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Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

By : Tameem Bahri
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Book Image

Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

5 (1)
By: Tameem Bahri

Overview of this book

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is the ultimate certification to validate your knowledge and skills when it comes to designing and building high-performance technical solutions on the Salesforce platform. The CTA certificate is granted after successfully passing the CTA review board exam, which tests your platform expertise and soft skills for communicating your solutions and vision. You’ll start with the core concepts that every architect should master, including data lifecycle, integration, and security, and build your aptitude for creating high-level technical solutions. Using real-world examples, you’ll explore essential topics such as selecting systems or components for your solutions, designing scalable and secure Salesforce architecture, and planning the development lifecycle and deployments. Finally, you'll work on two full mock scenarios that simulate the review board exam, helping you learn how to identify requirements, create a draft solution, and combine all the elements together to create an engaging story to present in front of the board or to a client in real life. By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll have gained the knowledge and skills required to pass the review board exam and implement architectural best practices and strategies in your day-to-day work.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Section 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CTA
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Section 2: Knowledge Domains Deep Dive
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Section 3: Putting It All Together

The community and available training

The market demand for architects is higher than ever. It is beneficial for everyone to develop highly skilled architects: Salesforce, Salesforce partners, clients, and the architects themselves. There are several valuable resources that can help you prepare for your review board. Here are some.

Salesforce training and study groups

Salesforce has developed two valuable trainings to prepare candidates for the CTA review board: the CTA-601 and the CTA-602. In addition, they have launched a regular office hours webinar to get in touch with candidates and share practical knowledge. There are also several other study groups with valuable information. Make yourself familiar with the following:

  • Certified Technical Architect Preparation Workshop (CTA-601): This is a workshop-style training. It will help you understand the exam objectives and develop your skills to create an end-to-end solution. More info can be found at the following links...