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By: Month: February 2015

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Blazing your Trailhead with Chris & Sandeep

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin   About Chris Duarte Chris Duarte is Managing Editor for Trailhead, a fun and interactive way to learn Salesforce. She believes that anyone can learn and is on a mission to help more people become Admins and […]

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Why Relying on “Password123” Won’t Cut It

In the wild west of Internet security, enabling two factor authentication is the closest thing you can do to making your accounts hacker proof. In this post, I will walk you through why two factor authentication (“2FA”, and also known as two-step verification) enhances security and how you can set it up to make yourself […]

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Buzz: Your Ah-Ha Moment

You BUZZED, we listened! In our second Admin Buzz episode, we hear your “Ah-Ha” moment featuring submissions by Geoffrey Flynn, Cheryl Feldman, Alex Sutherland, Shannon Howe, Brian Kwong, John Graf, and Garry Polmateer. No MOAR Word Documents! “The best thing I’ve built on the platform was my career.” “[Salesforce] It’s the best thing that has ever happened […]

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It’s more than Code Coverage with Steven Herod & Matt Lacey

 “I think the question you have to ask if you are an Admin is ‘Am I attempting to learn enough Salesforce development to just tide me over, for what I’m doing here, to get me through?’ Or ‘Am I interested in taking on software development as a profession?’”   About Steven Herod Steven Herod has been […]

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How to turn a spreadsheet into a Salesforce App

Tell me if any of these statements apply to you and your company. “Oh we just have soooo many spreadsheets.” “We have Salesforce but our sales management loves their spreadsheets.” “Management told me its just easier to update a spreadsheet, so I feel stuck” Ok, I could go on and on but you get the […]

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How Admins can use Agile with Kelly Currier

 “A lot of people incorporate Agile into their daily life. I planned my move using scrum, and my wedding using scrum. Literally taking these principles and applying them to everything you do.’”   About Kelly Currier Kelly Currier manages the Agile Delivery Methodology program for Salesforce.com’s Technology & Products organization, an enterprise with over 200 agile teams.She has […]

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TL;DL- January

Too Long; Didn’t Listen Can you believe January is over? Wow that went fast. And as an Admin you may have been busy gather requirements for new processes, reading up on the Spring 15 release notes, or just digging out of all the snow. So here is a quick recap of the podcast episodes you […]

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More Ways to Protect your Salesforce Org

In my last post, I shared a key way to protect your Salesforce implementation and still give your users the flexibility they demand, via Login IP Range restrictions.  This important security control prevents unauthorized users from accessing your Salesforce org. If you find that Login IP ranges do not work for your org or you […]

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