Admin's Guide to Dreamforce 2026

Salesforce Admin’s Guide to Dreamforce 2026

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Calling all Awesome Admins! Dreamforce 2026 is your moment to build boldly and help shape the future of the Salesforce platform. Join us September 15-17, in San Francisco—or tune in on Salesforce+—to unlock unprecedented success with three days of limitless impact with 1,600+ breakout sessions, 150+ hands-on trainings and demos, 50+ keynotes, and 240+ community roundtables. Get hands-on through expert-led training, live demos, and real-world stories to build the next generation of apps and agents. Plus, get direct access to the product experts and visionaries shaping the future of AI and agentic software.

We know you’re counting down the days until Dreamforce begins. This guide will help you plan your ultimate admin experience, whether you’re joining us in person or on Salesforce+. From activations in Trailblazer Forest to hands-on learning and roadmap sessions, there are more opportunities than ever to accelerate your impact, connect with your peers, and explore what it means for your organization to build their Agentic Enterprise. 

Let’s take a peek!

3 things admins can’t miss at Dreamforce ’26

  • 🎤Admin Keynote: The must-see event for admins with exciting product news
  • 👀 Sneak Peeks: Your space to learn about the product roadmap previews and opportunities to share your feedback/ask questions directly with product managers
  • 📣Recommended sessions: Curated picks to sharpen your skills and expand your impact. With My Agenda now live, it’s time to start building your schedule. 

Prepare for Dreamforce 2026

Road to Dreamforce Quest

Before arriving at Dreamforce, dive into the hands-on learning, must-see sessions, and curated resources to help you build your Agentic Enterprise. Complete the Road to Dreamforce Quest by September 14, 2026 and you’ll be entered for a chance to win* 1 of 100 prize boxes. *No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Country of residence and other restrictions apply. See the Trailblazer Quests page for full details and restrictions.

Dreamforce keynotes for admins

Dreamforce is jam-packed with must-see sessions for admins. If you’re attending in person, be sure to add these sessions to your agenda. Can’t join us in San Francisco? Register for the livestream on Salesforce+ to tune in remotely.

Main Keynote

Join Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, along with special guests, to explore what it means to become an Agentic Enterprise, where humans, agents, and platforms together promote customer success.

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💻Watch on Salesforce+

Admin Keynote: Bring the Agentic Enterprise to Life

Your admin skills were built for this moment. See Salesforce innovations, live demos, and real-world stories showing how admins are unlocking new possibilities and leading the Agentic Enterprise.

✔️Add to your agenda

💻Watch on Salesforce+

True to the Core

Join Co-Founder Parker Harris and other Salesforce product leaders as they answer your questions in this fan-favorite, unscripted keynote. This is a unique opportunity to ask your questions and get answers directly from the experts. 

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💻Watch on Salesforce+

Build the Agentic Enterprise in Trailblazer Forest

Once you’ve secured your badge, head to Trailblazer Forest to see the Agentic Enterprise in action. Created for admins, developers, and architects, this core hub brings Agentforce, Headless 360, Slack, and Data 360, and more to life through hands-on experiences, technical demos, and expert-led sessions. 

Get a Peek Into the Future

Sneak Peeks is back at Dreamforce to give admins, developers, and architects an exclusive look at what’s next for the platform. Catch sessions covering unreleased features across Agentforce, Headless, Flow, and User Access Management. Afterward, stick around for live Q&A to get your burning technical questions answered directly by the product experts.

All Sneak Peeks Theater sessions are available in My Agenda  – add your favorites to your schedule!

Visit the Admin Meadow

The Admin Meadow is your destination for admin-led sessions and practical guidance to help you discover what’s new and build skills for the Agentic Enterprise era.

Attend introductory sessions at Headless 360 Theater

Headless 360 Theater features six repeating 20-minute sessions that break down the core innovations of the Agentic Enterprise. Whether you’re an admin, developer, architect, or new to the Salesforce ecosystem, these expert-led introductory sessions provide the essential foundation you need before diving into deeper demos and workshops at Dreamforce. Sessions include:

  • Introduction to Headless 360
  • Introduction to Agentforce
  • Introduction to Agentic Experiences in Slack
  • Introduction to Salesforce Vibe Coding Agents
  • Introduction to Data 360
  • Introduction to Platform

Get hands-on at Headless 360 Basecamp

Headless 360 Basecamp is where you’ll get firsthand experience building with any coding agent and deploying on any surface with Salesforce Headless 360. Start at the Welcome Desk to learn how to complete the Developer Quest stop by participating in the area’s activity, and earn an exclusive Agent Codey backpack. Then, get hands-on in a guided, 15-minute activity where you’ll learn how to configure Salesforce MCPs within a third-party AI system. Technical experts will be available in the area to help as you go through the exercise.

Dive deeper with product demos at Platform Park

Platform Park features 20 expert-led demos, including 18 platform demos and 2 customer success demos, designed to turn inspiration into implementation. Whether you’re a developer, admin, architect, or partner, go beyond keynotes and sessions to learn how to securely connect data, applications, and AI at scale. Gain practical insights, engage in discussions, and access guided builds that equip you to turn Salesforce innovation into real business outcomes.

Skill up at Camp Trailhead

Get hands-on with Salesforce in 30 minutes at Camp Trailhead. Whether you’re brand new to the platform or an experienced pro, complete hands-on Trailhead badges covering keynote innovations like Headless 360, Agentforce Coworker, Help Agent, Salesforce Flow, and more. Work on provided laptops or bring your own laptop, receive real-time support from on-site experts, and when you complete one of the highlighted badges, be sure to stop by the prize desk to collect your reward.

Test your skills at Camp Mini Hack

Start building the Agentic Enterprise at Camp Mini Hack. Get hands-on with Agentforce, Headless 360, vibe coding, Apex & Flow, and Data 360 through 30-minute challenges designed for every skill level. Build and deploy working agents with on-demand expert help and real-time automated validation and earn prizes along the way.

Master the full agent lifecycle in the Agentforce Zone

Explore the full lifecycle of autonomous AI agents at the Agentforce Zone. Through interactive, expert-led demos across 5 dedicated stations, admins will see how to create, deploy, and scale production-ready agents. Discover how Agentforce Studio, Agentforce Builder, Agentforce Operations (formerly known as Regrello), Agentforce Voice, Multi-Agent Orchestration, and Agentforce Observability bring AI-first workflows to life.

Connect people, data, and agents in Slack

Slack is the Work Operating System for the Agentic Enterprise, a multiplayer workspace where Salesforce data, agents, and teams come together. Discover how Salesforce record channels surface live accounts, opportunities, and cases directly in Slack. Get hands-on with Slackbot to execute natural-language requests, draft updates, and trigger actions with built-in human approval, bringing Agentforce 360 directly into the flow of work.

FeatureFest: Come see what’s new and try it yourself.

FeatureFest puts the latest Salesforce innovations in your hands. Get a first look at Winter ’27 through live demos, including “You Asked, We Delivered,” a showcase of highly requested features from the IdeaExchange. Take the quick feature-match quiz to get recommendations tailored to your org, and don’t miss our Release Readiness Live mini theater sessions, running all day Tuesday and Wednesday. And you can’t leave without taking home exclusive swag and some snacks!

Visit FeatureFest at Moscone West, on the Second Floor!

Skill up with admin sessions

Admin theater and breakout sessions are your opportunity to learn directly from product experts, Salesforce Admin Evangelists, and experts from the community building the Agentic Enterprise. These sessions cover technical deep dives, real-world implementations, and innovative solutions across the Agentforce 360 Platform. Join us to sharpen your skills and deliver production-ready solutions at scale. 

To find admin-focused sessions in the Dreamforce session catalog, select “Role” in the left navigation and then select “Administrator”.

Dreamforce 2026 session catalog with Admin role box checked

Agentforce and AI integration sessions

Master Agentforce Coworker, Setup with Agentforce, and automate with Agentforce to securely build, test, and deploy trusted agents across any surface.

Get Started with Agentforce Coworker

What to Expect: See how admins can bring Agentforce Coworker, Salesforce’s AI teammate for employees, to their orgs. Learn what it does, required permissions and licenses, and how to connect enterprise data sources.

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Tackle Complex Tasks Using Setup with Agentforce

What to expect: ​​One request, ten steps handled. See how Setup with Agentforce orchestrates complex multi-step tasks – from creating objects and assigning permissions to enabling complex features – in one conversation

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Automate Repetitive Tasks with Agentforce

What to expect: Automate monitoring, issue triage, and routine maintenance with Agentforce. Explore proactive workflows that help admins spend less time managing their org and more time improving it.

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Headless 360 sessions

Explore the Headless Experience Layer (HXL), Headless Data 360, and Hosted MCP Servers to bring intelligence into every surface and render rich interfaces anywhere.

Intro to Headless 360 for Admins

What to expect: Explore how Headless 360 connects AI assistants to Salesforce data and actions from any interface. See how admins can reduce routine work and focus on higher-value platform decisions.
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Secure Headless Salesforce Implementations

What to expect: Discover how to protect a headless, API-first Salesforce org using a layered defense model covering identity, perimeter, access, and visibility controls built for an agentic environment.
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Connect AI Assistants to Salesforce With Headless 360

What to expect: Watch ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude query and update data in a live Salesforce org: no browser, no login, no custom code. Leave with three real use cases you can pitch to leadership on Monday.

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More product sessions

Explore more technical deep dives, real-world implementations, and platform best practices curated to sharpen your admin skills.

A Beginner’s Guide to Data 360

What to expect: Learn how Data 360 powers Agentforce and AI success through real customer use cases. Understand foundational concepts and leave with a clear view of what’s possible for your organization.

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Secure Your Agentic Enterprise: Admin Security Fundamentals

What to expect: Improve your org’s security posture by implementing Salesforce security fundamentals and platform configurations to strengthen governance, protect data, and support trusted AI adoption.

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Building Interactive Experiences with Screen Flows

What to expect: Discover how to build modern, guided user experiences with screen flows. See real-world examples of data collection forms, wizards, and dynamic interfaces that improve productivity and user satisfaction.

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More things to look out for at Dreamforce 2026

Get certified at Trailblazer Bootcamp

Go deeper at Dreamforce with Trailblazer Bootcamp. This is your opportunity to gain hands-on product expertise, elevate your skills, and build lasting connections with peers. It’s all happening from Saturday, September 12, to Monday, September 14, 2026. Learn more about this pre-Dreamforce bootcamp and jumpstart your certification goals.

Explore opportunities for Developers and Architects

Looking to expand your perspective? Check out sessions on the Developer and Architect tracks to see how the Agentic Enterprise is being built, governed, and scaled in production. Explore the Admin and Architect Guides to Dreamforce 2026 for more can’t-miss experiences tailored to each role.

Grow your network at Community Cove

Community Cove is the place for Trailblazers across the ecosystem to connect, learn, and have fun together. Dive into technical discussions, join meetups, and connect with the peers and experts who can help you get more from your Salesforce journey.

Quick Dreamforce tips 📝

Watching from home? Join on Salesforce+

Can’t make it to Dreamforce in person? Select keynotes and sessions will be live-streamed on Salesforce+ during the entirety of the event. In addition to the live experience, a selection of on-demand episodes will be available for viewing once Dreamforce concludes.

Register for Salesforce+ for free to get access to featured content.

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