Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect - Second Edition

Gain practical experience designing and building high-performance, secure, and scalable Salesforce solutions using real-world scenarios.

Purchase of the book unlocks access to web-based exam prep resources like flashcards and a free eBook PDF.



Key Features:

• Master each knowledge domain by applying key concepts to a real-world scenario
• Put all the skills covered in the book into action with two full mock scenarios
• Gain access to additional online assets including flashcards and exam tips

Book Description:

This book is a complete guide to learning essential architectural concepts that'll enable you to deliver secure, high-performant Salesforce solutions and pass the Salesforce CTA review board exam with confidence. This second edition comes with updated content, additional supporting material such as cheat sheets, and detailed practical examples, and helps you learn key soft skills to craft a winning presentation.

You'll begin by reviewing vital architectural concepts needed to create a scalable end-to-end Salesforce solution. Next, you'll find out how to identify requirements and break down a problem into smaller, more solvable parts. As you advance, you'll gain practical experience in managing design decisions and defending them using real-world scenarios. The book also helps familiarize you with the correct methodology to structure your solution presentation and the necessary supporting artifacts. Finally, you'll practice providing solutions for two full hypothetical scenarios and structuring your playback step by step.

By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll be able to design a highly scalable Salesforce solution and create suitable material to comfortably explain the end-to-end solution to the CTA review board and potentially your customer, and have a higher chance of passing.

What You Will Learn:

• Explore core architectural concepts essential for any Salesforce architect
• Understand Salesforce knowledge domains using practical examples
• Practice creating solutions using scenarios focusing on particular knowledge domains
• Discover key artifacts needed to document and explain an end-to-end solution
• Apply data life cycle management effectively in the Salesforce ecosystem
• Design appropriate enterprise integration interfaces to build your connected solution
• Know what to expect on the day of the review board along with valuable tips and tricks

Who this book is for:

This book is for Salesforce architects who want to design secure, performant, and scalable technical solutions for their organizations and ultimately become Salesforce Certified Technical Architects. A solid understanding of the Salesforce platform is required, ideally combined with three to five years of practical experience as an application architect, system architect, enterprise architect, or solution architect.