Clear explanations of important Salesforce changes, operational risks and preparation steps—grounded in authoritative sources.
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Salesforce is enforcing profile filtering in Winter ’27. Most users will see only their own profile name unless their responsibilities or existing permissions justify wider visibility, so platform teams should test delegated tasks, login flows, reporting and integrations before their upgrade.
More alerts do not automatically create better follow-up. These seven practical checks help Salesforce teams keep notifications useful without overwhelming users.
Winter ’27 introduces a Flow run-context option that continues to enforce the running user’s permissions even when a system-context caller invokes the flow. Used carefully, it can make sensitive automation boundaries more predictable.
When users cannot find the right Salesforce record, the problem is not always the search term. These six practical checks can make results clearer, faster and more dependable.
Salesforce plans to end support for connected apps in Summer ’27. Existing apps will keep working, but organisations should use the time to inventory dependencies and plan proportionate migrations to external client apps.
A Salesforce record page should help someone understand a record and take the next useful action. These seven practical improvements can reduce scrolling, clutter and uncertainty without a major rebuild.
Salesforce will retire the OAuth 2.0 username-password flow for connected apps on 20 February 2027. Platform owners should identify affected integrations, choose an appropriate replacement and test the full cutover before enforcement.
When somebody changes jobs internally, their Salesforce access rarely updates itself neatly. These seven checks help admins remove yesterday's access and provide what the new role actually needs.
Reliable Salesforce reports start with reliable records. These six focused fixes help admins and teams improve the data behind everyday decisions without launching a major cleanup project.
Salesforce will retire SOAP API login() in API versions 31.0–64.0 with Summer ’27. Platform owners should inventory affected integrations, assign owners and test an OAuth replacement well before the release.
Salesforce list views can be far more than long tables of records. These eight practical improvements help users find priorities, make safe updates and spend less time rebuilding the same view.
The Winter ’27 sandbox preview starts in late August. Platform teams should decide which environments need the early upgrade, protect work in progress and agree what they will test before production changes.
Flows rarely become difficult to support all at once. These seven practical checks help Salesforce admins find unclear ownership, missed errors and fragile automation before users feel the impact.
Salesforce is enforcing stronger OAuth defaults for apps created from July 2026. Here is what platform owners, admins and integration teams should confirm before a new connection reaches production.
A polished dashboard can still answer the wrong question. These seven practical checks help Salesforce admins, managers and everyday users spot misleading filters, stale results and access problems before acting on the numbers.
Microsoft starts disabling Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online in October 2026 and says EWS will be fully disabled in April 2027. Salesforce teams should identify Outlook, calendar and activity-capture dependencies early, because the risk often sits between Salesforce administration and Microsoft 365 ownership.
Salesforce began enforcing stronger MFA controls in June 2026. Privileged users—including administrators and users with powerful permissions—need phishing-resistant methods, and SSO configurations need to pass the right authentication signals.