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6 Days to Salesforce Admin Certification - Day 1

A big project is best taken one step at a time.  Take crawling for example:  I practiced form first by getting into the proper position.  Next came slow movement as I tentatively rocked back and forth and advanced forward inch by inch.  Several weeks later, after multiple practice sessions, I am quick enough to catch the dog's tail!  I took the same approach with certification.  
Finding the right tool
  1. Using the Salesforce Certification Exam Guide, divide the sections, by weight into 25% chunks for a 4 day crash course.  
  2. Review the details under each section and take the related practice quiz on Certified on Demand.

    If I immediately knew the quiz answers, I moved on to the next section.  If not, I paused for a Trailhead review then took the quiz a second time - ensuring that I fully understood.  If additional help was necessary, I dived even deeper - referencing Tip Sheets at help.salesforce.com.  Are you ready to get started?  

Organization Setup (1%)
  • Trailhead: Company-Wide Org Settings
  • Reference help.salesforce.com for excellent articles under the topic "Set Up Your Company in Salesforce"
  • This is a low (1%) weight category, so I only allocated one hour for review.
User Setup (9%)

  • A Trailhead Playground was the best resource for understanding user setup.  I added a new user to the org and made sure that I could accomplish all of the tasks outlined on the Exam Study Guide such as assigning a license, resetting the password, and resolving a locked account.
  • The Security Specialist Superbadge is a great tool for understanding User Setup.  The Superbadge took a few hours to complete but was well worth the time!  Coming soon - Blog posts with tips & tricks for the Security Specialist Superbadge!  
Global User Interface (1%)

  • Trailhead: Company-Wide Org Settings 
Security and Access (15%)
  • Security and Access carried the highest weight, so I reserved several hours to focus exclusively on this category.  
  • Trailhead:  Data Security , Security Basics
  • Security Sepecialist Superbadge! (No surprise here!)
  • On help.salesforce.com under "Set Up and Maintain Your Salesforce Organization" read:
    • Protect Your Salesforce Organization
    • Field-Level Security (plus the article "Object Permissions")
    • Field Permissions- Sharing Settings
    • Sharing Rules

help.Salesforce.com - Security and Access topics


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