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Salesforce Winter ‘26 Release: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Although for many of us, summer is still in full swing, Salesforce is currently preparing for its Winter ‘26 release. If you can believe it. We certainly can’t…
As always, release time is critical: if you fail to prepare, features or functionality may break when the release is rolled out to orgs.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The release date for Winter ‘26 will depend on your instance of Salesforce, but the main release weekends are on September 6, 2025, October 4, 2025, and October 11, 2025.
- Know when your sandbox will be upgraded. It seems like most sandboxes will get the upgrade around September 6, 2025.
- If you have users created on or before November 1, 2016, then they could be impacted by this update, so be sure to check this.
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An Architect’s Decision Guide on Choosing a Data Model in Salesforce
What’s the first thing to know about data models? Well, that different data models tell different stories, of course. Not only that, but understanding how to leverage different industry standard types of data models can help Salesforce Architects communicate the appropriate details to technical and non-technical audience members.
The three main types of data models in Salesforce (conceptual, logical, and physical), all tell stories in their own ways and have different pros and cons. A little something like:
- Conceptual: Simple, require a low level of detail, and are great for business stakeholders. Not great for complex data modeling notations or platform-specific relationship types.
- Logical: More concrete than conceptual models, and are an actual representation of object-level information, as it exists (or will exist). Great for technical and quasi-technical team members.
- Physical: Physical models go one step further by adding field-level detail and help technical stakeholders understand what is happening in the Salesforce database at a detailed level. The level of detail is high here.
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Navigating the Challenges of Salesforce Flow: A Response to Pablo Gonzalez
A year ago, industry veteran, Pablo Gonzalez, made his criticisms of Salesforce Flow in an interesting opinion piece. Fast forward to now – a year later – and Flow enthusiast, Tim Combridge, is offering his side of the story.
Essentially, Flow does have a steep learning curve, but there are things that make it worth it, including its power and flexibility – something that professionals who critique Flow should be aware of. Tim admits that although Salesforce can improve Flow (something he’s argued for extensively), the tool in its current form should not be written off; it enables scalable, maintainable automation when used correctly.
Pablo is right – tools like Apex have their place, but Tim’s maintaining of the fact that Flow has its place too, also holds a mighty amount of merit.
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Decoding the Biggest Challenges for Salesforce Admins in 2025
Are you a Salesforce Admin who has been finding the role more challenging than ever recently? Well, our data says you’re not alone.
The latest Salesforce Ben Administrator Survey pulled out a whole host of the ecosystem’s most pertinent thoughts and feelings, with a few admin challenges that stood out the most. On one hand, nearly 90% of admins admitted they felt confident with problem-solving, and just around 43% said they were relatively confident with Salesforce architecture.
On the flip side, admins admitted that they felt least confident in security management (44%) and specialized Salesforce products like Revenue Cloud (36%), DevOps Center (33%), and Salesforce AI features (32%).
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Salesforce Feature Retirements and Major Platform Updates for 2025
If there’s one thing Salesforce doesn’t shy away from, it’s updating, retiring, and changing the names of its products and features. You won’t be surprised to find out that 2025 has its own hefty selection of these.
A few of the most notable include:
- Feature Retirements: Classic Knowledge and Enhanced Email Experience, Einstein Automated Contacts, and Pipeline Inspection Close Date Predictions.
- New Products/Rebrands: Marketing Cloud Next, Tableau Next, and Trailhead Academy.
- New Names: A few of the certifications are changing names, including “Salesforce Certified Associate” becoming “Salesforce Certified Platform Foundations”.
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