Salesforce Architect
Certifications
Design systems that scale, integrate, and stay secure
Architect credentials test design trade-offs at scale: integration patterns, large data volumes, identity and access, sharing and visibility. They assume several years of delivery experience behind them.
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Which Salesforce Architect certification should I start with?
Come to these after a developer or consultant credential and real delivery work. Integration Architect and Identity and Access Management Architect are both designed for people who have already made these decisions in production.
Which Salesforce Architect certifications are there?
5 certifications sit in this track, ordered foundational first.
Identity and Access Management Architect
formerly Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Architect
Single sign-on, identity providers, OAuth flows, and access design for complex orgs.
60 questions·120 min·65% to pass
300 reviewed practice questions
Integration Architect
formerly Salesforce Certified Integration Architect
Integration patterns, API choices, and the trade-offs behind connecting Salesforce to everything else.
60 questions·105 min·67% to pass
300 reviewed practice questions
Platform Data Architect
Data architecture on the Salesforce Platform: scalable models and data skew, big objects, master data management, single customer view across orgs, GDPR governance, large data volumes, archiving and migration. A domain exam on the Application Architect path.
60 questions·105 min·58% to pass
313 reviewed practice questions
Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect
Governing and shipping change: ALM methodology and governance, environment and sandbox strategy, branching, org-based vs package-based development, Metadata and Tooling API deployments, testing and test data, package types and release management. A domain exam on the System Architect path.
60 questions·105 min·65% to pass
307 reviewed practice questions
Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect
Designing secure, scalable access: object and field permissions, sensitive data, OWDs and the role hierarchy, sharing rules, teams, Apex managed sharing, external users, and the scalability and license limits of a sharing model. A domain exam on the Application Architect path.
60 questions·120 min·58% to pass
309 reviewed practice questions
What is on each Salesforce Architect exam?
Official exam outline sections and their weights. Certifyforce draws practice questions in these same proportions, so a practice score means something.
Identity and Access Management Architect
Official exam guide- Identity Management Concepts17%
- Accepting Third-Party Identity in Salesforce21%
- Salesforce as an Identity Provider17%
- Access Management Best Practices15%
- Salesforce Identity12%
- Community (Partner and Customer)18%
Integration Architect
Official exam guide- Evaluate the Current System Landscape8%
- Evaluate Business Needs11%
- Translate Needs to Integration Requirements22%
- Design Integration Solutions28%
- Build Solution23%
- Maintain Integration8%
Platform Data Architect
Official exam guide- Data Modeling/Database Design25%
- Master Data Management5%
- Salesforce Data Management25%
- Data Governance10%
- Large Data Volume Considerations20%
- Data Migration15%
Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect
Official exam guide- Application Lifecycle Management8%
- Planning13%
- System Design15%
- Building14%
- Deploying14%
- Testing13%
- Releasing13%
- Operating10%
Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect
Official exam guide- Permissions to Standard Objects, Custom Objects, and Fields27%
- Access to Records39%
- Access to Other Data16%
- Implications of Security Model Choice18%
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