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?
2 certifications sit in this track, ordered foundational first.
Identity and Access Management Architect
Single sign-on, identity providers, OAuth flows, and access design for complex orgs.
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Integration Architect
Integration patterns, API choices, and the trade-offs behind connecting Salesforce to everything else.
Practice exam in development
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%
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