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System Architect (System-Architect)
Salesforce Certified System Architect training teaches professionals to design, integrate, and secure complex Salesforce solutions, mastering Integration Architecture, Identity Management, Sharing & Visibility, DevOps, and Performance for enterprise‑scale reliability.
120
Minutes
60
Questions
60/100
Passing Score
$400
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
IT architects, senior developers, and solution engineers who have at least three years of hands‑on Salesforce implementation experience and seek to lead end‑to‑end system design. They aim to validate their expertise across integration, identity, sharing, deployment, and performance domains, positioning themselves as trusted advisors for large‑scale digital transformation initiatives.
What's Covered
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Domain 1: Integration Architecture
2
Domain 2: Identity Management
3
Domain 3: Sharing and Visibility
4
Domain 4: DevOps and Deployment
5
Domain 5: Performance
6
Domain 6: Security
7
Domain 7: Environment Management
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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: Integration Architecture
2 topics
API Patterns
- Implement integration solutions using REST APIs, SOAP APIs, and composite endpoints with authentication and error handling for connectivity
- Analyze integration pattern selection evaluating request-response, fire-and-forget, batch, and near-real-time patterns for requirements
- Design enterprise integration strategies using API-led connectivity, event-driven architectures, and middleware for system orchestration
- Examine api patterns configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Analyze api patterns configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Event Integration
- Implement platform events, CDC, and streaming API subscriptions for near-real-time data propagation across integrated enterprise systems
- Design event-driven architectures with publish-subscribe patterns, event replay, and consumer error handling for reliable event processing
- Analyze event delivery guarantees evaluating at-least-once delivery, ordering constraints, and replay limitations for business events
- Design event integration configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Apply event integration configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 2: Identity Management
2 topics
SSO Architecture
- Implement SSO configurations using SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0 flows for federated authentication across Salesforce orgs
- Design identity architectures combining IdP and SP roles for multi-org and multi-cloud SSO implementations across enterprise systems
- Analyze authentication security evaluating token lifecycle, session policies, and MFA enforcement for identity hardening and compliance
- Configure sso architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Optimize sso architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Provisioning
- Implement user provisioning with SCIM, Connected Apps, and just-in-time provisioning for automated user lifecycle management workflows
- Design authorization architectures with delegated authentication, custom login flows, and identity verification for access governance
- Analyze identity federation evaluating trust relationships, attribute mapping, and identity assertion security for cross-domain auth
- Compare provisioning configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Compare provisioning configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 3: Sharing and Visibility
2 topics
Sharing Model
- Implement sharing model configurations with OWD, role hierarchy, sharing rules, and manual sharing for record-level access control
- Design enterprise sharing architectures using territory management, team sharing, and Apex managed sharing for complex visibility needs
- Analyze sharing performance evaluating recalculation impact, group membership scaling, and record access computation for optimization
- Optimize sharing model configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Configure sharing model configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Visibility Controls
- Implement restriction rules and scoping rules for enhanced record visibility control beyond traditional sharing model configurations
- Design visibility architectures combining field-level security, record sharing, and page component visibility for layered access control
- Implement visibility controls configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Create visibility controls configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Architect visibility controls configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 4: DevOps and Deployment
2 topics
Source Development
- Implement source-driven workflows using Salesforce CLI, scratch org definitions, and package-based development for modular deployments
- Design source control strategies with branching models, merge policies, and release branch management for multi-team development
- Analyze deployment trade-offs evaluating change sets, second-generation packages, and metadata API for different project contexts
- Apply source development configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Design source development configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
CI/CD
- Implement CI pipelines with automated Apex testing, static analysis, and deployment validation for quality assurance and compliance
- Design continuous delivery with environment promotion paths, automated regression testing, and rollback procedures for safe releases
- Analyze testing strategies evaluating unit test coverage, integration test design, and end-to-end automation for quality validation
- Analyze ci/cd configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Examine ci/cd configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 5: Performance
2 topics
Platform Performance
- Implement performance optimization with SOQL optimization, indexing strategies, and caching patterns for Salesforce application scalability
- Design high-performance architectures evaluating async processing, batch operations, and platform cache for scalable enterprise solutions
- Analyze performance evaluating query plan analysis, governor limit consumption, and page load metrics for bottleneck identification
- Architect platform performance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Create platform performance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Large Data Volumes
- Implement LDV handling with skinny tables, archive policies, and query filter selectivity for data-intensive application performance
- Design data volume management with Big Objects, external storage, and partitioning for orgs exceeding millions of records in production
- Evaluate large data volumes configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Recommend large data volumes configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Deploy large data volumes configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 6: Security
2 topics
Platform Security
- Implement Shield Platform Encryption, event monitoring, and transaction security policies for data protection in Salesforce environments
- Design security architectures combining network, application, and data security controls for comprehensive platform protection strategies
- Analyze security compliance evaluating audit trail completeness, encryption coverage, and access control effectiveness for regulations
- Deploy platform security configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Recommend platform security configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Compliance
- Implement compliance monitoring with field history tracking, Setup Audit Trail, and custom audit logging for regulatory evidence collection
- Design data residency architectures evaluating Hyperforce options, data center locations, and cross-border transfer for compliance needs
- Analyze compliance readiness evaluating GDPR processing agreements, HIPAA controls, and SOC 2 audit preparation for certifications
- Assess compliance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Evaluate compliance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 7: Environment Management
1 topic
Sandbox Strategy
- Implement sandbox management with refresh schedules, data seeding, and environment-specific configurations for development lifecycle support
- Design multi-environment architectures using full, partial, developer, and scratch sandboxes with data migration between environments
- Analyze environment utilization evaluating refresh frequency, storage consumption, and developer productivity for environment planning
- Plan sandbox strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Implement sandbox strategy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Scope
Included Topics
- Integration architecture with API design, middleware, and event-driven patterns.
- Identity and access management with SSO, OAuth, and SCIM provisioning.
- Sharing and visibility with sharing models, territory management, and access control.
- DevOps, performance optimization, and security compliance.
Not Covered
- Marketing and Commerce Cloud.
- Declarative app building.
- Heroku platform.
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