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The Salesforce Certified Technical Architect exam validates mastery of enterprise solution design, cross‑cloud architecture, advanced data modeling, integration, and performance scaling, ensuring architects can design robust, scalable, and secure Salesforce ecosystems.
$6000
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
Senior solution architects, lead developers, or technical managers with at least five years of Salesforce implementation experience who aim to demonstrate strategic design expertise and lead enterprise‑wide initiatives should pursue this certification. It equips them to validate their ability to orchestrate complex, multi‑cloud solutions and drive performance‑centric transformations.
What's Covered
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Domain 1: Enterprise Solution Design
2
Domain 2: Cross-Cloud Architecture
3
Domain 3: Advanced Data
4
Domain 4: Advanced Integration
5
Domain 5: Performance and Scale
6
Domain 6: Architecture Leadership
7
Domain 7: DevOps Strategy
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Adaptive Knowledge Graph
Practice Questions
Lesson Modules
Console Simulator Labs
Exam Tips & Strategy
20 Activity Formats
Course Outline
65 learning goals
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Domain 1: Enterprise Solution Design
2 topics
Solution Architecture
- Design enterprise solution architectures addressing multi-cloud deployments with cross-platform integration and data consolidation strategies
- Analyze solution proposals evaluating technical feasibility, scalability risks, and alignment with business capability requirements for approval
- Implement solution documentation with architecture decision records, context diagrams, and deployment topology specifications for governance
- Configure solution architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Technology Evaluation
- Design technology evaluation frameworks assessing Salesforce capabilities, third-party solutions, and custom development trade-offs for needs
- Analyze build-versus-buy decisions evaluating total cost of ownership, maintenance burden, and strategic alignment for capability selection
- Implement proof-of-concept architectures validating technical assumptions, performance characteristics, and integration feasibility for proposals
- Compare technology evaluation configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 2: Cross-Cloud Architecture
2 topics
Multi-Cloud Strategy
- Design multi-cloud architectures combining Sales, Service, Marketing, and Commerce Cloud for unified customer experience platforms
- Analyze cross-cloud data flows evaluating replication strategies, identity unification, and event propagation for multi-cloud consistency
- Implement cross-cloud integration using platform events, Salesforce Connect, and middleware for data sharing across cloud boundaries
- Optimize multi-cloud strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Analyze multi-cloud strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Industry Cloud
- Design industry-specific architectures using Salesforce Industries with vertical data models, rules engines, and guided interaction patterns
- Analyze industry cloud adoption evaluating standard objects, OmniStudio components, and custom extensions for vertical market requirements
- Implement industry cloud configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Design industry cloud configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 3: Advanced Data
2 topics
Data Strategy
- Design master data management with golden record definitions, stewardship models, and cross-system reconciliation for enterprise data quality
- Analyze data architecture decisions evaluating Data Cloud, external databases, and hybrid storage for enterprise customer data unification
- Implement enterprise data models with polymorphic relationships, external objects, and Big Objects for complex multi-entity requirements
- Apply data strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Apply data strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Data Governance
- Design data governance frameworks defining ownership, classification, retention, and quality standards for enterprise data management programs
- Analyze regulatory compliance evaluating data residency, cross-border transfer, and privacy-by-design for multi-jurisdiction deployments
- Implement data classification and protection using Shield Encryption, field auditing, and data masking for sensitive data lifecycle management
- Analyze data governance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Optimize data governance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 4: Advanced Integration
2 topics
Integration Strategy
- Design enterprise integration blueprints defining patterns, middleware selection, and API governance for organization-wide system connectivity
- Analyze integration proposals evaluating coupling levels, failure modes, and data consistency guarantees for mission-critical integrations
- Implement complex integrations using composite APIs, orchestration engines, and event-driven patterns for multi-system transaction coordination
- Architect integration strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Compare integration strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Identity Architecture
- Design identity federation with multi-IdP configurations, identity brokering, and adaptive authentication for enterprise security frameworks
- Analyze identity decisions evaluating SSO protocols, token management, and session governance for multi-org enterprise deployment security
- Implement advanced identity with SCIM provisioning, Connected App policies, and custom authentication handlers for complex requirements
- Deploy identity architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Configure identity architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 5: Performance and Scale
2 topics
Performance Architecture
- Design performance optimization addressing query optimization, caching strategies, and async processing for high-volume enterprise deployments
- Analyze performance bottlenecks evaluating governor limits, sharing model overhead, and integration latency for scalable solution design
- Implement performance monitoring with custom metrics, real-time alerting, and capacity planning dashboards for proactive management
- Assess performance architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Design performance architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Scalability
- Design scalability architectures addressing user growth, data volume growth, and transaction volume for enterprise platform longevity planning
- Analyze platform limits evaluating storage, API limits, and processing capacity for growth projection and risk mitigation strategies
- Evaluate scalability configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Examine scalability configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 6: Architecture Leadership
2 topics
Stakeholder Communication
- Design architecture presentations with context diagrams, sequence flows, and deployment topologies for executive and technical audiences
- Analyze stakeholder concerns translating business requirements into technical constraints and design principles for alignment and approval
- Implement architecture review processes with design checkpoints, evaluation criteria, and decision documentation standards for governance
- Plan stakeholder communication configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Examine stakeholder communication configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Governance
- Design governance frameworks with review boards, design principles, and reference architectures for enterprise-wide technical consistency
- Analyze technical debt and architectural drift evaluating quality metrics, pattern compliance, and refactoring prioritization for health
- Implement CoE operating models with architectural standards, training programs, and knowledge sharing for organizational capability building
- Implement governance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Create governance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 7: DevOps Strategy
2 topics
Enterprise DevOps
- Design enterprise DevOps with multi-team branching, automated testing pyramids, and release train coordination for large-scale projects
- Analyze deployment risk evaluating metadata dependencies, data migration impacts, and rollback complexity for production release governance
- Implement multi-sandbox workflows with environment routing, data seeding, and CI/CD pipeline configurations for parallel team development
- Evaluate enterprise devops configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Recommend enterprise devops configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Release Management
- Design release frameworks with versioning strategies, feature toggles, and phased rollout plans for controlled production releases
- Analyze release orchestration evaluating cross-team dependencies, environment contention, and regression test coordination for releases
- Recommend release management configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Create release management configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Scope
Included Topics
- Enterprise solution architecture spanning multi-cloud Salesforce deployments.
- Cross-cloud architecture with Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, and Industry Cloud.
- Advanced data architecture, integration patterns, and identity federation.
- Architecture leadership, governance frameworks, and DevOps strategy.
Not Covered
- Individual certification content at Associate level.
- Detailed code implementation.
- Project management methodologies.
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