce lands a $5.6B US Army contract, Agentforce for Financial Services goes GA, SaaS stocks face "Death of SaaS" pressure, and Monday's outage hits core services.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
January 23, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: January 19-23, 2026

Spring '26 hits production, Setup with Agentforce enters beta, and what the ShinyHunters breach means for your org.

This Week in Salesforce / 6 min read
January 16, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: January 12-16, 2026

Slackbot becomes a full in-app assistant, Spring '26 production rollouts begin, and acquisition speculation heats up.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
January 9, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: January 5-9, 2026

Spring '26 sandbox previews go live today, Agentforce 360 opens to ISV partners, and new Security and Voice capabilities show the platform maturing rapidly.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
January 9, 2026
Salesforce Spring '26 release: 10 features worth knowing.

Flow version comparison for screen flows, Field Audit Trail expanding to 200 fields, MuleSoft IDP in Flow, file malware scanning, and more Spring '26 highlights.

Release Notes / 8 min read
January 2, 2026
This Week in Salesforce: December 29 to January 2, 2026

Spring '26 preview orgs go live next week, Agentforce for Setup enters beta in January, and the Platform Admin exam gets a major update.

This Week in Salesforce / 6 min read
December 19, 2025
This Week in Salesforce: December 15-19, 2025

Salesforce buys Qualified, Novartis goes all-in on Agentforce, Vonage adds voice AI to contact centers, and Workflow Rules support ends in 12 days.

This Week in Salesforce / 5 min read
December 16, 2025
Workflow Rules and Process Builder retirement: a migration guide.

Salesforce ends support on December 31, 2025. Use the deadline as a chance to audit, optimize, and migrate to Flow or Apex on purpose.

Salesforce Architecture / 6 min read
December 12, 2025
This Week in Salesforce: December 8-12, 2025

TCS acquires Coastal Cloud for $700M, Agentforce hits 9,500 paid deals, the workflow automation deadline looms, and Spring '26 preview goes live.

This Week in Salesforce / 7 min read

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