By giving you practical certification experience and a competitive edge that opens up new possibilities, Salesforce certification is well-known for raising your profile and offering high-level talents. To advance in your job, you could start training for a skill-based certification. This enables you to use what you have learned in class to solve challenging business problems. What about further actions, including updating your certifications, evaluating any advancements, and retiring exams?
In addition, Salesforce keeps up with the most recent technological developments in order to keep everything functioning properly. The certification, its content, and exam retirement all need to be updated to match contemporary technologies.
Candidates will therefore be able to gain from the update by learning new skills. To learn more about this, we’ll go over all of the Salesforce Certification examinations in this blog post along with the most recent information. Let’s start with the exam changes and other important modifications.
What’s new in the Salesforce Certification?
As we all know, Salesforce certification is intended to demonstrate your technical expertise and cloud proficiency in order to further your career. This helps experts in locating in-demand talent and businesses in setting up efficient cloud teams. As a result, changes are required to keep up with advanced technologies.
1. New Exam: Salesforce Certified Business Analyst
The Salesforce Certified Business Analyst exam is for Business Analysts with Salesforce experience. The selected applicant will be able to assist in the creation of Salesforce solutions that promote business advancements by understanding business demands, capturing requirements, and working with stakeholders.
The Salesforce Certified Business Analyst has the following experience:
- 2 years of experience as a business analyst, with a track record of successfully driving business process improvements
- 2 years of experience with the Salesforce Platform
About the Exam:
- Number of questions: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions and 5 non-scored questions*
- Time duration: 105 minutes (time allows for unscored questions)
- Passing score: 72%
- Registration fee: USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Retake fee: USD 100, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
Course Outline:
- Customer Discovery: 17%
- Collaboration with Stakeholders: 24%
- Business Process Mapping: 16%
- Requirements: 17%
- User Stories: 18%
- User Acceptance: 8%
2. New exam: Salesforce Certified Strategy Designer
The Salesforce Strategy Designer certification is designed for those who are skilled at applying design techniques to develop engaging experience strategies that influence business outcomes using the Salesforce Platform. The skills of the candidates cover business, innovation, design, and delivery.
Candidates for this examination should have at least three years of practical experience working as a strategy designer or in a comparable position, as well as at least one to two years of expertise working with the Salesforce platform. A Salesforce Certified Strategy Designer should have at least two years of experience managing challenging projects and possess advanced facilitation and consulting abilities.
About the Exam:
- Number of questions: 60 multiple-choice questions
- Time duration: 105 minutes
- Passing score: 70%
- Registration fee: USD 200 plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Retake fee: USD 100 plus applicable taxes as required per local law
Course Outline:
- Value Design: 32%
- Tools and Artifacts: 23%
- Intangible Deliverables: 26%
- Leveraging Adjacent Roles/Skills: 19%
Above, we have understood the modifications in the certification. Now, let’s check the list of Salesforce Active Certifications.
Salesforce Certification: Roles-Based Exam
When it comes to Salesforce certification, it is divided into six jobs, each of which has its own examination. This includes the following:
1. Salesforce Administrator
| Salesforce Certified Administrator | Updated Course Outline: Configuration and Setup: 20% Object Manager and Lightning App Builder: 20% Sales and Marketing Applications: 12% Service and Support Applications: 11% Productivity and Collaboration: 7% Data and Analytics Management: 14% Workflow/Process Automation: 16% |
| Salesforce Certified Business Analyst | Updated Course Outline: Customer Discovery: 17% Collaboration with Stakeholders: 24% Business Process Mapping: 16% Requirements: 17% User Stories: 18% User Acceptance: 8% |
| Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator | Updated Course Outline: Security and Access: 20% Objects and Applications: 19% Auditing and Monitoring: 10% Cloud Applications: 11% Data and Analytics Management: 13% Environment Management and Deployment: 7% Process Automation: 20% |
| Salesforce Certified CPQ Specialist | Updated Course Outline: CPQ Platform: 23% Bundle Configurations: 17% Pricing: 16% Quote Templates: 7% Product Selection: 7% Orders, Contracts, Amendments, and Renewals: 15% Products: 11% Approvals: 4% |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator | Updated Course Outline: Digital Marketing Proficiency: 13% Subscriber Data Management: 18% Setup: 38% Channel Management: 16% Maintenance: 15% |
| Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder | Updated Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 23% Data Modeling and Management: 22% Business Logic and Process Automation: 28% User Interface: 17% App Deployment: 10% |
2. Salesforce Architect
| Application Architect (Covers Four Prerequisites) | 1. Salesforce Certified Data Architect Course Outline: Data modeling/Database Design: 25% Master Data Management: 5% Salesforce Data Management: 25% Data Governance: 10% Large Data Volume considerations: 20% Data Migration: 15% 2. Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Architect Course Outline: Declarative Sharing: 76% Performance and Scalability: 7% Programmatic Sharing: 17% 3. Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 7% Data Modeling and Management: 13% Process Automation and Logic: 40% User Interface: 23% Testing, Debugging, and Deployment: 17% 4. Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 23% Data Modeling and Management: 22% Business Logic and Process Automation: 28% User Interface: 17% App Deployment: 10% |
| Salesforce Certified B2B Solution Architect | Updated Course Outline: Discovery and Customer Success: 25% Data Governance and Integration: 26% Design: 29% Delivery: 12% Operationalize the Solution: 8% |
| Salesforce Certified B2C Solution Architect | Updated Course Outline: Discovery and Customer Success: 18% Functional Capabilities and Business Value: 19% Architecture Design: 23% Data Models and Management: 21% Integration: 19% |
| Salesforce Certified B2C Commerce Architect | Updated Course Outline: Design/Discovery: 29% Build: 19% Monitoring/Troubleshooting: 14% Integrations and Customizations: 22% Launch: 16% |
| Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect | Updated Course Outline: Heroku Platform: 10% Data: 17% Security: 15% Heroku Enterprise: 28% Architect Applications: 15% Integrations: 15% |
| System Architect (Covers Four Prerequisites) | 1. Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Course Outline: Application Lifecycle Management: 8% Planning: 13% System Design: 15% Building: 14% Deploying: 14% Testing: 13% Releasing: 13% Operating: 10% 2. Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Architect Course Outline: Identity Management Concepts: 17% Accepting Third-Party Identity in Salesforce: 21% Salesforce as an Identity Provider: 17% Access Management Best Practices: 15% Salesforce Identity: 12% Community (Partner and Customer): 18% 3. Salesforce Certified Integration Architect Course Outline: Evaluate the Current System Landscape: 8% Evaluate Business Needs: 11% Translate Needs to Integration Requirements: 22% Design Integration Solutions: 28% Build Solution: 23% Maintain Integration: 8% 4. Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 7% Data Modeling and Management: 13% Process Automation and Logic: 40% User Interface: 23% Testing, Debugging, and Deployment: 17% |
| Salesforce Certified Technical Architect | Updated Course Outline: System Architecture Security Data Solution Architecture Integration Development Lifecycle and Deployment Planning Communication |
3. Salesforce Developer
| Salesforce Certified B2C Commerce Developer | Updated Course Outline: B2C Commerce Setup: 11% Work With a B2C Site: 12% Data Management Using Business Manager Usage: 24% Application Development: 53% |
| Salesforce Certified Industries CPQ Developer | Updated Course Outline: Products: 20% Promotions and Discounts: 7% Pricing: 17% Rules: 12% APIs: 12% Ordering and Quoting: 12% Troubleshooting: 20% |
| Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer I | Updated Course Outline: Variables, Types, and Collections: 23% Objects, Functions, and Classes: 25% Browser and Events: 17% Debugging and Error Handling: 7% Asynchronous Programming: 13% Server-Side JavaScript: 8% Testing: 7% |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Developer | Updated Course Outline: Data Modeling: 14% Programmatic Languages: 35% API: 22% Data Management: 22% Security: 7% |
| Salesforce Certified OmniStudio Developer | Updated Course Outline: Flex Cards: 15% OmniScripts: 20% Integration Procedures: 17% Data Raptors: 20% Calculation Procedures & Matrices: 8% Integrated Troubleshooting and Deployment: 20% |
| Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder | Updated Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 23% Data Modeling and Management: 22% Business Logic and Process Automation: 28% User Interface: 17% App Deployment: 10% |
| Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I | Updated Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 7% Data Modeling and Management: 13% Process Automation and Logic: 40% User Interface: 23% Testing, Debugging, and Deployment: 17% |
| Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II | Updated Course Outline: Salesforce Fundamentals: 5% Data Modeling and Management: 6% Process Automation and Logic: 20% User Interface: 19% Performance: 16% Integration: 15% Testing: 14% Debug and Deployment Tools: 5% |
4. Salesforce Marketer
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator | Updated Course Outline: Digital Marketing Proficiency: 13% Subscriber Data Management: 18% Setup: 38% Channel Management: 16% Maintenance: 15% |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Discovery and Architecture: 16% Integration: 20% Account Configuration: 12% Automation: 20% Data Modeling and Management: 21% Messaging: 11% |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Developer | Updated Course Outline: Data Modeling: 14% Programmatic Languages: 35% API: 22% Data Management: 22% Security: 7% |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist | Updated Course Outline: Email Marketing Best Practices: 15% Email Message Design: 13% Content Creation and Delivery: 18% Marketing Automation: 19% Subscriber and Data Management: 28% Tracking and Reporting: 7% |
| Salesforce Certified Pardot Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Evaluation: 17% Account Configuration: 20% Automating Business Processes: 17% Email Marketing: 10% Lead Management: 14% Personalizing the Prospect Experience: 8% Reporting, Metrics & Analytics: 11% Salesforce Engage: 3% |
| Salesforce Certified Pardot Specialist | Updated Course Outline: Visitors and Prospects: 8% Administration: 11% Pardot Forms, Form Handlers, and Landing Pages: 20% Lead Management: 24% Email Marketing: 20% Engagement Studio: 17% |
5. Salesforce Consultant
| Salesforce Certified Experience Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Experience Cloud Basics: 8% Sharing, Visibility, and Licensing: 17% Branding, Personalization, and Content: 15% Templates and Themes: 10% User Creation and Authentication: 13% Adoption and Analytics: 5% Administration, Setup and Configuration: 25% Customization Considerations, and Limitations: 7% |
| Salesforce Certified Education Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Domain Expertise: 18% Education Cloud Configuration: 22% Implementation Strategies and Best Practices: 18% Solution Design: 19% Integration and Data Management: 16% Analytics: 7% |
| Salesforce Certified Tableau CRM and Einstein Discovery Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Data Layer: 24% Security: 11% Administration: 9% Tableau CRM Dashboard Design: 19% Tableau CRM Dashboard Implementation: 18% Einstein Discovery Story Design: 19% |
| Salesforce Certified Field Service Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Managing Resources: 16% Managing Work Orders: 23% Managing Scheduling and Optimization: 28% Configuring Mobility: 10% Managing Inventory: 8% Managing Assets: 5% Configuring Maintenance Plans: 5% Permissions and Sharing: 5% |
| Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Discovery and Architecture: 16% Integration: 20% Account Configuration: 12% Automation: 20% Data Modeling and Management: 21% Messaging: 11% |
| Salesforce Certified Nonprofit Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Domain Expertise: 20% Nonprofit Cloud Product Configuration: 22% Implementation Strategies and Best Practices: 18% Solution Design: 20% Integration and Data Management: 15% Analytics: 5% |
| Salesforce Certified OmniStudio Consultant | Updated Course Outline: FlexCards: 23% OmniScripts: 27% Data Tools: 23% Best Fit Solutioning: 27% |
| Salesforce Certified Pardot Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Evaluation: 17% Account Configuration: 20% Automating Business Processes: 17% Email Marketing: 10% Lead Management: 14% Personalizing the Prospect Experience: 8% Reporting, Metrics & Analytics: 11% Salesforce Engage: 3% |
| Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Sales Practices: 11% Implementation Strategies: 13% Application of Product Knowledge: 18% Lead Management: 7% Account and Contact Management: 11% Opportunity Management: 10% Sales Productivity and Integration: 8% Consulting Practices: 7% Sales Metrics, Reports & Dashboards: 7% Data Management: 8% |
| Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant | Updated Course Outline: Industry Knowledge: 10% Implementation Strategies: 15% Service Cloud Solution Design: 16% Knowledge Management: 9% Interaction Channels: 10% Case Management: 15% Contact Center Analytics: 5% Integration and Data Management: 5% Service Console: 15% |
6. Salesforce Designer
| Salesforce Certified User Experience Designer | Updated Course Outline: Discovery: 13% UX Fundamentals: 16% Human-Centered Design: 12% Declarative Design: 27% Testing: 11% Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS): 21% |
| Salesforce Strategy Designer | Updated Course Outline: Value Design: 32% Tools and Artifacts: 23% Intangible Deliverables: 26% Leveraging Adjacent Roles/Skills: 19% |
Final Words
We have covered the updates and modifications to Salesforce certification and training. These upgrades are made by Salesforce as part of its testing and training to keep current with emerging technologies. The advanced abilities of those who obtain this qualification can also be improved. Utilize the information offered to keep abreast of Salesforce’s most current developments. Additionally, choose the test that is best for you and begin studying to become a Salesforce pro.
