Happy New Year, Salesforce Admins! As we start our new year’s resolutions – new diets, new exercise plans, new habits, new practices – let’s take a moment and think about how to make 2017 a year when we become even more awesome Admins. What better way to do that than by getting inspired by stories from […]


Our next step in the Learn Lightning series is to learn how to create and edit profiles. Profiles are how we enable users to access objects within our Salesforce application. We can allow users to create, read, edit, or delete records within each standard or custom object per profile, in addition to some other accessibility […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Jaymee Parson! Favorite Hack: Cloning a user. Admin Motto: Make business faster by reducing clicks & automating with Salesforce. Fun Fact: March Madness is my favorite holiday. Go Kansas! Why did you become an Admin? I became a Salesforce Admin because I already had CRM experience using another platform, […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Justice Sikakane! Admin Hero: David Giller Favorite Feature: Delegated Administration Fun Fact: My daughter is a signed baby model Why did you become a Salesforce Admin? I’d consider myself an accidental Salesforce Admin. After years of working in infrastructure IT, my focus shifted to Salesforce, so I signed up […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Kristin Hasna! Favorite Feature: Quick Actions. Fun Fact: I collect miniature things. Admin Motto: It’s always a checkbox. Troubleshoot permissions checkboxes first! Why did you become and Admin? I was a business analyst and was involved in the transition from another CRM to Salesforce. Once I learned Salesforce, and saw […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Mary Olson Fajimi! Admin Hero: Aaron King Admin Motto: There’s always a way Favorite Feature: Force.com Quick Access Menu (Classic), Edit Object from Setup icon (Lightning) Why did you become an Admin? Salesforce was the ecosystem that brought my varied and disconnected technology and design experience together in one […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Samantha Safin! Admin Motto: Don’t panic Fun Fact: I used to write obituaries Favorite Feature: Reports & Dashboards Why did you become an Admin? I became a Salesforce Admin by accident. I took on a role that required me to be an Admin, but I had to learn on the […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Drew Dayton! Favorite Feature: Login as any user. It’s the easiest way to troubleshoot profile problems. Admin Motto: If it’s not in Salesforce, it doesn’t exist! Fun Fact: I used to compete in rodeos! I no longer compete, but still ride & train. Why did you become a Salesforce […]

Read through this profile of #AwesomeAdmin Ryo Takahashi! Admin Motto: Everything is possible in Salesforce! Feature: Process Builder, Workflow, Email Alerts Fun Fact: I love Spider-Man A LOT. Why did you become a Salesforce Admin? I first started using Salesforce as an end user, and found it frustrating because it wasn’t convenient and easy to […]