You're reading from Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect Prepare for the review board by practicing example-led architectural strategies and best practices

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568754

Length 628 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Salesforce

Concepts

Software Architecture

Author (1):

Tameem Bahri

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CTA

2. Chapter 1: Starting Your Journey as a CTA FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Core Architectural Concepts – Data

4. Chapter 3: Core Architectural Concepts – Integration and Cryptography

5. Chapter 4: Core Architectural Concepts – Identity and Access Management

6. Section 2: Knowledge Domains Deep Dive

7. Chapter 5: Developing a Scalable System Architecture

8. Chapter 6: Formulating a Secure Architecture in Salesforce

9. Chapter 7: Designing a Scalable Salesforce Data Architecture

10. Chapter 8: Creating a Lean Solution Architecture

11. Chapter 9: Forging an Integrated Solution

12. Chapter 10: Development Life Cycle and Deployment Planning

13. Chapter 11: Communicating and Socializing Your Solution

14. Section 3: Putting It All Together

15. Chapter 12: Practice the Review Board – First Mock

16. Chapter 13: Present and Defend – First Mock

17. Chapter 14: Practice the Review Board – Second Mock

18. Chapter 15: Present and Defend – Second Mock

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Tips and Tricks, and the Way Forward

Chapter 7: Designing a Scalable Salesforce Data Architecture

In this chapter, we will continue looking at other Salesforce-specific knowledge areas that you must know about if you wish to pass the CTA review board. This is the third domain out of the seven mentioned earlier. We will go through the necessary knowledge and preparations for each domain and then complete a hands-on exercise using a mini hypothetical scenario.

The data domain is a broad domain with a lot of interdependencies. It impacts several other domains, and it is impacted, in turn, by several domains. We have come across several design decisions related to data in the previous two chapters already and will continue to come across more of them in the chapters to come.

This is because the data domain is at the center of any Salesforce solution. It involves understanding the key principles of designing your Salesforce data model, which is at the heart of your solution. There are hardly any successful enterprise...