Salesforce MFA Requirements June 2026
Salesforce announced that, starting June 2026, all users must adopt phishing‑resistant multi‑factor authentication (MFA). The mandate applies to every login, including admin and standard accounts, and excludes SMS‑based codes in favor of hardware tokens or authenticator apps. A free step‑by‑step guide has been published to help organizations meet the deadline. While the move strengthens platform security, many nonprofits worry about the short rollout period and the prevalence of shared volunteer credentials.
True North Dreamin’ 2026 Summary
True North Dreamin’ 2026 in Toronto saw a larger, better‑organized gathering of the Salesforce community. As the event’s first official sponsor, Dryad Receipting secured a prime booth and showcased its Salesforce receipting solution to qualified leads. The company also participated...
How to Find Your Professional Purpose
A parent advises his high‑school‑graduating nephew to look beyond personal interest when selecting a college major, introducing the Japanese Ikigai framework. Ikigai posits that a fulfilling career must satisfy four criteria: passion, competence, societal demand, and remuneration. The article argues...
Minimizing Jetlag
A traveler reduced the typical six‑day jet‑lag adjustment from a Madrid‑to‑Montreal flight to just one day by pre‑shifting bedtime and maximizing sunlight exposure upon arrival. The method involves moving bedtime later by one to two hours each night for five...
Ghost Duplicates
Salesforce’s duplicate management relies on matching and duplicate rules plus the Potentially Duplicates Lightning component, which only flags duplicates at creation or update. Administrators can add a report type using the Duplicate Record Items related list, but the report does...
At Salesforce, We Take the Protection of Your Data Very Seriously
Salesforce recently began freezing user accounts and revoking OAuth tokens when it detects what it deems token reuse, often triggered by VPN connections or bulk data fixes. The company automatically resets passwords and locks the affected user, even if that...
Reports: Top-Down or Bottom-Up
Salesforce’s report‑type selector flips between top‑down (parent‑to‑child) and bottom‑up (child‑to‑parent) relationships, creating an uneven data‑model experience. Standard objects like Campaigns‑Opportunities follow a parent‑first logic, while Activities‑Accounts use a child‑first approach, and some pairs support both directions. Custom report types, however,...
Allowing SF to Use Your Data
Salesforce has introduced a default setting that streams customer data from every production and sandbox org to its servers for training AI models. Users can halt this data collection by disabling the "Opt Out of Customer Data Access" toggle in...
Headless Salesforce
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced that the platform is now "headless," separating its back‑end logic from the native user interface. This architectural shift lets customers replace or remove Salesforce’s UI with bespoke front‑ends built in‑house or by partners. While API...
RIP My Inbox
The Good Enough Consultant launched a "Good Enough" Consultant Referral Program, attracting over 77 sign‑ups in the first 24 hours, underscoring strong market interest. The founder highlights how a partnership with Salesforce enables consultants to work from anywhere, sharing personal...
The “Good Enough” Consultant Referral Program
The author launches a free “Good Enough” Consultant Referral Program focused on Salesforce talent. It invites individual consultants—full‑time, part‑time or freelancers—to apply via a Google Form and will only be contacted for roles that match their skill set. The initiative...
Native Tax Receipts in Salesforce: A Game Changer or Still Lacking?
Salesforce has launched a native tax‑receipt feature for its Agentforce Nonprofit (Nonprofit Cloud) platform. The solution is free, leverages Word‑based templates, and hints at future enhancements. It is limited to Agentforce Nonprofit, offers modest customization, and does not address regional...
Don’t Hardcode Content
A client’s outbound communications were locked in Visualforce emails and Apex‑hardcoded SMS, making updates painful. The consultant migrated the emails to Lightning Email Templates (LET) with Enhanced Letterheads, simplifying edits to a Word‑like experience. Order details were moved to a...
Record Pages to Page Layouts
Nonprofit organizations often create multiple opportunity record types—Donation, Grant, In‑Kind Gift, Matching Gift, Major Gift, Membership—and map each to a distinct Lightning page layout. However, In‑Kind Gift, Matching Gift and Major Gift are essentially sub‑categories of donations, allowing them to...
Orphaned Page Layouts
A client’s Salesforce org contained five Contact page layouts, including a Lightning layout that was actually a classic layout. An admin discovered the redundancy by reviewing the Page Layout Assignment, revealing that all profiles shared the same layout. After confirming...