How to Assemble a Salesforce Data Governance Team
How reliable is your data? Are you confident that you have access to strong information? Anything less than a resounding yes means you can benefit from a Salesforce data governance plan. Data governance is a combination of principles and practices with the goal of maintaining a quality pool of data. Internally defined standards guide these efforts to […]
Data Protection in Salesforce Sandbox Management
Sandboxes are a risk-free development environment that can be used for training exercises, streamlined testing and trials of new code, as well as providing increased stability for the organization. These environments are separated from production environments, making it a great opportunity to work on code without impacting the main code repository. Salesforce sandbox management is the […]
What Is the Salesforce Continuous Deployment Workflow?
The decision to implement automated DevOps tools can be difficult. What value do these tools provide? How do they work? What will the implementation look like in your specific development pipeline? A better understanding of tools like Salesforce continuous deployment will inform purchasing decisions and highlight the benefits they can provide. So, let’s briefly explore […]
What Are Salesforce Change Sets?
Multi-developer teams are a great way to push new DevOps projects through the building stage and into a production environment. However, keeping these projects organized and aligned can become difficult. Multiple sandboxes merging into a main code repository creates opportunities for errors. Overwrites, improperly structured code updates, and inconsistent metadata can contribute to a difficult—or […]
How Automation Supports Your DevSecOps Pipeline
The ability to quickly introduce new applications and updates is a major advantage when positioning your business as a leader in your industry. The processes and tools used to achieve this will have a great impact on the stability, functionality, and security of your releases. DevSecOps is aimed at producing the most secure and reliable […]
How Do I Choose the Best Salesforce DevOps Tools?
The next time you go to a hardware store, check out the hammers. Anybody who isn’t a carpenter is sure to be surprised at how many different kinds of hammers are available. This is because driving a nail doesn’t look the same in every scenario. The same principle applies when it comes to Salesforce DevOps […]
Essential Aspects of a Salesforce CI/CD Suite
A Salesforce DevOps pipeline won’t provide the business and technical benefits you expect if your tools aren’t optimized. Not all strategies will provide the same returns. This could be due to weak DevOps tools, a failure to source the proper software to address your needs, or simply an inability to properly use these tools. A […]
How to Improve Salesforce Code Quality
A Salesforce DevOps pipeline can provide great benefits to a company. The ability to produce useful applications and updates helps better serve their customers. This can come in the form of enabling customer-facing team members to provide better services or to offer the software directly to the customers themselves. The quality of code that makes […]
Introducing Security to DevOps for Salesforce
Incorporating DevOps for Salesforce has helped numerous companies to optimize and streamline their development efforts. Stronger projects, faster release cycles, and reduced overhead costs have solidified the essentiality of incorporating DevOps tools and practices. However, fast release cycles and reliable products are not the only factors in the success of your DevOps for Salesforce efforts. […]
Why Use a Third-Party Data Backup Tool in Salesforce?
There are a lot of options for DevOps tools. The dev environment in which you work will point you toward specific options. And for those that work within the Salesforce development environment, there are native Salesforce options for some of the most important DevOps tools. Salesforce data backup is an essential aspect of a full […]