Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect ExamPrep

Become a Salesforce Platform Integration Architect: Certification & Skills

The Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect credential validates your expertise in designing and implementing secure, scalable integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise systems. This comprehensive course provides you with the essential skills to confidently prepare for the certification exam and apply proven integration strategies to real-world projects.

What You'll Learn:

• Plan & Design Integration Architecture: Master the process of designing robust integration architectures for the Salesforce Platform.
• Select Integration Patterns: Learn to choose and apply the optimal integration patterns for diverse integration scenarios.
• Utilize Salesforce APIs & Tools: Effectively connect Salesforce with enterprise and cloud applications using Salesforce APIs and tools.
• Address Security, Performance & Error Handling: Implement best practices for security, performance optimization, and comprehensive error handling in your integrations.

Who Should Take This Course?

This certification is ideal for professionals in integration-focused roles, including:

• Technical Architects
• Integration Architects
• System Architects
• Solution Architects
• Programmer Analysts
• Application Managers

Ideal Candidate Experience:

Typically, candidates have:

• 1-2 years of experience in Salesforce integration architecture.
• 2-3 years of experience with Salesforce administration or development.
• 1+ year of experience working with data-centric enterprise integration solutions.

Key Knowledge Areas Covered (Exam Objectives):

Upon completion of this course, you'll confidently be able to:

• Design Secure & Reliable Integrations: Develop secure, high-performing, and reliable integrations for the Salesforce platform.
• Analyze Integration Architectures: Evaluate current and future state integration architectures, identifying constraints and pain points.
• Choose the Right Integration Pattern: Select and implement the appropriate integration pattern for specific needs.
• Optimize for Platform Limits: Work effectively within platform limits while achieving desired performance goals.
• Select Optimal APIs: Identify and utilize the best API for various integration scenarios.
• Implement Security & Error Handling: Apply robust security requirements and error-handling best practices.

No Prior Experience Needed: This course doesn't require prior experience with non-Salesforce integration tools, MDM platforms, or advanced Lightning development.

Exam Details:

• Format: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions + up to 5 non-scored questions
• Time: 105 minutes
• Passing Score: 67%
• Version: Aligned with Salesforce Summer ’23 release
• Cost: US$400 (retake: US$200) + applicable taxes
• Delivery: Onsite or online proctored exam
• Prerequisite: None

Exam Outline - Key Topics:

The Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect Exam assesses your knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Evaluate the Current System Landscape (8%): Analyze existing systems, identify limitations, and evaluate authentication/authorization needs.
• Evaluate Business Needs (11%): Identify functional and non-functional requirements, classify data sensitivity, and consider business growth/regulatory factors.
• Translate Needs to Integration Requirements (22%): Create system inventories, evaluate constraints, identify security/authentication/authorization requirements, and define performance needs.
• Design Integration Solutions (28%): Select appropriate integration patterns, define solution components, identify trade-offs, and specify the right Salesforce APIs.
• Build Solution (23%): Consider API design, outbound call considerations, scalability, error handling, security, and resilience in integration solutions.
• Maintain Integration (8%): Implement performance monitoring, error handling/escalation procedures, and reporting for integration maintenance.